Senate Sponsor Exposes The Real Reason For The Fed
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/29/2014 18:40 -0400
Robert Latham Owen was a part-Cherokee Democratic Senator from Oklahoma between 1907 and 1925 who (ironically) championed efforts to strengthen public control of government.
He is, however, best-known as a co-sponsor of a bill that would change the world forever - The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 (which enabled the Federal Reserve System).
Writing later in his life, he reflected (as so many political leaders do once they leave office) on the real reason for the Federal Reserve Act...
“We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
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