[DesertRhino]

“He could have used his unique position as “first black president””

How profoundly true! Had he overcome his socialism, and understood the freedom he truly possessed as the first black president, he could have cemented his place in history as a great man by taking on the federal reserve, and the internationalist trend in banking. He could have even remained a liberal socially.

They have made calling the Federal reserve a usurpation of our freedom, the equivalent of believing in spacemen out in area 51. No president will dare do it. The crazy thing is, i think more than a few liberals would listen to someone like him discuss this. Liberal vs conservative can still be fought forever, but any American should see that controlling our own currency is a function of government, not of a cabal of private bankers, answering only to themselves.

He blew a rare chance in Americas politics. He will never be more than the socialist bankers hack that he was hired to be. He is nothing more than the bankers shine boy,,, sad.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

I agree. But the trick is, it was the Fed Reserve and its supporters (the international bankers) that put him in office. So, it is a catch-22. Any president that worked against a central bank found himself and the economy targeted for destruction. Jackson fought and won. But it is rare and very difficult. We'd need to educate the public on why the Fed needs AT LEAST to be audited and then run a candidate who promises to do just that. Once a real audit is performed, the people would be outraged at what has happened to the value of the dollars they think they've earned and saved.

Be careful with this statement:
“but any American should see that controlling our own currency is a function of government, not of a cabal of private bankers, answering only to themselves.”

For the government to control the currency, they would need central bank, which is essentially what the Fed is. The power of the gov. is to maintain weights and measures and then print and coin money in strict accordance with those set weights and measures. That is, they are only supposed to print and coin money that is valued on something of real value (gold, silver). And that is it. The VALUE of that currency is supposed to be based upon GDP, amount of gold/silver banking, the free-market forces, etc.