The Federal Reserve · It’s Not Federal. And It Has No Reserve.

It controls your mortgage rate, your grocery bill, and the value of your paycheck — but it’s not even part of the government. In this episode of Think First, we unravel the strange origin of the Federal Reserve, the poetic truths that keep it alive, and the gaslighting that makes you think it’s there to protect you. From Andrew Jackson to JFK to Ron Paul, history is full of warning signs… and yet here we are. Follow the money — and spot the lie.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is Think First, where we don't follow the script
.
We question it Because, in aworld full of poetic truths and
professional gaslighting,someone's got to say the quiet
part out loud.
Let's start with a simplequestion what if one of the most
powerful institutions inAmerica wasn't actually part of

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the most powerful institutionsin America, wasn't actually part
of the government, and what ifits name was designed to make
you think it was?
Because that's exactly whatwe've got with the Federal
Reserve.
It sounds official, patriotic,even kind of like Federal
Express, but with slightly morepower to tank the economy.
So today we're going there totank the economy.

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So today we're going there.
Who really controls the dollar?
Why do most Americans think theFed is part of the federal
government when it's not?
And if the economy is toocomplex for regular people to
understand, why do the peoplerunning it keep getting it so
spectacularly wrong?
And why do so many presidentsacross both parties end up at
war with it?
And why do so many presidentsacross both parties end up at
war with it?
Let's rewind.
The Federal Reserve was createdin 1913 through the Federal

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Reserve Act, sold to the publicas a safeguard, a protector of
financial stability.
But even back then not everyonewas buying it.
President Andrew Jackson, whofamously shut down the Second
Bank of the United States in the1830s, once called central
banking a hydra-headed monster.
He even made it the centerpieceof his campaign, vowing to kill
the bank.

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And he did.
In his words the bank is tryingto kill me, but I will kill it.
For a while, america had nocentral bank.
Then came 1913, and the monstergot a new head.
Fast forward to 1963.
President John F Kennedy signedExecutive Order 11110, which

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many believe was a directattempt to reduce the Federal
Reserve's power.
It authorized the Treasury toissue silver-backed certificates
, essentially giving the USgovernment the ability to bypass
the Fed when issuing currency.
A few months later, kennedy wasassassinated.
Now, to be clear, we're notsaying the Fed had anything to
do with it, but we are sayingthat every time a president

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messes with central bankingpower, something odd seems to
follow.
Here's the poetic truth we'resold today.
The Fed is neutral, apolitical.
It exists to keep the economyon track.
But if you follow the trail,the data, the history and the
outcomes, you see something verydifferent.
The Fed sets interest rates,controls the money supply and

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props up Wall Street, all whilepretending to be a referee, and
every time inflation spikes,housing collapses or bubbles
burst, the narrative shiftsSuddenly.
It's your fault.
You wanted a raise, you boughta house, you took out a loan.
Now it's time to tighten.
Enter Ron Paul, formercongressman and presidential

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candidate.
For decades he's been warningAmerica about central banking
overreach.
His rallying cry end the Fed.
And while media wrote him offas fringe, his supporters kept
receipts.
From backdoor bailouts toquantitative easing, to
unelected power brokersmanipulating global markets.
The receipts keep piling up.

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What once sounded likeconspiracy now feels more like
documentary.
At this point, calling the Fedindependent is like calling a
Vegas casino impartial.
Sure, they'll give you chips,but you're not walking out
richer.
Let's get blunt the FederalReserve isn't a branch of
government.
It's a private banking cartelthat regulates itself with no

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direct accountability to thepeople and no transparency.
Unless Congress throws atantrum.
Even then, good luck pryingopen those ledgers.
And yet this unelected boarddetermines what your mortgage
will cost, what your savings areworth and whether your family
can afford groceries, what yoursavings are worth and whether
your family can afford groceries.

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The truth is, the Fed isn'tfederal and it has no reserve.
It's a brand, a construct, aninstitution built to project
confidence, even when it'sfailing.
When banks collapse, the Fedsteps in, but when prices
skyrocket, wages stagnate andsavings evaporate, you're on
your own.
It's not a central bank, it's acentral narrative.

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This is gaslighting on anational scale, we're told.
We need the Fed to survive,when it's quietly helped
engineer the very crises itclaims to solve.
We're told inflation is normal,debt is good and money is just
numbers on a screen.
And if you question that you'renot serious, you're uninformed

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or, worse, libertarian.
But maybe, just maybe, you'reright to question it.
Maybe the dollar isn't backedby gold or silver or anything.
Maybe it's backed by belief ina system, in a story, in a name,
and maybe that story needs arewrite.
You don't need all the answers,but you should question the

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ones you're handed.
This was Think First.
Until next time, stay skeptical, stay curious and always think
first.