“The Bank is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.”
— President Andrew Jackson

President Andrew Jackson of Tennessee was the 7th President of the United States. Jackson’s efforts to shut down the central bank were believed to have resulted in an attempt on his life. After he recovered from the assassination attempt, Jackson redoubled his efforts to shut down the central bank and was successful.

From Wikipedia:

The Second Bank of the United States was authorized for a twenty year period during James Madison’s tenure in 1816. As President, Jackson worked to rescind the bank’s federal charter. In Jackson’s veto message the bank needed to be abolished because:

  • It concentrated the nation’s financial strength in a single institution.
  • It exposed the government to control by foreign interests.
  • It served mainly to make the rich richer.
  • It exercised too much control over members of Congress.
  • It favored northeastern states over southern and western states.
  • Following Jefferson, Jackson supported an “agricultural republic” and felt the Bank improved the fortunes of an “elite circle” of commercial and industrial entrepreneurs at the expense of farmers and laborers. After a titanic struggle, Jackson succeeded in destroying the Bank by vetoing its 1832 re-charter by Congress and by withdrawing U.S. funds in 1833.

    This 1833 Democratic cartoon shows Jackson destroying the devil’s Bank:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson

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    1. Abolish the Federal Reserve Bank and return money issuance power to congress, until this is done we will continue to venture further and further away from the ideas of governance set forth by our founding fathers and outlined in the constitution and bill of rights. Spending one political second of time or one joule of energy on anything else is futile and pointless.

      Once it is done several laws should be passed insuring it never happens again, including an amendment to the constitution. Income taxes should also be abolished as well as the practice of fractional reserve lending and usury. In this movement there would be a huge move to base the new currency on gold or silver. This should be resisted at all costs! Basing your currency off of ANY commodity, let alone a RARE one is absolutely foolish and pointless. Money is used for the trade of goods and services between people! It is a representation of the hard work and good faith of the people, NOT some rare metal! May God be with the politician who attempts all of this, Congressman Ron Paul is the closest in understanding this all, I just wish he understood the foolishness in basing your money supply on a commodity! He did have thousands of people at his rally chanting “END THE FED!”, that is a huge step in the right direction!

      I fear none of this is possible without a direct resistance or revolution by the people. I also fear that the brainwashing, numbing and dumbing campaign on American’s minds will prevent an awakening on the level needed. We need you Jackson!

      Why is America still a shining beacon of hope in the world? BECAUSE WE ARE ARMED!!
      The time is now! Join the movement!
      http://ronpaul.meetup.com/

    2. Catherine said I should share this on the blog:

      Russia wants US to return to FDR & JFK’s America. I find this particularly exciting news. LaRouche has said that the world needs the American Constitution (paraphrasing) and it seems that Russia agrees, so we need to return to it.

      “[E]veryone needs the America of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, an America which is not afraid of change, which is in a position to understand that nothing is given once and for all, and which is open to the world and for free debate,” wrote Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov in his article: “Face to Face with America: Between Non-Confrontation and Convergence,” which was published in the magazine Profile this month.

      http://larouchepac.com/news/2008/10/15/lavrov-everyone-needs-america-franklin-d-roosevelt-and-john-.html

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