Well stated E Archer, The majority of people need to be informed that the Federal Reserve ( A cartel of 12 private banks ) suck approximately 35-40 billion dollars from the taxpayers in the form of interest for nothing more than converting the bond orders from the treasury into the printing of the federal reserve notes or IOU's. My wish is that we nationalize the federal reserve bank cartel. That would be a positive first step. Re-instatement of the gold standard would be a nice second step but will never happen. Thomas Jefferson stated that " I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they raised up a moneyed aristocracy that has set the government at defiance. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs". When the government fears the people there is liberty; when the people fear the government there is tyranny. Good luck Mr. Obama...