See the documentary called "The Money Masters" and "The Secret of Oz" on the Federal Reserve. Try youtube or google video.

Why should government borrow money from anyone to create the pieces of paper that are circulated to represent a nations activity? The activity is already there and has always been there. Bankers create the illusion that all money that exists ( in other words all activity that exists) belong to them. All the money in circulation today has been lent into existence. This means that if it was all paid "back" with interest there would not be any money, and indeed there would not be enough money to repay the interest. It's a scam hidden behind advanced technicalities today but it was obvious in the days of Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Louis T. McFadden (expert banker), Thomas Edison, and thousands of others who opposed the 1913 Federal Reserve act.