>It's funny (not really), but back when there were more in the presidential race, I took the quiz to see which candidate you agree with most. It was a quiz of issues and policies for those issues. You didn't know which candidate had which policy. Kucinich was the one I agreed with most. I did some research on his policies and voting record after that. I think most thought him a flake because he once stated he had seen a UFO. He didn't last long in the race after that.

Too bad.

>I think if you look at the history of the federal reserve and it's original purpose, you can see why it is the way it is now. Good ideas not panning out and all that...
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>I don't think the current Federal Reserve is anything like the strong national bank that John Quincy Adams had in mind...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Act, where it says

After signing the Act into existence, Woodrow Wilson said, "I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men."

The Senate, on December 23, 1913, agreed to it by a vote of 43 yeas to 25 nays with 27 not voting. The record shows that there were no Democrats voting "nay" in the Senate and only two in the House. The record also shows that almost all of those not voting on the bill had previously declared their intentions and were paired with members of opposite intentions (See v. 51 Cong. Record, pages 1464, 1487-88).

Notice the day of the year.