0:00:14.177,0:00:15.314 (Sold) 0:00:15.532,0:00:16.140 (Sold) 0:00:16.140,0:00:16.778 (For Sale) 0:00:16.778,0:00:17.516 (Bank like family!) 0:00:18.528,0:00:20.766 (Loan) 0:00:20.782,0:00:22.105 (Pile signs loan contract) 0:00:22.766,0:00:25.011 [Dog barks] 0:00:26.965,0:00:28.864 [Brakes screech] 0:00:34.553,0:00:36.160 [Off voice] The American Dream. 0:00:37.282,0:00:39.506 There's a reason to call it a dream. 0:00:39.998,0:00:41.613 [cock cries][br][Man] Who's there? 0:00:42.251,0:00:44.086 [Off voice] Cockadoodledo, Pile! 0:00:44.086,0:00:46.147 [knocking][br](Foreclosed) 0:00:48.935,0:00:50.881 [Pile] No, no, no, no no! 0:00:50.881,0:00:52.534 I don't have any more money! 0:00:52.902,0:00:55.232 My job sucks right now, please! 0:00:55.232,0:00:56.800 I'll have more money next month! 0:00:57.329,0:00:58.298 (Bank) 0:00:58.958,0:01:00.627 You can't take my house! 0:01:00.627,0:01:02.750 [Banker] Is that your signature?[br](Loan contract signed Pile) 0:01:02.765,0:01:03.718 [Dog whines] 0:01:04.455,0:01:06.698 [Pile] OK, just tell me we'll work something out, OK? 0:01:06.698,0:01:09.133 I mean you said I'm a good credit guy, right? 0:01:09.133,0:01:11.841 Hey, wait! My dog is in there! 0:01:11.841,0:01:17.263 No, don't take my Dream![br][He weeps] 0:01:18.335,0:01:20.381 Oh, how did this happen? 0:01:20.938,0:01:23.394 [Explosion and flare noise] 0:01:23.394,0:01:24.501 (OUTATIME) 0:01:27.910,0:01:30.137 Hartman? Is that you? 0:01:30.137,0:01:32.696 [Hartman] It's been a long time since the fourth grade. 0:01:33.803,0:01:36.193 (4th Grade) 0:01:41.852,0:01:43.398 [Pile] Is that a time machine? 0:01:43.398,0:01:47.012 [Hartman] There's no need to concern yourself with my astounding accomplishments. 0:01:47.024,0:01:49.287 Just get in. There's not much time. 0:01:49.287,0:01:52.148 [Pile] Well, I got to go down to the bank to get my life back. 0:01:52.148,0:01:54.063 They took everything! 0:01:54.063,0:01:56.536 [Hartman] Oh! Bank ain't gonna help you now. 0:01:57.098,0:01:57.974 Towel in the trunk. 0:01:58.530,0:02:00.668 It's a set of balls. Put them on, you're going to need them. 0:02:00.668,0:02:02.537 [Pile] You're going to get my dream back? 0:02:02.537,0:02:05.344 [Hartman] No, pal: you are. I'm here to show you how. 0:02:09.373,0:02:11.034 (E=mc squared) 0:02:11.284,0:02:12.407 (Winter of 2006) 0:02:12.910,0:02:16.367 [Hartman] Submitted for your approval:[br]1. First National Bank. 0:02:16.367,0:02:17.959 What is a bank, you ask? 0:02:17.959,0:02:21.761 A curious place where both space, time and irony exist - 0:02:22.171,0:02:24.024 - and yet, don't. 0:02:24.024,0:02:25.893 [Pile] Are you going to be doing that the whole time? 0:02:25.893,0:02:27.439 [Hartman] Pay attention, Pile. 0:02:27.439,0:02:32.329 Exhibit A: those who have come to deposit and safely store their earned monies. 0:02:32.621,0:02:37.862 Exhibit B: Those who need to borrow said money for purposes unknown. 0:02:37.862,0:02:39.981 [Pile] Hey, that's me![br](Not so prime) 0:02:39.981,0:02:40.788 [Hartman] Ergo. 0:02:40.788,0:02:47.128 Exhibit C: The bank only has so much money in the vault to lend out to people such as you. 0:02:47.589,0:02:50.432 [Pile] Hey! Hey, that's the guy! He took my house! 0:02:50.432,0:02:52.615 [Hartman] Really screwing my vibe here, Pile. 0:02:52.615,0:02:56.506 Space-time continuum: he can't hear you. Just let me narrate. 0:02:56.506,0:02:57.452 Now where was I? 0:02:58.159,0:03:02.852 So you see, by the time he got to you, Pile, his bank was out of money. 0:03:03.559,0:03:07.457 [Pile] But he gave me lots of money and charged me a lot of interest. 0:03:07.457,0:03:10.374 [Hartman] Yes: that's the only way banks make money, 0:03:10.374,0:03:13.562 by making debt loans: debt equals money, Pile.[br](DEBT=MONEY) 0:03:13.562,0:03:16.213 Remember that: debt equals money. 0:03:16.483,0:03:19.184 The more loans they make, the more money they make. 0:03:19.184,0:03:22.375 [Pile] But if they don't have any money, then where did my money come from? 0:03:22.375,0:03:24.121 [Hartman] You're going to want to take a step back.[br](FED) 0:03:24.121,0:03:25.690 (FED) 0:03:27.741,0:03:30.408 [Pile] Whoa! No way! 0:03:30.408,0:03:32.431 [Hartman] Yes way. And that's nothing. 0:03:32.431,0:03:35.162 [Banker] Hey, buddy! Need some money? 0:03:35.162,0:03:36.285 (BUM) 0:03:37.879,0:03:39.655 [Pile, offscreen] They didn't do that!? 0:03:39.655,0:03:41.823 [Hartman] Oh, they did exactly that, pal. 0:03:41.823,0:03:46.547 Remember: banks make money by making loans, by selling debt, even to - 0:03:47.131,0:03:48.992 bad credit risks. 0:03:52.016,0:03:54.447 [Banker] Yo! Have some money, dude! 0:03:54.447,0:03:55.893 Just sign here. 0:03:56.297,0:03:57.366 [Pile] Oh my gosh! 0:03:57.366,0:03:59.435 [Hartman] Mmm! They called it free money. 0:03:59.435,0:04:03.534 [Pile] Yeah! That's exactly what MY loan guy told me: free money![br](Loan contract signed Pile) 0:04:03.534,0:04:04.834 [Hartman] But it ain't free! 0:04:04.834,0:04:07.693 The worst part was offering money to people who don't even need it.[br](We own your ass!) 0:04:07.693,0:04:09.841 People, Pal, like you.[br](New Home Magazine - New Bank Offers) 0:04:10.499,0:04:12.204 [Van honks][br](Bank like family!) 0:04:12.204,0:04:15.707 [Pile] You're right! I didn't need him: I was happy here. 0:04:15.707,0:04:17.207 I didn't need it![br](New Home Magazine - New Bank Offers) 0:04:23.450,0:04:24.227 (Bank Like Family) 0:04:24.227,0:04:26.841 [Pile] Why is he sad? He's making all that money. 0:04:26.841,0:04:29.237 [Hartman] Shh. He's thinking. 0:04:29.237,0:04:31.617 [Clock ticking] 0:04:31.617,0:04:35.535 [Hartman] Now wait for it, now wait for it... 0:04:36.642,0:04:37.911 Bingo! 0:04:37.911,0:04:40.479 See, the bank has loaned to everyone in town. 0:04:40.479,0:04:43.757 But to make more money they have to loan even more. 0:04:43.757,0:04:46.478 [Pile] More? How much money do they need? 0:04:46.478,0:04:48.347 [Hartman] More... 0:04:48.931,0:04:50.354 [Pile yells] What's that? 0:04:50.615,0:04:54.627 [Hartman] Behold! A black horse riding: credit cards. 0:05:08.989,0:05:11.123 (Refinance your home!!!) 0:05:12.248,0:05:16.715 [Pile] Wow! Look! I mean it's going to be okay, everything is going to be okay. 0:05:16.715,0:05:17.938 What now? 0:05:17.938,0:05:23.157 [Hartman] Now? Pile, with all this money, we might as well party. 0:05:23.587,0:05:26.569 [Music plays...] 0:05:29.162,0:05:33.460 [Pile] Woahao, this is awesome! I needed to get my head clear. 0:05:33.460,0:05:36.385 When I get back I'm going to straighten all this out. 0:05:36.385,0:05:38.515 I just hope Dream is doing okay. 0:05:38.893,0:05:40.731 [Howling] 0:05:40.731,0:05:42.269 [Barking] 0:05:42.973,0:05:45.192 [Male witch] I'm going to get you, my pretty. 0:05:47.759,0:05:50.276 [Pile] Yup, he is. I'm sure he is. 0:05:50.276,0:05:51.206 [Burps] 0:05:51.206,0:05:54.502 [Hartman] Yeah, you put it on his tab. A little something for yourself. 0:05:56.491,0:05:57.291 Wait. 0:05:58.206,0:06:01.592 [Pile] You know, wait a second Hartman, I just thought of something. 0:06:01.592,0:06:03.666 If I got this money from the bank 0:06:03.666,0:06:06.487 and the bank got this money from the Federal Reserve dump trucks 0:06:07.240,0:06:08.247 [Hartman] Go on. 0:06:08.585,0:06:11.384 [Pile] Then, where does the Federal Reserve get their money? 0:06:11.774,0:06:12.581 [Glass breaks] 0:06:12.581,0:06:14.911 [Hartman] Real nice time ladies, real nice. 0:06:14.911,0:06:17.410 Excuse me while I borrow these.[br][Women screech] 0:06:17.764,0:06:21.853 [Pile] Say, Hartman. Why am I wearing a burglar bikini top? 0:06:21.853,0:06:24.782 [Hartman] Because no one is allowed inside the Fed. 0:06:24.782,0:06:27.337 Not you, nor me, no American citizen, 0:06:27.337,0:06:29.566 no duly elected member of our Congress, 0:06:29.566,0:06:30.880 not the Supreme Court 0:06:30.881,0:06:32.519 [Pile] Not the Supreme Court? 0:06:32.519,0:06:34.126 [Hartman] Not the Supreme Court. 0:06:34.126,0:06:40.198 Not the Justice Department, not the CIA, the DIA, FBI, ATF, ATENBC 0:06:40.198,0:06:43.533 not even G-O-D. 0:06:43.533,0:06:45.056 [Knocking] 0:06:45.941,0:06:48.847 [Pile] How come the government isn't allowed inside its own building? 0:06:48.847,0:06:53.069 [Hartman] Government? Pile, the Fed is a private bank, owned by private stockholders, 0:06:53.069,0:06:55.123 do NOT let the name "federal" fool you. 0:06:55.123,0:06:57.984 This place is about as federal as Federal Express. 0:06:58.414,0:07:00.098 [Pile] A-a-a private bank? 0:07:00.098,0:07:01.921 But, private? 0:07:01.921,0:07:03.213 [Hartman, quietly] Shh. 0:07:05.471,0:07:07.654 Best to keep your voice down Pile. 0:07:08.177,0:07:09.584 [Phone ringing] 0:07:09.584,0:07:11.345 [Ethan] This is Ethan, Federal Reserve. 0:07:11.345,0:07:13.306 [Bill] Hey Eth, Bill here, First National. 0:07:13.306,0:07:14.959 [Ethan] Hi there Bill, how are ya? 0:07:14.959,0:07:17.477 [Bill] Good, good, we're running a little low on money. 0:07:17.477,0:07:18.992 [Ethan] No problem. How much do you need? 0:07:18.992,0:07:21.164 [Bill] Oh, how does 20 million sound? 0:07:21.164,0:07:21.848 [Pile, loudly] What? 0:07:21.848,0:07:22.394 [Slaps] 0:07:22.394,0:07:24.831 [Ethan] Excellent. We'll ship it over first thing tomorrow. 0:07:24.831,0:07:28.487 [Pile] Wait, he can just call up the Fed and ask for more money 0:07:28.487,0:07:30.402 and they give him whatever they want? 0:07:30.402,0:07:33.346 [Hartman] No, Pile. The Fed don't give the banks money. 0:07:33.346,0:07:35.804 The Fed loans the banks money. 0:07:36.111,0:07:37.034 [Slams] 0:07:38.193,0:07:40.308 [Hartman] The banks have to pay it back with interest. 0:07:40.308,0:07:41.531 Come on, ... 0:07:41.531,0:07:43.918 [Pile] Wait wait wait wait, I still don't understand. 0:07:43.918,0:07:47.120 Where does the Fed get their money? I mean if they're a private bank. 0:07:47.120,0:07:48.927 You said they were a private bank, right? 0:07:48.927,0:07:50.688 Okay, so who puts money into the Fed bank? 0:07:50.688,0:07:52.157 (US MINT) 0:07:52.157,0:07:53.795 [Phone ringing] 0:07:53.795,0:07:56.064 [Mal] This is Mal, United States Mint. 0:07:56.064,0:07:58.609 [Ethan] Hiya Mal, First National needs another 20 millies. 0:07:58.609,0:08:01.484 [Mal] We're already running the press at full steam here Ethan. 0:08:01.484,0:08:03.593 [Ethan] Gotta keep making loans, gotta keep the money flowing. 0:08:03.593,0:08:07.458 [Mal] All right, you're the Fed. Whatever you guys say. 0:08:07.458,0:08:09.527 Twenty million more, by morning! 0:08:09.527,0:08:10.973 [Horn blowing] 0:08:11.318,0:08:15.279 [Pile] But I don't get it, what's so wrong about the Fed printing money? 0:08:15.279,0:08:18.086 [Hartman] Because it's unconstitutional, Pile! 0:08:18.101,0:08:20.975 Our Treasury is supposed to create our money 0:08:20.975,0:08:23.929 but now the Fed controls the printing of Americas money. 0:08:23.929,0:08:28.634 Nobody gets a friggin' dollar that the Fed didn't print. 0:08:28.634,0:08:29.580 [Pile] So? 0:08:29.580,0:08:32.192 [Hartman] They print the money, then they loan it to the government 0:08:32.192,0:08:33.968 then they charge the government interest, 0:08:33.968,0:08:36.375 then the government taxes you to pay for it. 0:08:36.375,0:08:37.505 Wake up Pile! 0:08:37.505,0:08:39.752 [Pile] I don't see what the big deal is. 0:08:40.552,0:08:41.913 [Hartman] You know, you're right Pile. 0:08:41.913,0:08:43.674 [Pile] Wait a minute, wait, I am? 0:08:43.674,0:08:47.609 [Hartman] Yeah, I forget how effective they are at keeping you ignorant. 0:08:47.609,0:08:48.493 [Pile] Well that's okay - 0:08:48.493,0:08:49.869 Hey! I'm not ignorant! 0:08:49.869,0:08:51.922 [Hartman] Do you even know what money is, Pile? 0:08:51.922,0:08:56.047 [10th Century] 0:08:56.047,0:08:57.470 [Pies] 0:08:57.470,0:09:00.200 [Hartman] In the long, long ago, people bartered: 0:09:00.262,0:09:03.149 they traded things they had, for things they wanted. 0:09:03.149,0:09:06.458 I'll trade you my raspberries for that there pot pie. 0:09:06.458,0:09:08.111 [Pile] I don't want your berries. 0:09:08.111,0:09:10.561 [Hartman] Come on, Pile, they're sweet berries. 0:09:10.561,0:09:13.488 [Pile] They're not sweet, they're old, and I don't like berries. 0:09:13.488,0:09:14.757 [Hartman] Give me that pot pie! 0:09:14.757,0:09:15.457 [Pile] No. 0:09:15.457,0:09:18.872 [Hartman] As you can see, this bartering situation created some problems. 0:09:18.872,0:09:22.347 Then one day, a goldsmith walked up and said, 0:09:22.347,0:09:24.674 "Now, everybody thinks gold is valuable, 0:09:24.674,0:09:27.663 so why doesn't everyone trade gold for things they need?" 0:09:27.663,0:09:29.193 [Cheering] 0:09:29.193,0:09:33.330 The price was set for gold and now it was very easy to conduct commerce 0:09:33.330,0:09:37.405 because now people could trade gold for all the things they needed. 0:09:38.481,0:09:41.464 [Pile] Hartman! Wow, look at all my gold! 0:09:41.464,0:09:42.353 [Robber snickers evilly] 0:09:42.353,0:09:45.136 [Pile] Hey! Hey, stop them! That's my gold! 0:09:45.136,0:09:46.620 [Hartman] Damn thieves. 0:09:46.620,0:09:48.427 [Ethan] Say there, Pile 0:09:48.427,0:09:50.111 I've got a vault and some guards. 0:09:50.111,0:09:51.857 I can keep your gold safe for you. 0:09:51.857,0:09:53.433 For a small fee. 0:09:53.433,0:09:55.133 [Pile] Yeah, sure, that'd be awesome. 0:09:55.133,0:09:58.804 [Hartman] You see Pile, this is how the first bank made money. 0:09:59.173,0:10:02.825 [Ethan] There you go Pile, I.O.U 100 gold coins. 0:10:02.825,0:10:04.355 [Pile] Okay, great! 0:10:04.355,0:10:07.449 [Ethan] Come back anytime and redeem your gold when you want it. 0:10:07.449,0:10:08.795 It will be right here- 0:10:08.795,0:10:10.495 in my vault. 0:10:11.464,0:10:14.511 [Hartman] Now you're holding the very first paper money Pile. 0:10:14.511,0:10:18.141 [Pile] Wow, this is great. It all makes sense. 0:10:18.141,0:10:20.148 [Hartman] Oh, that's right, it was good, 0:10:20.148,0:10:22.367 and everybody started using "I.O.U" 0:10:22.367,0:10:27.205 because everybody knew the I.O.U was as good as gold. 0:10:27.205,0:10:27.888 (Chocolate $1) 0:10:27.905,0:10:30.256 [Pile] Wow, this candy is really a good price. 0:10:30.256,0:10:33.412 1 I.O.U, I'm getting some more for later. 0:10:33.412,0:10:34.727 (Chocolate $10) 0:10:34.727,0:10:36.750 Wait a minute, it was just 1 I.O.U. 0:10:36.750,0:10:38.757 10 I.O.U's for chocolate? 0:10:38.757,0:10:41.116 He can't just raise prices like that! 0:10:41.116,0:10:43.107 [Hartman] Oh, the candyman can. 0:10:43.107,0:10:43.695 [Music plays] 0:10:43.695,0:10:46.663 [Hartman] ♪Oh, the candyman can!♪ 0:10:47.140,0:10:49.471 [Pile] Wait, that is just freakin' wrong! 0:10:49.551,0:10:50.374 (Water 20) 0:10:50.374,0:10:51.619 (Water 200)[br][Hartman] It's called inflation Pile. 0:10:51.619,0:10:54.360 It makes your I.O.U's worth less and less 0:10:54.360,0:10:56.321 until they are worth nothing. 0:10:56.321,0:10:59.884 Less bang for the buck, dollar ain't what it used to be. 0:11:00.268,0:11:02.951 [Pile] But I worked hard and made all those pot pies. 0:11:02.951,0:11:05.044 Now I have to work harder to make less? 0:11:05.044,0:11:06.374 That's not fair. 0:11:06.374,0:11:08.513 [Hartman] Oh, if you think that's not fair 0:11:08.513,0:11:10.051 you're gonna love the next part. 0:11:12.040,0:11:13.702 [Pile] Oh, what's he doing?[br](Chart - Gold | I.O.U.S) 0:11:13.702,0:11:15.586 [Hartman] How do banks make money, Pile? 0:11:15.586,0:11:18.095 [Pile] Errh, by making more loans? 0:11:18.095,0:11:19.948 [Hartman] Oh, that's right! He's good. 0:11:19.948,0:11:22.562 See, he prints more IOUs without any more gold, 0:11:22.562,0:11:26.803 loans them out for interest, makes a pretty penny - and nobody is the wiser, 0:11:26.972,0:11:27.902 unless - 0:11:28.149,0:11:30.806 - everybody wanted their gold back at the same time. 0:11:30.806,0:11:32.798 [Pile] No no no no no no, that's my gold! 0:11:33.259,0:11:33.973 [Hartman] Not - 0:11:34.496,0:11:35.503 anymore. 0:11:35.503,0:11:37.916 [Pile] What are you talking about? 0:11:37.916,0:11:40.411 [Hartman] I'd like to redeem my IOUs, please. 0:11:40.903,0:11:42.203 Thank you very much. 0:11:42.649,0:11:43.779 (Out to lunch)[br][Pile] Hey! 0:11:43.779,0:11:47.732 [Crowd shouting][br][Pile] I want my gold back now! 0:11:48.701,0:11:53.195 [Man] Thief! Thief! [br][Hartman] Battle of the bank run. Bringing people together. 0:11:53.195,0:11:54.971 See, they all found out he was stealing, 0:11:54.971,0:11:57.270 made a run on the bank and demanded their gold. 0:11:57.270,0:12:01.546 But as as you can see, there ain't no gold to get. 0:12:01.546,0:12:02.584 [Pile] Hartman! 0:12:02.584,0:12:05.042 [Hartman] Don't worry about it. Back in these times, 0:12:05.042,0:12:07.110 vengeance will be yours. 0:12:07.110,0:12:09.665 Three things in this world you don't do: 0:12:09.665,0:12:11.457 Never mess with another man's woman. 0:12:11.457,0:12:13.568 Never mess with another man's ego. 0:12:13.568,0:12:19.166 And, most importantly, you never mess with another man's money. 0:12:21.641,0:12:23.964 Else, man, we'll mess with you. 0:12:24.457,0:12:26.495 [Pile] My God! You hung him? 0:12:26.495,0:12:30.714 [Hartman] Yes, Pile. Oh, we hung him, we hung him high. 0:12:30.714,0:12:32.628 And do you know why? 0:12:32.628,0:12:35.375 [Pile] Well, because he was a thief? 0:12:35.375,0:12:39.002 [Hartman] Because, Pile, an evil invention was born 0:12:39.002,0:12:43.575 Man discovered how to turn worthless paper into gold. 0:12:44.498,0:12:47.939 Thus was invented the ultimate machine to steal real money 0:12:47.939,0:12:50.267 and enslave all the nations on earth. 0:12:51.005,0:12:54.650 [bang and growling] 0:12:54.650,0:12:56.365 [Financier] It's alive! 0:12:56.365,0:12:59.056 [Pile] Oh now, come on! You're just being dramatic. 0:12:59.056,0:13:00.863 I mean, I lost my house, but... 0:13:00.863,0:13:02.424 [Hartman] What is that? Explain. 0:13:02.424,0:13:04.047 [Pile] A nuclear power plant? 0:13:04.047,0:13:07.361 [Hartman] Mmm. Produces lots of electricity and little pollution. 0:13:07.361,0:13:09.595 An invention for the good of humanity. 0:13:09.595,0:13:11.971 [Pile] OK, but what does this have to do with...[br][watch ticking] 0:13:11.971,0:13:13.778 [Hartman] Three, two, 0:13:14.009,0:13:15.802 [Explosion] 0:13:15.802,0:13:17.927 [Pile] Holy...![br][Hartman] Atomic energy. 0:13:17.927,0:13:21.863 A discovery more powerful than anything man had yet conceived. 0:13:21.863,0:13:23.609 It can be used for good 0:13:24.070,0:13:25.338 or evil. 0:13:26.046,0:13:32.507 Now, unlike Einstein, the goldsmith's discovery has been kept a closely guarded secret. 0:13:32.507,0:13:34.775 (Fractional Reserve Banking - Reserve | Loans)[br]It was never intended for you to see. 0:13:34.775,0:13:37.953 (Depositor)[br]This discovery is called Fractional Reserve Banking. 0:13:37.953,0:13:42.318 (Borrower)[br]In the wrong hands, it's more powerful than the nuclear bomb 0:13:42.318,0:13:47.795 in its ability to completely and utterly destroy a nation who is subjected to its perversion. 0:13:48.671,0:13:51.450 [Pile] No - no no no no no. 0:13:51.450,0:13:55.434 [Hartman] It is time we stop this evil secret and the men behind it ... 0:13:55.434,0:13:59.161 [Pile] You're being ridiculous![br][Hartman] ... before America is destroyed forever. 0:13:59.161,0:14:00.860 Believe it, Pile! 0:14:00.860,0:14:03.725 [Pile] No no no no no! I just want my dog back. 0:14:03.725,0:14:06.259 [Hartman] Damn it! That's it. I give up. 0:14:06.259,0:14:07.882 Let them live in chains. 0:14:07.882,0:14:08.982 [Tinkling] 0:14:08.982,0:14:11.082 [18th c. ghost] No, Hartman! 0:14:11.082,0:14:16.786 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." 0:14:16.786,0:14:19.077 [Pile] Thomas Jefferson? 0:14:19.366,0:14:21.914 [Hartman] Mr President, how do I get him to understand? 0:14:21.914,0:14:25.572 [Jefferson's ghost] As we did, son, remain vigilant. 0:14:25.572,0:14:31.151 Too many have hidden the truth and the light of our liberty dims with every passing day. 0:14:31.151,0:14:35.428 [Tinkling][br]Quickly, take my horse! Show him! [br][Tinkling] 0:14:35.450,0:14:37.822 [Pile] Wait. Show me what? Where are we going? 0:14:37.822,0:14:38.598 [Horse whinnies] 0:14:38.598,0:14:43.763 [Hartman] Away, Stallion of Liberty! Ride hard the hoary wind! 0:14:44.839,0:14:46.815 [Pile] Oh, where are we? 0:14:46.815,0:14:49.823 [Hartman] Battle of Waterloo. Hold on! We gotta get through! 0:14:51.330,0:14:53.733 A money machine. There it is! 0:14:53.733,0:14:56.254 [Pile] Hey, is that the same people? 0:14:56.254,0:14:59.825 [Hartman] Rich banker men from Germany flying under the banner of the Red Shield. 0:14:59.825,0:15:02.953 They financed both sides of the war. We must hurry. 0:15:04.875,0:15:07.254 That's him, the Red Shield courier. Shoot him! 0:15:07.254,0:15:09.738 [Pile] No. I'm not shooting anyone. 0:15:09.738,0:15:11.468 [Hartman] Dammit, Pile. [br][Pile] What? 0:15:11.468,0:15:14.141 [Hatrman] He beat everyone back with the news of the war 0:15:14.141,0:15:16.179 and told England that Napoleon won. 0:15:16.179,0:15:20.012 The Red Shield bankers of London pretended that England was doomed 0:15:20.012,0:15:22.516 and started selling their English stocks. 0:15:22.516,0:15:26.562 The English went into a selling frenzy to get rid of worthless English money. 0:15:26.562,0:15:29.018 [Pile] But, the English won, right? 0:15:29.018,0:15:30.333 [Hartman] Of course they won. 0:15:30.333,0:15:32.817 But it was a trick by Red Shield.[br](London Stock Exchange) 0:15:32.817,0:15:37.793 They waited until the stocks plummeted to pennies and then bought England back for nearly nothing. 0:15:37.793,0:15:40.295 [Pile] What? They did that? How? 0:15:40.295,0:15:42.327 [Hartman] When the English leaders found out, 0:15:42.327,0:15:45.881 they had no choice but to give themselves over to the Red Shield. 0:15:45.881,0:15:49.726 Their money was gone and they were slaves to the Red Shield war debt. 0:15:49.726,0:15:53.156 Since that time the English have been paying their national taxes 0:15:53.156,0:15:55.865 directly to the Red Shield private bankers. 0:15:55.865,0:15:58.335 The people have no idea. 0:15:58.335,0:16:01.312 But the bankers bragged about what they did to us, 0:16:01.312,0:16:03.892 laughing at us all the way to the bank. [br]{Buckingham Palace) 0:16:03.892,0:16:06.836 [Nathan Rothschild] Why, it's the best pistes (?) I've ever done. 0:16:06.836,0:16:11.186 If I can control a nation's wealth I cannot make its laws. 0:16:12.939,0:16:16.294 [Pile] Oh, is this what Jefferson wanted to show me? 0:16:16.294,0:16:19.053 [Hartman] No, Pile. Look. 0:16:20.591,0:16:23.044 [Pile] They're in America too? 0:16:23.044,0:16:28.269 [Hartman] The Red Shield banks are here, Pile, seeking a way to conquer our American Dream. 0:16:28.269,0:16:32.440 The dream you had, Pile. The dream of free men. 0:16:33.193,0:16:35.537 They tried to take over our country many times 0:16:35.537,0:16:40.834 and failed because Jefferson and the patriots vowed to stop the evil tyrants at all costs. 0:16:42.249,0:16:43.549 [Kiss - tinkling] 0:16:43.810,0:16:48.792 [Hartman] By authority of eternal God he would not let the bankers win here. 0:16:48.792,0:16:54.458 [Jefferson] To preserve our independence we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. 0:16:54.458,0:16:59.672 We must make our choice between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude. 0:16:59.672,0:17:01.310 (Thomas Jefferson actually said this...)[br][Pile] Wow! 0:17:01.310,0:17:05.862 [Jefferson] I place economy among the first and most important of republican virtues, 0:17:05.862,0:17:09.639 and public debt is the greatest of the dangers to be feared. 0:17:09.639,0:17:14.125 It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. 0:17:14.125,0:17:18.818 (Banking) [br][Banker] We must have a central bank to secure this country's finances! 0:17:18.818,0:17:25.173 [Jefferson] If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their money, 0:17:25.173,0:17:28.724 (Yes. He actually said this.)[br]first by inflation and then by deflation, 0:17:28.724,0:17:34.354 the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of their property 0:17:34.354,0:17:39.975 until their children will wake up homeless on the very continent their fathers conquered. (17:39) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Banker] Jefferson, you're mad! This country will have a central bank. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [shouts] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Pile] Who's that? [br][Hartman] America's first Secretary of Treasury. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Pile] Alexander Hamilton. [br][Hartman] Not for long. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson's Vice President. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 They didn't take too kindly to our first Sec[retary of] Treasury. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Off voice] Sweet shot, Burr. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Hartman] The first attempt at a central bank only lasted 20 years and was shut down. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 But the bankers tried again against "Old Hickory", President Andrew Jackson. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Jackson] You are a den of vipers and thieves. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I intend to rout you out and by the eternal God I will rout you out. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Hartman] After surviving an assassination attempt, Jackson finally defeated the bank in 1836. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 When asked what was the greatest accomplishment in his life, Old Hickory replied: 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Jackson] I killed a bank. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And those were his last words: "I killed the bank." 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And, with real money backed with real gold, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 our country experienced the greatest boom in any nation's history. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Oh, it was beautiful, Pile. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 But the bankers, greedy for more power and wealth, were concocting their most ambitious plan yet: 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to once and for all take control of the finances of the United States. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 In 1910, a secret meeting was held in the J.P. Morgan estate on Jekyll Island of the coast of Georgia. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 This meeting was so secret, so concealed from government and public knowledge, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that the 10 attendees used code names. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (J.P. Morgan[br]code name: Hula Girl) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Morgan] I am clearly the richest man, so I should be the one to run the super secret central bank. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (J.D. Rockefeller[br]code name: Lube Job) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Rockefeller] I own all the oil in America. I'm clearly richer than you will ever be Hula Girl. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I should run the super secret central bank. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Morgan] You're nothing compared to me, Lube Job. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I shall run the secret bank. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Boom!] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Off voice] Silence! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Rockefeller (?)] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (Supreme Master leader[br](name withheld for scary security reasons) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Supreme Master Leader, I didn't know you were gonna be here. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Supreme Master Leader] I'm not. Neither are you, dumb ass. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Rockefeller] Oh yeah, right, right. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Morgan] He's so smart! [thunk] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [SML] None of you shall run the bank. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 We have failed in the past because of openness. This time the key to success is secrecy. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 The people must believe that they run the bank. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Morgan] Yes, brilliant! A sneak attack. What's the plan? [thunk] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [SML] We first create panic, then we show them the solution. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 With our man in office and well-planned timing, we will have our central bank. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And so the people think it is theirs. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 We shall christen it Federal, the Federal Reserve.[br][general laughter] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Thunderclap][br][Hartman] [bell] They struck on December 23rd, 1913, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 when most of our Congress were at home eating fruit cake, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 these bastards - I mean bankers - presented their treasonous act 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to their newly elected accomplice Woodrow Wilson, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 who had fortuitously already agreed to sign it[br](Federal Reserve Act - The 10th Amendment to the Constitusion of the United States - I.R.S) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 before he was even elected. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Pile] Wait. The IRS? I thought we always had the IRS. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Hartman] No, Pile. They did this to us too. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 The Fed now has the exclusive power to print America's money. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 They loan this money to our banks and our government at interest, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 putting immediate debt on our own money, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 printing more and more so each dollar they print becomes worth less than the one before. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Bang][br][Hartman] Merry Christmas. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (IRS)[br][screeching, mechanical noises] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Pile] What in the hell is that? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Hartman] That, Pile, is how our government now must pay back these debts to the Fed. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Your taxes did not go to your government. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Pile] They don't? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Hartman] Hmm. It's the greatest theft in human history. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Pile] But... Okay. I mean, I sorta get what you're saying, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but it's also confusing and really Hartman, I don't see how it affects me at all. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 If I had more money, none of this would have happened. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Hartman?[br][Car door clanks - engine revs up] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Pile] 1955! Wow, what are we doing here? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Hartman] Oh, a little bit of shopping. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Here, hold this. Gallon of gas: 23 cents. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Postage stamp: 3 cents. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Ounce of gold: 35 dollars. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Hot baby: priceless. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Best be getting back.[br][Flying noise] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Boy] Hey, Hartman! I need my car, man! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Pile] Oh, was that Michael J? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Hartman] Yeah, he'll be fine. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (For Sale $20,000 -> $400,000) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (Gas - Everything Must Go!!!)[br][Hartman] Now Pile (?), 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 would you agree that you have the same exact things you had in 1955? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Pile] Yeah: one stamp, one gallon of gas, one ounce of gold and one home. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Wow, we just made a lot of money. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [IRS men] Grab grab grab grab grab grab grab. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Pile] Hey! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Hartman] Gotta pay your taxes. Then it's nice to have made all that money. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Pile] Wait, that isn't fair! Now I actually have less money. I can't even go buy the things I just sold. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Hartman] The IRS and the Fed's inflation work together, Pile. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 They aren't just taxing gain, they are taxing their inflation. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 You are no richer than you were in 1955. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Now, does that sound fair or American to you? (23:08)