[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.18,0:00:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sold) Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.53,0:00:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sold) Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.14,0:00:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(For Sale) Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.78,0:00:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bank like family!) Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.53,0:00:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Loan) Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.78,0:00:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pile signs loan contract) Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.77,0:00:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Dog barks] Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.96,0:00:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Brakes screech] Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.55,0:00:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Off voice] The American Dream. Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.28,0:00:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a reason to call it a dream. Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.100,0:00:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[cock cries]\N[Man] Who's there? Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.25,0:00:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Off voice] Cockadoodledo, Pile! Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.09,0:00:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[knocking]\N(Foreclosed) Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.94,0:00:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] No, no, no, no no! Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.88,0:00:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have any more money! Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.90,0:00:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My job sucks right now, please! Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.23,0:00:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll have more money next month! Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.33,0:00:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bank) Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.96,0:01:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't take my house! Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.63,0:01:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Banker] Is that your signature?\N(Loan contract signed Pile) Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.76,0:01:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Dog whines] Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.46,0:01:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] OK, just tell me we'll work something out, OK? Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.70,0:01:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean you said I'm a good credit guy, right? Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.13,0:01:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey, wait! My dog is in there! Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.84,0:01:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, don't take my Dream!\N[He weeps] Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.34,0:01:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, how did this happen? Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.94,0:01:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Explosion and flare noise] Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.39,0:01:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(OUTATIME) Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.91,0:01:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hartman? Is that you? Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.14,0:01:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] It's been a long time since the fourth grade. Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.80,0:01:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(4th Grade) Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.85,0:01:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Is that a time machine? Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.40,0:01:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] There's no need to concern yourself with my astounding accomplishments. Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.02,0:01:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just get in. There's not much time. Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.29,0:01:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Well, I got to go down to the bank to get my life back. Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.15,0:01:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They took everything! Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.06,0:01:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Oh! Bank ain't gonna help you now. Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.10,0:01:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Towel in the trunk. Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.53,0:02:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a set of balls. Put them on, you're going to need them. Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.67,0:02:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] You're going to get my dream back? Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.54,0:02:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] No, pal: you are. I'm here to show you how. Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.37,0:02:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(E=mc squared) Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.28,0:02:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Winter of 2006) Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.91,0:02:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Submitted for your approval:\N1. First National Bank. Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.37,0:02:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is a bank, you ask? Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.96,0:02:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A curious place where both space, time and irony exist - Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.17,0:02:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- and yet, don't. Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.02,0:02:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Are you going to be doing that the whole time? Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.89,0:02:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Pay attention, Pile. Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.44,0:02:32.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exhibit A: those who have come to deposit and safely store their earned monies. Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.62,0:02:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exhibit B: Those who need to borrow said money for purposes unknown. Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.86,0:02:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Hey, that's me!\N(Not so prime) Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.98,0:02:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Ergo. Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.79,0:02:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exhibit C: The bank only has so much money in the vault to lend out to people such as you. Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.59,0:02:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Hey! Hey, that's the guy! He took my house! Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.43,0:02:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Really screwing my vibe here, Pile. Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.62,0:02:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Space-time continuum: he can't hear you. Just let me narrate. Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.51,0:02:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now where was I? Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.16,0:03:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you see, by the time he got to you, Pile, his bank was out of money. Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.56,0:03:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] But he gave me lots of money and charged me a lot of interest. Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.46,0:03:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Yes: that's the only way banks make money, Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.37,0:03:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by making debt loans: debt equals money, Pile.\N(DEBT=MONEY) Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.56,0:03:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember that: debt equals money. Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.48,0:03:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more loans they make, the more money they make. Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.18,0:03:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] But if they don't have any money, then where did my money come from? Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.38,0:03:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] You're going to want to take a step back.\N(FED) Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.12,0:03:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(FED) Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.74,0:03:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Whoa! No way! Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.41,0:03:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Yes way. And that's nothing. Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.43,0:03:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Banker] Hey, buddy! Need some money? Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.16,0:03:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(BUM) Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.88,0:03:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile, offscreen] They didn't do that!? Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.66,0:03:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Oh, they did exactly that, pal. Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.82,0:03:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember: banks make money by making loans, by selling debt, even to - Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.13,0:03:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bad credit risks. Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.02,0:03:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Banker] Yo! Have some money, dude! Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.45,0:03:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just sign here. Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.30,0:03:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Oh my gosh! Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.37,0:03:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Mmm! They called it free money. Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.44,0:04:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Yeah! That's exactly what MY loan guy told me: free money!\N(Loan contract signed Pile) Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.53,0:04:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] But it ain't free! Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.83,0:04:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The worst part was offering money to people who don't even need it.\N(We own your ass!) Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.69,0:04:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People, Pal, like you.\N(New Home Magazine - New Bank Offers) Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.50,0:04:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Van honks]\N(Bank like family!) Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.20,0:04:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] You're right! I didn't need him: I was happy here. Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.71,0:04:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't need it!\N(New Home Magazine - New Bank Offers) Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.45,0:04:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bank Like Family) Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.23,0:04:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Why is he sad? He's making all that money. Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.84,0:04:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Shh. He's thinking. Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.24,0:04:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Clock ticking] Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.62,0:04:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Now wait for it, now wait for it... Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.64,0:04:37.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bingo! Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.91,0:04:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, the bank has loaned to everyone in town. Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.48,0:04:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to make more money they have to loan even more. Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.76,0:04:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] More? How much money do they need? Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.48,0:04:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] More... Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.93,0:04:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile yells] What's that? Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.62,0:04:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Behold! A black horse riding: credit cards. Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.99,0:05:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Refinance your home!!!) Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.25,0:05:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Wow! Look! I mean it's going to be okay, everything is going to be okay. Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.72,0:05:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What now? Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.94,0:05:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Now? Pile, with all this money, we might as well party. Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.59,0:05:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music plays...] Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.16,0:05:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Woahao, this is awesome! I needed to get my head clear. Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.46,0:05:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I get back I'm going to straighten all this out. Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.38,0:05:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just hope Dream is doing okay. Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.89,0:05:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Howling] Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.73,0:05:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Barking] Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.97,0:05:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Male witch] I'm going to get you, my pretty. Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.76,0:05:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Yup, he is. I'm sure he is. Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.28,0:05:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Burps] Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.21,0:05:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Yeah, you put it on his tab. A little something for yourself. Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.49,0:05:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wait. Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.21,0:06:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] You know, wait a second Hartman, I just thought of something. Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.59,0:06:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I got this money from the bank Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.67,0:06:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the bank got this money from the Federal Reserve dump trucks Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.24,0:06:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Go on. Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.58,0:06:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Then, where does the Federal Reserve get their money? Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.77,0:06:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Glass breaks] Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.58,0:06:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Real nice time ladies, real nice. Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.91,0:06:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Excuse me while I borrow these.\N[Women screech] Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.76,0:06:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Say, Hartman. Why am I wearing a burglar bikini top? Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.85,0:06:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Because no one is allowed inside the Fed. Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.78,0:06:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not you, nor me, no American citizen, Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.34,0:06:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no duly elected member of our Congress, Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.57,0:06:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the Supreme Court Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.88,0:06:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Not the Supreme Court? Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.52,0:06:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Not the Supreme Court. Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.13,0:06:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the Justice Department, not the CIA, the DIA, FBI, ATF, ATENBC Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.20,0:06:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not even G-O-D. Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.53,0:06:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Knocking] Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.94,0:06:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] How come the government isn't allowed inside its own building? Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.85,0:06:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Government? Pile, the Fed is a private bank, owned by private stockholders, Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.07,0:06:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do NOT let the name "federal" fool you. Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.12,0:06:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This place is about as federal as Federal Express. Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.41,0:07:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] A-a-a private bank? Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.10,0:07:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, private? Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.92,0:07:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman, quietly] Shh. Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.47,0:07:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Best to keep your voice down Pile. Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.18,0:07:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Phone ringing] Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.58,0:07:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ethan] This is Ethan, Federal Reserve. Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.34,0:07:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bill] Hey Eth, Bill here, First National. Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.31,0:07:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ethan] Hi there Bill, how are ya? Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.96,0:07:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bill] Good, good, we're running a little low on money. Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.48,0:07:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ethan] No problem. How much do you need? Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.99,0:07:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bill] Oh, how does 20 million sound? Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.16,0:07:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile, loudly] What? Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.85,0:07:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Slaps] Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.39,0:07:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ethan] Excellent. We'll ship it over first thing tomorrow. Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.83,0:07:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Wait, he can just call up the Fed and ask for more money Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.49,0:07:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they give him whatever they want? Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.40,0:07:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] No, Pile. The Fed don't give the banks money. Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.35,0:07:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Fed loans the banks money. Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.11,0:07:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Slams] Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.19,0:07:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] The banks have to pay it back with interest. Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.31,0:07:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come on, ... Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.53,0:07:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Wait wait wait wait, I still don't understand. Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.92,0:07:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where does the Fed get their money? I mean if they're a private bank. Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.12,0:07:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You said they were a private bank, right? Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.93,0:07:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so who puts money into the Fed bank? Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.69,0:07:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(US MINT) Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.16,0:07:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Phone ringing] Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.80,0:07:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Mal] This is Mal, United States Mint. Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.06,0:07:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ethan] Hiya Mal, First National needs another 20 millies. Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.61,0:08:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Mal] We're already running the press at full steam here Ethan. Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.48,0:08:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ethan] Gotta keep making loans, gotta keep the money flowing. Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.59,0:08:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Mal] All right, you're the Fed. Whatever you guys say. Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.46,0:08:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twenty million more, by morning! Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.53,0:08:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Horn blowing] Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.32,0:08:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] But I don't get it, what's so wrong about the Fed printing money? Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.28,0:08:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Because it's unconstitutional, Pile! Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.10,0:08:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Treasury is supposed to create our money Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.98,0:08:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but now the Fed controls the printing of Americas money. Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.93,0:08:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody gets a friggin' dollar that the Fed didn't print. Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.63,0:08:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] So? Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.58,0:08:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] They print the money, then they loan it to the government Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.19,0:08:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then they charge the government interest, Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.97,0:08:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the government taxes you to pay for it. Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.38,0:08:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wake up Pile! Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.50,0:08:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] I don't see what the big deal is. Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.55,0:08:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] You know, you're right Pile. Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.91,0:08:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Wait a minute, wait, I am? Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.67,0:08:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Yeah, I forget how effective they are at keeping you ignorant. Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.61,0:08:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Well that's okay - Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.49,0:08:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey! I'm not ignorant! Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.87,0:08:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Do you even know what money is, Pile? Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.92,0:08:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[10th Century] Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.05,0:08:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pies] Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.47,0:09:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] In the long, long ago, people bartered: Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.26,0:09:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they traded things they had, for things they wanted. Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.15,0:09:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll trade you my raspberries for that there pot pie. Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.46,0:09:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] I don't want your berries. Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.11,0:09:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Come on, Pile, they're sweet berries. Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.56,0:09:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] They're not sweet, they're old, and I don't like berries. Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.49,0:09:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Give me that pot pie! Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.76,0:09:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] No. Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.46,0:09:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] As you can see, this bartering situation created some problems. Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.87,0:09:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then one day, a goldsmith walked up and said, Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.35,0:09:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now, everybody thinks gold is valuable, Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.67,0:09:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so why doesn't everyone trade gold for things they need?" Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.66,0:09:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Cheering] Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.19,0:09:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The price was set for gold and now it was very easy to conduct commerce Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.33,0:09:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because now people could trade gold for all the things they needed. Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.48,0:09:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Hartman! Wow, look at all my gold! Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.46,0:09:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Robber snickers evilly] Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.35,0:09:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Hey! Hey, stop them! That's my gold! Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.14,0:09:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Damn thieves. Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.62,0:09:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ethan] Say there, Pile Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.43,0:09:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got a vault and some guards. Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.11,0:09:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can keep your gold safe for you. Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.86,0:09:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a small fee. Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.43,0:09:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Yeah, sure, that'd be awesome. Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.13,0:09:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] You see Pile, this is how the first bank made money. Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.17,0:10:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ethan] There you go Pile, I.O.U 100 gold coins. Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.82,0:10:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Okay, great! Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.36,0:10:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ethan] Come back anytime and redeem your gold when you want it. Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.45,0:10:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will be right here- Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.80,0:10:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my vault. Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.46,0:10:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Now you're holding the very first paper money Pile. Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.51,0:10:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Wow, this is great. It all makes sense. Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.14,0:10:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Oh, that's right, it was good, Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.15,0:10:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everybody started using "I.O.U" Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.37,0:10:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everybody knew the I.O.U was as good as gold. Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.20,0:10:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Chocolate $1) Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.90,0:10:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Wow, this candy is really a good price. Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.26,0:10:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 I.O.U, I'm getting some more for later. Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.41,0:10:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Chocolate $10) Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.73,0:10:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wait a minute, it was just 1 I.O.U. Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.75,0:10:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10 I.O.U's for chocolate? Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.76,0:10:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He can't just raise prices like that! Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.12,0:10:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Oh, the candyman can. Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.11,0:10:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music plays] Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.70,0:10:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] ♪Oh, the candyman can!♪ Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.14,0:10:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Wait, that is just freakin' wrong! Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.55,0:10:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Water 20) Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.37,0:10:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Water 200)\N[Hartman] It's called inflation Pile. Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.62,0:10:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes your I.O.U's worth less and less Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.36,0:10:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until they are worth nothing. Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.32,0:10:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Less bang for the buck, dollar ain't what it used to be. Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.27,0:11:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] But I worked hard and made all those pot pies. Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.95,0:11:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I have to work harder to make less? Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.04,0:11:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not fair. Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.37,0:11:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Oh, if you think that's not fair Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.51,0:11:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're gonna love the next part. Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.04,0:11:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Oh, what's he doing?\N(Chart - Gold | I.O.U.S) Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.70,0:11:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] How do banks make money, Pile? Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.59,0:11:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Errh, by making more loans? Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.10,0:11:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Oh, that's right! He's good. Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.95,0:11:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, he prints more IOUs without any more gold, Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.56,0:11:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loans them out for interest, makes a pretty penny - and nobody is the wiser, Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.97,0:11:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless - Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.15,0:11:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- everybody wanted their gold back at the same time. Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.81,0:11:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] No no no no no no, that's my gold! Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.26,0:11:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Not - Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.50,0:11:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anymore. Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.50,0:11:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] What are you talking about? Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.92,0:11:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] I'd like to redeem my IOUs, please. Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.90,0:11:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much. Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.65,0:11:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Out to lunch)\N[Pile] Hey! Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.78,0:11:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Crowd shouting]\N[Pile] I want my gold back now! Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.70,0:11:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Man] Thief! Thief! \N[Hartman] Battle of the bank run. Bringing people together. Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.20,0:11:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, they all found out he was stealing, Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.97,0:11:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made a run on the bank and demanded their gold. Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.27,0:12:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as as you can see, there ain't no gold to get. Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.55,0:12:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Hartman! Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.58,0:12:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Don't worry about it. Back in these times, Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.04,0:12:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vengeance will be yours. Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.11,0:12:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three things in this world you don't do: Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.66,0:12:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never mess with another man's woman. Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.46,0:12:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never mess with another man's ego. Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.57,0:12:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, most importantly, you never mess with another man's money. Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.64,0:12:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Else, man, we'll mess with you. Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.46,0:12:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] My God! You hung him? Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.50,0:12:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Yes, Pile. Oh, we hung him, we hung him high. Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.71,0:12:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And do you know why? Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.63,0:12:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Well, because he was a thief? Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.38,0:12:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Because, Pile, an evil invention was born Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.00,0:12:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man discovered how to turn worthless paper into gold. Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.50,0:12:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thus was invented the ultimate machine to steal real money Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.94,0:12:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enslave all the nations on earth. Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.00,0:12:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[bang and growling] Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.65,0:12:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Financier] It's alive! Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.36,0:12:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Oh now, come on! You're just being dramatic. Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.06,0:13:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I lost my house, but... Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.86,0:13:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] What is that? Explain. Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.42,0:13:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] A nuclear power plant? Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.05,0:13:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Mmm. Produces lots of electricity and little pollution. Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.36,0:13:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An invention for the good of humanity. Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.60,0:13:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] OK, but what does this have to do with...\N[watch ticking] Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.97,0:13:13.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Three, two, Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.01,0:13:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Explosion] Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.80,0:13:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Holy...!\N[Hartman] Atomic energy. Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.93,0:13:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A discovery more powerful than anything man had yet conceived. Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.86,0:13:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be used for good Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.07,0:13:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or evil. Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.05,0:13:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, unlike Einstein, the goldsmith's discovery has been kept a closely guarded secret. Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.51,0:13:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Fractional Reserve Banking - Reserve | Loans)\NIt was never intended for you to see. Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.78,0:13:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Depositor)\NThis discovery is called Fractional Reserve Banking. Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.95,0:13:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Borrower)\NIn the wrong hands, it's more powerful than the nuclear bomb Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.32,0:13:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in its ability to completely and utterly destroy a nation who is subjected to its perversion. Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.67,0:13:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] No - no no no no no. Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.45,0:13:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] It is time we stop this evil secret and the men behind it ... Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.43,0:13:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] You're being ridiculous!\N[Hartman] ... before America is destroyed forever. Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.16,0:14:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Believe it, Pile! Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.86,0:14:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] No no no no no! I just want my dog back. Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.72,0:14:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Damn it! That's it. I give up. Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.26,0:14:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let them live in chains. Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.88,0:14:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Tinkling] Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.98,0:14:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[18th c. ghost] No, Hartman! Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.08,0:14:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.79,0:14:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Thomas Jefferson? Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.37,0:14:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Mr President, how do I get him to understand? Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.91,0:14:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jefferson's ghost] As we did, son, remain vigilant. Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.57,0:14:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too many have hidden the truth and the light of our liberty dims with every passing day. Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.15,0:14:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Tinkling]\NQuickly, take my horse! Show him! \N[Tinkling] Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.45,0:14:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Wait. Show me what? Where are we going? Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.82,0:14:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Horse whinnies] Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.60,0:14:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Away, Stallion of Liberty! Ride hard the hoary wind! Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.84,0:14:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Oh, where are we? Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.82,0:14:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Battle of Waterloo. Hold on! We gotta get through! Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.33,0:14:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A money machine. There it is! Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.73,0:14:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Hey, is that the same people? Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.25,0:14:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Rich banker men from Germany flying under the banner of the Red Shield. Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.82,0:15:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They financed both sides of the war. We must hurry. Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.88,0:15:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's him, the Red Shield courier. Shoot him! Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.25,0:15:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] No. I'm not shooting anyone. Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.74,0:15:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Dammit, Pile. \N[Pile] What? Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.47,0:15:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hatrman] He beat everyone back with the news of the war Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.14,0:15:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and told England that Napoleon won. Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.18,0:15:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Red Shield bankers of London pretended that England was doomed Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.01,0:15:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and started selling their English stocks. Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.52,0:15:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The English went into a selling frenzy to get rid of worthless English money. Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.56,0:15:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] But, the English won, right? Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.02,0:15:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Of course they won. Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.33,0:15:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was a trick by Red Shield.\N(London Stock Exchange) Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.82,0:15:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They waited until the stocks plummeted to pennies and then bought England back for nearly nothing. Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.79,0:15:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] What? They did that? How? Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.30,0:15:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] When the English leaders found out, Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.33,0:15:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had no choice but to give themselves over to the Red Shield. Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.88,0:15:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their money was gone and they were slaves to the Red Shield war debt. Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.73,0:15:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since that time the English have been paying their national taxes Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.16,0:15:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directly to the Red Shield private bankers. Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.86,0:15:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people have no idea. Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.34,0:16:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the bankers bragged about what they did to us, Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.31,0:16:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laughing at us all the way to the bank. \N{Buckingham Palace) Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.89,0:16:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Nathan Rothschild] Why, it's the best pistes (?) I've ever done. Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.84,0:16:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I can control a nation's wealth I cannot make its laws. Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.94,0:16:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Oh, is this what Jefferson wanted to show me? Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.29,0:16:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] No, Pile. Look. Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.59,0:16:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] They're in America too? Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.04,0:16:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] The Red Shield banks are here, Pile, seeking a way to conquer our American Dream. Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.27,0:16:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dream you had, Pile. The dream of free men. Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.19,0:16:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They tried to take over our country many times Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.54,0:16:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and failed because Jefferson and the patriots vowed to stop the evil tyrants at all costs. Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.25,0:16:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Kiss - tinkling] Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.81,0:16:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] By authority of eternal God he would not let the bankers win here. Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.79,0:16:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jefferson] To preserve our independence we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.46,0:16:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must make our choice between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude. Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.67,0:17:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Thomas Jefferson actually said this...)\N[Pile] Wow! Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.31,0:17:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jefferson] I place economy among the first and most important of republican virtues, Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.86,0:17:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and public debt is the greatest of the dangers to be feared. Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.64,0:17:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.12,0:17:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Banking) \N[Banker] We must have a central bank to secure this country's finances! Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.82,0:17:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jefferson] If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their money, Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.17,0:17:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Yes. He actually said this.)\Nfirst by inflation and then by deflation, Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.72,0:17:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of their property Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.35,0:17:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until their children will wake up homeless on the very continent their fathers conquered. Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.30,0:17:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Banker] Jefferson, you're mad! This country will have a central bank. Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.30,0:17:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[shouts] Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.24,0:17:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Who's that? \N[Hartman] America's first Secretary of Treasury. Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.63,0:17:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Alexander Hamilton. \N[Hartman] Not for long. Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.67,0:17:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson's Vice President. Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.14,0:17:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't take too kindly to our first Sec[retary of] Treasury.\N[Gun shots] Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.82,0:18:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Off voice] Sweet shot, Burr.\N[musical note] Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.61,0:18:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] The first attempt at a central bank only lasted 20 years and was shut down. Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.74,0:18:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the bankers tried again against "Old Hickory", President Andrew Jackson. Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.99,0:18:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jackson] You are a den of vipers and thieves. Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.28,0:18:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I intend to rout you out and by the eternal God I will rout you out. Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.32,0:18:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] After surviving an assassination attempt, Jackson finally defeated the bank in 1836. Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.48,0:18:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When asked what was the greatest accomplishment in his life, Old Hickory replied: Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.82,0:18:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jackson] I killed the bank. Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.55,0:18:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those were his last words: "I killed the bank." Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.12,0:18:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, with real money backed with real gold, Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.29,0:18:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our country experienced the greatest boom in any nation's history. Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.91,0:18:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, it was beautiful, Pile. Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.43,0:18:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the bankers, greedy for more power and wealth, were concocting their most ambitious plan yet: Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.13,0:19:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to once and for all take control of the finances of the United States. Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.15,0:19:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1910, a secret meeting was held in the J.P. Morgan estate on Jekyll Island of the coast of Georgia. Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.75,0:19:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This meeting was so secret, so concealed from government and public knowledge, Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.47,0:19:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the 10 attendees used code names. Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.85,0:19:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(J.P. Morgan\Ncode name: Hula Girl) Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.27,0:19:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Morgan - clears his throat] I am clearly the richest man, so I should be the one to run the super secret central bank. Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.53,0:19:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(J.D. Rockefeller\Ncode name: Lube Job) Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.16,0:19:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Rockefeller] I own all the oil in America. I'm clearly richer than you will ever be Hula Girl. Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.41,0:19:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should run the super secret central bank. Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.70,0:19:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Morgan] You're nothing compared to me, Lube Job. Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.65,0:19:37.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I shall run the secret bank. Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.75,0:19:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Boom!]\N[Off voice] Silence! Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.60,0:19:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Morgan] Supreme Master Leader, I didn't know you were gonna be here. Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.93,0:19:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Supreme Master leader\N(name withheld for scary security reasons)) Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.66,0:19:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Supreme Master Leader] I'm not. Neither are you, dumb ass. Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.27,0:19:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Rockefeller] Oh yeah, right, right. Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.86,0:19:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Morgan] He's so smart! [thunk] Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.53,0:19:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SML] None of you shall run the bank. Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.80,0:20:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have failed in the past because of openness. This time the key to success is secrecy. Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.65,0:20:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people must believe that they run the bank. Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.88,0:20:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Morgan] Yes, brilliant! A sneak attack. What's the plan? [thunk] Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.87,0:20:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SML] We first create panic, then we show them the solution. Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.55,0:20:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With our man in office and well-planned timing, we will have our central bank. Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.14,0:20:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the people think it is theirs. Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.65,0:20:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We shall christen it Federal, the Federal Reserve.\N[general laughter] Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.59,0:20:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Thunderclap]\N[Hartman] ["Jingle Bells" tune] They struck on December 23rd, 1913, Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.30,0:20:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when most of our Congress were at home eating fruit cake, Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.97,0:20:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these bastards - I mean bankers - presented their treasonous act Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.93,0:20:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to their newly elected accomplice Woodrow Wilson, Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.13,0:20:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had fortuitously already agreed to sign it\N(Federal Reserve Act - The 10th Amendment to the Constitusion of the United States - I.R.S) Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.07,0:20:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before he was even elected. Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.04,0:20:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Wait. The IRS? I thought we always had the IRS. Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.73,0:20:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] No, Pile. They did this to us too. Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.06,0:21:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Fed now has the exclusive power to print America's money. Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.06,0:21:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They loan this money to our banks and our government at interest, Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.28,0:21:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,putting immediate debt on our own money, Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.79,0:21:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,printing more and more so each dollar they print becomes worth less than the one before. Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.40,0:21:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bang]\N[Hartman] Merry Christmas. Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.50,0:21:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(IRS)\N[screeching, mechanical noises] Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.22,0:21:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] What in the hell is that? Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.64,0:21:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] That, Pile, is how our government now must pay back these debts to the Fed. Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.12,0:21:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your taxes did not go to your government. Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.52,0:21:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] They don't? Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.54,0:21:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Hmm. It's the greatest theft in human history. Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.99,0:21:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] But... Okay. I mean, I sorta get what you're saying, Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.66,0:21:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's also confusing and really Hartman, I don't see how it affects me at all. Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.45,0:21:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I had more money, none of this would have happened. Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.79,0:21:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hartman?\N[Car door clanks - engine revs up - cash register clinking] Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.99,0:22:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] 1955! Wow, what are we doing here? Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.66,0:22:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Oh, a little bit of shopping. Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.40,0:22:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, hold this. Gallon of gas: 23 cents. Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.88,0:22:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Postage stamp: 3 cents. Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.30,0:22:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ounce of gold: 35 dollars. Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.01,0:22:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hot baby: priceless. Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.69,0:22:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Best be getting back.\N[Flying noise] Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.09,0:22:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Boy] Hey, Hartman! I need my car, man! Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.80,0:22:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Oh, was that Michael J? Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.70,0:22:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Yeah, he'll be fine. Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.03,0:22:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Cash register clanking]\N(For Sale $20,000 -> $400,000) Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.18,0:22:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gas - Everything Must Go!!!)\N[Hartman] Now Pile, Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.46,0:22:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would you agree that you have the same exact things you had in 1955? Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.35,0:22:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Yeah: one stamp, one gallon of gas, one ounce of gold and one home. Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.76,0:22:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow, we just made a lot of money. Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.98,0:22:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[IRS men] Grab grab grab grab grab. Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.40,0:22:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Hey!\N[IRS starts noisily] Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.74,0:22:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Gotta pay your taxes. Then it's nice to have made all that money. Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.94,0:22:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Wait, that isn't fair! Now I actually have less money. I can't even go buy the things I just sold. Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.78,0:22:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] The IRS and the Fed's inflation work together, Pile. Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.93,0:23:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They aren't just taxing gain, they are taxing their inflation. Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.64,0:23:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are no richer than you were in 1955. Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.12,0:23:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, does that sound fair or American to you? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Yeah, but I mean, who doesn't hate taxes? I hate the IRS anyway. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Pile, the higher they make the inflation, the more of your money they take. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's thievery. You're not paying taxes on any more, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are paying taxes on the same and now you have less. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They take our property away right in front of our eyes just like Thomas Jefferson said they would. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] What's that? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] They found us! Quick, my sword! Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] What sword? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] We don't need your banking machine! I condemn you to die, dammit! Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Die! Pile, Bernanke bogie on my nine! Take him at his knees! Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[John Fitzgerald Kennedy] For we are opposed around the world Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for expanding its sphere of influence. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] What's happening? Where am I? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] I believe perhaps you understand now, Pile. But you are afraid. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] JFK. Hartman, what does this have to do with my house and my dog? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, that's enough. I want to go home now. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] This is the last president to stand up to the Fed. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must see. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On June 4, 1963, President Kennedy signed Executive Order 11110. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This executive order empowered the U.S. Treasury to issue real money without the Fed. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would have worked. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kennedy's plan to dismantle the Federal Reserve machine had begun. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But six months later, John F. Kennedy went to Dallas and never returned. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] No way. No way they can do that. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] The new president, Lyndon Johnson, threw out Kennedy's order. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And since JFK, no president has dared confront the secret powers behind the Federal Reserve. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They consolidate bigger and bigger banks, print more and more money, accountable to no one, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decimating our nation's wealth for the benefit of a few.\N(For Sale - Sorry we're closed) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Why? Why do this? If they hurt us it hurts the global bankers too. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] No, Pile, they are protected! They are too big to fail. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] But I'm not. Those sons of bitches! Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] Mmm, sons of bitches all. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Wind blowing] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman(?)] The day was cold, the wind sharp and strong, but we were determined. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bankers and their parasites had us vastly outnumbered, but their hubris made them weak. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not like us, not like this band of immortals we have assembled. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have come to take back our... \N(If lost call Hartman) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Hartman, is that...? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] My dog. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pile] Oh, sh... Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman?] Then the inevitable. The money kings could ignore us no longer. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They sent an emissary, a cog in the machine of greed, to bring about our submission: Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hank Paulson. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Paulson (?)] Hartman, this is blasphemy. We own the corners of the earth. It is futile to challenge us. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I've seen that look before, that of a predator taking in the scent of its prey: Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bold, fearless, the look of a free man. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Paulson (?)]You have come far, Hartman, farther than most. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be smart now; join us. We will bring you money, power, everything you want. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can be one of us if you will kneel. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Woman singing wordlessly...] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Paulson] Madman! You're a madman! We're offering you everything! Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think this is? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hartman] This...is...America! Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(The End) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.\NBen Franklin) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Written and directed by Tad Lumkind and Harold Uhl) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Produced by Tad Lumpkin) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Executive producer John Stagliano) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Animation services by Six Point Harness) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sound design Onnalee Blank) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music by Tom Hiel} Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Starring Jess Harnell) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(DC Doughus (?)) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(??????) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(The Provocateur Network Presents) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(The American Dream) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(www.theamericandreamfilm.com)