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(Sold)

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(Sold)

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(For Sale)

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(Bank like family!)

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(Loan)

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(Pile signs loan contract)

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[Dog barks]

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[Brakes screech]

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[Off voice] The American Dream.

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There's a reason to call it a dream.

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[cock cries][br][Man] Who's there?

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[Off voice] Cockadoodledo, Pile!

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[knocking][br](Foreclosed)

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[Pile] No, no, no, no no!

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I don't have any more money!

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My job sucks right now, please!

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I'll have more money next month!

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(Bank)

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You can't take my house!

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[Banker] Is that your signature?[br](Loan contract signed Pile)

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[Dog whines]

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[Pile] OK, just tell me we'll work something out, OK?

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I mean you said I'm a good credit guy, right?

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Hey, wait! My dog is in there!

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No, don't take my Dream![br][He weeps]

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Oh, how did this happen?

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[Explosion and flare noise]

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(OUTATIME)

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Hartman? Is that you?

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[Hartman] It's been a long time since the fourth grade.

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(4th Grade)

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[Pile] Is that a time machine?

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[Hartman] There's no need to concern yourself with my astounding accomplishments.

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Just get in. There's not much time.

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[Pile] Well, I got to go down to the bank to get my life back.

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They took everything!

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[Hartman] Oh! Bank ain't gonna help you now.

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Towel in the trunk.

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It's a set of balls. Put them on, you're going to need them.

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[Pile] You're going to get my dream back?

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[Hartman] No, pal: you are. I'm here to show you how.

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(E=mc squared)

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(Winter of 2006)

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[Hartman] Submitted for your approval:[br]1. First National Bank.

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What is a bank, you ask?

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A curious place where both space, time and irony exist -

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- and yet, don't.

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[Pile] Are you going to be doing that the whole time?

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[Hartman] Pay attention, Pile.

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Exhibit A: those who have come to deposit and safely store their earned monies.

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Exhibit B: Those who need to borrow said money for purposes unknown.

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[Pile] Hey, that's me![br](Not so prime)

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[Hartman] Ergo.

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Exhibit C: The bank only has so much money in the vault to lend out to people such as you.

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[Pile] Hey! Hey, that's the guy! He took my house!

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[Hartman] Really screwing my vibe here, Pile.

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Space-time continuum: he can't hear you. Just let me narrate.

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Now where was I?

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So you see, by the time he got to you, Pile, his bank was out of money.

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[Pile] But he gave me lots of money and charged me a lot of interest.

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[Hartman] Yes: that's the only way banks make money,

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by making debt loans: debt equals money, Pile.[br](DEBT=MONEY)

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Remember that: debt equals money.

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The more loans they make, the more money they make.

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[Pile] But if they don't have any money, then where did my money come from?

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[Hartman] You're going to want to take a step back.[br](FED)

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(FED)

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[Pile] Whoa! No way!

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[Hartman] Yes way. And that's nothing.

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[Banker] Hey, buddy! Need some money?

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(BUM)

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[Pile, offscreen] They didn't do that!?

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[Hartman] Oh, they did exactly that, pal.

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Remember: banks make money by making loans, by selling debt, even to -

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bad credit risks.

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[Banker] Yo! Have some money, dude!

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Just sign here.

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[Pile] Oh my gosh!

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[Hartman] Mmm! They called it free money.

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[Pile] Yeah! That's exactly what MY loan guy told me: free money![br](Loan contract signed Pile)

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[Hartman] But it ain't free!

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The worst part was offering money to people who don't even need it.[br](We own your ass!)

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People, Pal, like you.[br](New Home Magazine - New Bank Offers)

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[Van honks][br](Bank like family!)

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[Pile] You're right! I didn't need him: I was happy here.

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I didn't need it![br](New Home Magazine - New Bank Offers)

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(Bank Like Family)

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[Pile] Why is he sad? He's making all that money.

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[Hartman] Shh. He's thinking.

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[Clock ticking]

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[Hartman] Now wait for it, now wait for it...

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Bingo!

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See, the bank has loaned to everyone in town.

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But to make more money they have to loan even more.

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[Pile] More? How much money do they need?

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[Hartman] More...

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[Pile yells] What's that?

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[Hartman] Behold! A black horse riding: credit cards.

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(Refinance your home!!!)

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[Pile] Wow! Look! I mean it's going to be okay, everything is going to be okay.

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What now?

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[Hartman] Now? Pile, with all this money, we might as well party.

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[Music plays...]

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[Pile] Woahao, this is awesome! I needed to get my head clear.

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When I get back I'm going to straighten all this out.

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I just hope Dream is doing okay.

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[Howling]

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[Barking]

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[Male witch] I'm going to get you, my pretty.

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[Pile] Yup, he is. I'm sure he is.

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[Burps]

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[Hartman] Yeah, you put it on his tab. A little something for yourself.

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Wait.

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[Pile] You know, wait a second Hartman, I just thought of something.

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If I got this money from the bank

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and the bank got this money from the Federal Reserve dump trucks

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[Hartman] Go on.

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[Pile] Then, where does the Federal Reserve get their money?

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[Glass breaks]

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[Hartman] Real nice time ladies, real nice.

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Excuse me while I borrow these.[br][Women screech]

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[Pile] Say, Hartman. Why am I wearing a burglar bikini top?

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[Hartman] Because no one is allowed inside the Fed.

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Not you, nor me, no American citizen,

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no duly elected member of our Congress,

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not the Supreme Court

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[Pile] Not the Supreme Court?

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[Hartman] Not the Supreme Court.

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Not the Justice Department, not the CIA, the DIA, FBI, ATF, ATENBC

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not even G-O-D.

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[Knocking]

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[Pile] How come the government isn't allowed inside its own building?

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[Hartman] Government? Pile, the Fed is a private bank, owned by private stockholders,

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do NOT let the name "federal" fool you.

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This place is about as federal as Federal Express.

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[Pile] A-a-a private bank?

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But, private?

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[Hartman, quietly] Shh.

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Best to keep your voice down Pile.

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[Phone ringing]

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[Ethan] This is Ethan, Federal Reserve.

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[Bill] Hey Eth, Bill here, First National.

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[Ethan] Hi there Bill, how are ya?

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[Bill] Good, good, we're running a little low on money.

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[Ethan] No problem. How much do you need?

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[Bill] Oh, how does 20 million sound?

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[Pile, loudly] What?

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[Slaps]

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[Ethan] Excellent. We'll ship it over first thing tomorrow.

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[Pile] Wait, he can just call up the Fed and ask for more money

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and they give him whatever they want?

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[Hartman] No, Pile. The Fed don't give the banks money.

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The Fed loans the banks money.

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[Slams]

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[Hartman] The banks have to pay it back with interest.

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Come on, ...

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[Pile] Wait wait wait wait, I still don't understand.

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Where does the Fed get their money? I mean if they're a private bank.

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You said they were a private bank, right?

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Okay, so who puts money into the Fed bank?

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(US MINT)

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[Phone ringing]

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[Mal] This is Mal, United States Mint.

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[Ethan] Hiya Mal, First National needs another 20 millies.

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[Mal] We're already running the press at full steam here Ethan.

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[Ethan] Gotta keep making loans, gotta keep the money flowing.

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[Mal] All right, you're the Fed. Whatever you guys say.

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Twenty million more, by morning!

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[Horn blowing]

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[Pile] But I don't get it, what's so wrong about the Fed printing money?

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[Hartman] Because it's unconstitutional, Pile!

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Our Treasury is supposed to create our money

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but now the Fed controls the printing of Americas money.

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Nobody gets a friggin' dollar that the Fed didn't print.

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[Pile] So?

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[Hartman] They print the money, then they loan it to the government

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then they charge the government interest,

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then the government taxes you to pay for it.

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Wake up Pile!

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[Pile] I don't see what the big deal is.

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[Hartman] You know, you're right Pile.

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[Pile] Wait a minute, wait, I am?

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[Hartman] Yeah, I forget how effective they are at keeping you ignorant.

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[Pile] Well that's okay -

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Hey! I'm not ignorant!

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[Hartman] Do you even know what money is, Pile?

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[10th Century]

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[Pies]

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[Hartman] In the long, long ago, people bartered:

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they traded things they had, for things they wanted.

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I'll trade you my raspberries for that there pot pie.

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[Pile] I don't want your berries.

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[Hartman] Come on, Pile, they're sweet berries.

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[Pile] They're not sweet, they're old, and I don't like berries.

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[Hartman] Give me that pot pie!

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[Pile] No.

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[Hartman] As you can see, this bartering situation created some problems.

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Then one day, a goldsmith walked up and said,

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"Now, everybody thinks gold is valuable,

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so why doesn't everyone trade gold for things they need?"

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[Cheering]

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The price was set for gold and now it was very easy to conduct commerce

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because now people could trade gold for all the things they needed.

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[Pile] Hartman! Wow, look at all my gold!

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[Robber snickers evilly]

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[Pile] Hey! Hey, stop them! That's my gold!

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[Hartman] Damn thieves.

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[Ethan] Say there, Pile

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I've got a vault and some guards.

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I can keep your gold safe for you.

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For a small fee.

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[Pile] Yeah, sure, that'd be awesome.

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[Hartman] You see Pile, this is how the first bank made money.

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[Ethan] There you go Pile, I.O.U 100 gold coins.

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[Pile] Okay, great!

0:10:04.355,0:10:07.449
[Ethan] Come back anytime and redeem your gold when you want it.

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It will be right here-

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in my vault.

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[Hartman] Now you're holding the very first paper money Pile.

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[Pile] Wow, this is great. It all makes sense.

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[Hartman] Oh, that's right, it was good,

0:10:20.148,0:10:22.367
and everybody started using "I.O.U"

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because everybody knew the I.O.U was as good as gold.

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(Chocolate $1)

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[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.

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(Chocolate $10)

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Wait a minute, it was just 1 I.O.U.

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10 I.O.U's for chocolate?

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He can't just raise prices like that!

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[Hartman] Oh, the candyman can.

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[Music plays]

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[Hartman] ♪Oh, the candyman can!♪

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[Pile] Wait, that is just freakin' wrong!

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(Water 20)

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(Water 200)[br][Hartman] It's called inflation Pile.

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It makes your I.O.U's worth less and less

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until they are worth nothing.

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Less bang for the buck, dollar ain't what it used to be.

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[Pile] But I worked hard and made all those pot pies.

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Now I have to work harder to make less?

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That's not fair.

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[Hartman] Oh, if you think that's not fair

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you're gonna love the next part.

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[Pile] Oh, what's he doing?[br](Chart - Gold | I.O.U.S)

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[Hartman] How do banks make money, Pile?

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[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,

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unless -

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- everybody wanted their gold back at the same time.

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[Pile] No no no no no no, that's my gold!

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[Hartman] Not -

0:11:34.496,0:11:35.503
anymore.

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[Pile] What are you talking about?

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[Hartman] I'd like to redeem my IOUs, please.

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Thank you very much.

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(Out to lunch)[br][Pile] Hey!

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[Crowd shouting][br][Pile] I want my gold back now!

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[Man] Thief! Thief! [br][Hartman] Battle of the bank run. Bringing people together.

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See, they all found out he was stealing,

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made a run on the bank and demanded their gold.

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But as as you can see, there ain't no gold to get.

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[Pile] Hartman!

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[Hartman] Don't worry about it. Back in these times,

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vengeance will be yours.

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Three things in this world you don't do:

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Never mess with another man's woman.

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Never mess with another man's ego.

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And, most importantly, you never mess with another man's money.

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Else, man, we'll mess with you.

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[Pile] My God! You hung him?

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[Hartman] Yes, Pile. Oh, we hung him, we hung him high.

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And do you know why?

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[Pile] Well, because he was a thief?

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[Hartman] Because, Pile, an evil invention was born

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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

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and enslave all the nations on earth.

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[bang and growling]

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[Financier] It's alive!

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[Pile] Oh now, come on! You're just being dramatic.

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I mean, I lost my house, but...

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[Hartman] What is that? Explain.

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[Pile] A nuclear power plant?

0:13:04.047,0:13:07.361
[Hartman] Mmm. Produces lots of electricity and little pollution.

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An invention for the good of humanity.

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[Pile] OK, but what does this have to do with...[br][watch ticking]

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[Hartman] Three, two,

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[Explosion]

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[Pile] Holy...![br][Hartman] Atomic energy.

0:13:17.927,0:13:21.863
A discovery more powerful than anything man had yet conceived.

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It can be used for good

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or evil.

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Now, unlike Einstein, the goldsmith's discovery has been kept a closely guarded secret.

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(Fractional Reserve Banking - Reserve | Loans)[br]It was never intended for you to see.

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(Depositor)[br]This discovery is called Fractional Reserve Banking.

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(Borrower)[br]In the wrong hands, it's more powerful than the nuclear bomb

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in its ability to completely and utterly destroy a nation who is subjected to its perversion.

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[Pile] No - no no no no no.

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[Hartman] It is time we stop this evil secret and the men behind it ...

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[Pile] You're being ridiculous![br][Hartman] ... before America is destroyed forever.

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Believe it, Pile!

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[Pile] No no no no no! I just want my dog back.

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[Hartman] Damn it! That's it. I give up.

0:14:06.259,0:14:07.882
Let them live in chains.

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[Tinkling]

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[18th c. ghost] No, Hartman!

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"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

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[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.

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Too many have hidden the truth and the light of our liberty dims with every passing day.

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[Tinkling][br]Quickly, take my horse! Show him! [br][Tinkling]

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[Pile] Wait. Show me what? Where are we going?

0:14:37.822,0:14:38.598
[Horse whinnies]

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[Hartman] Away, Stallion of Liberty! Ride hard the hoary wind!

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[Pile] Oh, where are we?

0:14:46.815,0:14:49.823
[Hartman] Battle of Waterloo. Hold on! We gotta get through!

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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.

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They financed both sides of the war. We must hurry.

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That's him, the Red Shield courier. Shoot him!

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[Pile] No. I'm not shooting anyone.

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[Hartman] Dammit, Pile. [br][Pile] What?

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[Hatrman] He beat everyone back with the news of the war

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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

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and started selling their English stocks.

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The English went into a selling frenzy to get rid of worthless English money.

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[Pile] But, the English won, right?

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[Hartman] Of course they won.

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But it was a trick by Red Shield.[br](London Stock Exchange)

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They waited until the stocks plummeted to pennies and then bought England back for nearly nothing.

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[Pile] What? They did that? How?

0:15:40.295,0:15:42.327
[Hartman] When the English leaders found out,

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they had no choice but to give themselves over to the Red Shield.

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Their money was gone and they were slaves to the Red Shield war debt.

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Since that time the English have been paying their national taxes

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directly to the Red Shield private bankers.

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The people have no idea.

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But the bankers bragged about what they did to us,

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laughing at us all the way to the bank. [br]{Buckingham Palace)

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[Nathan Rothschild] Why, it's the best pistes (?) I've ever done.

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If I can control a nation's wealth I cannot make its laws.

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[Pile] Oh, is this what Jefferson wanted to show me?

0:16:16.294,0:16:19.053
[Hartman] No, Pile. Look.

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[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.

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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

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and failed because Jefferson and the patriots vowed to stop the evil tyrants at all costs.

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[Kiss - tinkling]

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[Hartman] By authority of eternal God he would not let the bankers win here.

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[Jefferson] To preserve our independence we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.

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We must make our choice between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude.

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(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,

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and public debt is the greatest of the dangers to be feared.

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It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes.

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(Banking) [br][Banker] We must have a central bank to secure this country's finances!

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[Jefferson] If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their money,

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(Yes. He actually said this.)[br]first by inflation and then by deflation,

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the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of their property

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until their children will wake up homeless on the very continent their fathers conquered.

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[Banker] Jefferson, you're mad! This country will have a central bank.

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[shouts]

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[Pile] Who's that? [br][Hartman] America's first Secretary of Treasury.

0:17:48.632,0:17:51.669
[Pile] Alexander Hamilton. [br][Hartman] Not for long.

0:17:51.669,0:17:55.135
Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson's Vice President.

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They didn't take too kindly to our first Sec[retary of] Treasury.[br][Gun shots]

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[Off voice] Sweet shot, Burr.[br][musical note]

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[Hartman] The first attempt at a central bank only lasted 20 years and was shut down.

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But the bankers tried again against "Old Hickory", President Andrew Jackson.

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[Jackson] You are a den of vipers and thieves.

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I intend to rout you out and by the eternal God I will rout you out.

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[Hartman] After surviving an assassination attempt, Jackson finally defeated the bank in 1836.

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When asked what was the greatest accomplishment in his life, Old Hickory replied:

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[Jackson] I killed the bank.

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And those were his last words: "I killed the bank."

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And, with real money backed with real gold,

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our country experienced the greatest boom in any nation's history.

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Oh, it was beautiful, Pile.

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But the bankers, greedy for more power and wealth, were concocting their most ambitious plan yet:

0:18:57.126,0:19:01.639
to once and for all take control of the finances of the United States.

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In 1910, a secret meeting was held in the J.P. Morgan estate on Jekyll Island of the coast of Georgia.

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This meeting was so secret, so concealed from government and public knowledge,

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that the 10 attendees used code names.

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(J.P. Morgan[br]code name: Hula Girl)

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[Morgan - clears his throat] I am clearly the richest man, so I should be the one to run the super secret central bank.

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(J.D. Rockefeller[br]code name: Lube Job)

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[Rockefeller] I own all the oil in America. I'm clearly richer than you will ever be Hula Girl.

0:19:30.411,0:19:32.704
I should run the super secret central bank.

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[Morgan] You're nothing compared to me, Lube Job.

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I shall run the secret bank.

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[Boom!][br][Off voice] Silence!

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[Morgan] Supreme Master Leader, I didn't know you were gonna be here.

0:19:43.928,0:19:44.657
(Supreme Master leader[br](name withheld for scary security reasons))

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[Supreme Master Leader] I'm not. Neither are you, dumb ass.

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[Rockefeller] Oh yeah, right, right.

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[Morgan] He's so smart! [thunk]

0:19:51.533,0:19:54.796
[SML] None of you shall run the bank.

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We have failed in the past because of openness. This time the key to success is secrecy.

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The people must believe that they run the bank.

0:20:04.885,0:20:09.873
[Morgan] Yes, brilliant! A sneak attack. What's the plan? [thunk]

0:20:09.873,0:20:13.546
[SML] We first create panic, then we show them the solution.

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With our man in office and well-planned timing, we will have our central bank.

0:20:18.135,0:20:20.647
And so the people think it is theirs.

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We shall christen it Federal, the Federal Reserve.[br][general laughter]

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[Thunderclap][br][Hartman] ["Jingle Bells" tune] They struck on December 23rd, 1913,

0:20:35.295,0:20:37.969
when most of our Congress were at home eating fruit cake,

0:20:37.969,0:20:41.927
these bastards - I mean bankers - presented their treasonous act

0:20:41.927,0:20:45.131
to their newly elected accomplice Woodrow Wilson,

0:20:45.131,0:20:48.067
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)

0:20:48.067,0:20:50.043
before he was even elected.

0:20:50.043,0:20:54.734
[Pile] Wait. The IRS? I thought we always had the IRS.

0:20:54.734,0:20:59.065
[Hartman] No, Pile. They did this to us too.

0:20:59.065,0:21:04.057
The Fed now has the exclusive power to print America's money.

0:21:04.057,0:21:08.283
They loan this money to our banks and our government at interest,

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putting immediate debt on our own money,

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printing more and more so each dollar they print becomes worth less than the one before.

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[Bang][br][Hartman] Merry Christmas.

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(IRS)[br][screeching, mechanical noises]

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[Pile] What in the hell is that?

0:21:29.639,0:21:34.125
[Hartman] That, Pile, is how our government now must pay back these debts to the Fed.

0:21:34.125,0:21:37.522
Your taxes did not go to your government.

0:21:37.522,0:21:38.545
[Pile] They don't?

0:21:38.545,0:21:41.992
[Hartman] Hmm. It's the greatest theft in human history.

0:21:41.992,0:21:45.663
[Pile] But... Okay. I mean, I sorta get what you're saying,

0:21:45.663,0:21:50.447
but it's also confusing and really Hartman, I don't see how it affects me at all.

0:21:50.447,0:21:52.300
If I had more money, none of this would have happened.

0:21:52.792,0:21:57.921
Hartman?[br][Car door clanks - engine revs up - cash register clinking]

0:21:58.989,0:22:01.656
[Pile] 1955! Wow, what are we doing here?

0:22:01.656,0:22:03.402
[Hartman] Oh, a little bit of shopping.

0:22:03.402,0:22:06.882
Here, hold this. Gallon of gas: 23 cents.

0:22:06.882,0:22:09.299
Postage stamp: 3 cents.

0:22:09.299,0:22:12.006
Ounce of gold: 35 dollars.

0:22:12.006,0:22:14.692
Hot baby: priceless.

0:22:14.692,0:22:17.089
Best be getting back.[br][Flying noise]

0:22:17.089,0:22:19.160
[Boy] Hey, Hartman! I need my car, man!

0:22:19.802,0:22:21.700
[Pile] Oh, was that Michael J?

0:22:21.700,0:22:23.030
[Hartman] Yeah, he'll be fine.

0:22:23.030,0:22:26.177
[Cash register clanking][br](For Sale $20,000 -> $400,000)

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(Gas - Everything Must Go!!!)[br][Hartman] Now Pile,

0:22:27.461,0:22:31.351
would you agree that you have the same exact things you had in 1955?

0:22:31.351,0:22:35.725
[Pile] Yeah: one stamp, one gallon of gas, one ounce of gold and one home.

0:22:37.758,0:22:40.979
Wow, we just made a lot of money.

0:22:40.979,0:22:42.402
[IRS men] Grab grab grab grab grab.

0:22:42.402,0:22:44.477
[Pile] Hey![br][IRS starts noisily]

0:22:44.742,0:22:48.940
[Hartman] Gotta pay your taxes. Then it's nice to have made all that money.

0:22:48.940,0:22:54.775
[Pile] Wait, that isn't fair! Now I actually have less money. I can't even go buy the things I just sold.

0:22:54.775,0:22:58.933
[Hartman] The IRS and the Fed's inflation work together, Pile.

0:22:58.933,0:23:02.643
They aren't just taxing gain, they are taxing their inflation.

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You are no richer than you were in 1955.

0:23:06.124,0:23:08.752
Now, does that sound fair or American to you?

0:23:08.852,0:23:12.767
[Pile] Yeah, but I mean, who doesn't hate taxes? I hate the IRS anyway.

0:23:12.767,0:23:18.248
[Hartman] Pile, the higher they make the inflation, the more of your money they take.

0:23:18.248,0:23:22.147
It's thievery. You're not paying taxes on any more,

0:23:22.147,0:23:26.584
you are paying taxes on the same and now you have less.

0:23:26.584,0:23:31.946
They take our property away right in front of our eyes just like Thomas Jefferson said they would.

0:23:31.946,0:23:35.911
[Pile] What's that?

0:23:36.510,0:23:39.595
[Hartman] They found us! Quick, my sword!

0:23:39.595,0:23:41.217
[Pile] What sword?

0:23:41.985,0:23:46.355
[Hartman] We don't need your banking machine! I condemn you to die, dammit!

0:23:46.355,0:23:51.459
Die! Pile, Bernanke bogie on my nine! Take him at his knees!

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[John Fitzgerald Kennedy] For we are opposed around the world

0:24:03.340,0:24:09.399
by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means

0:24:09.999,0:24:12.300
for expanding its sphere of influence.

0:24:12.300,0:24:14.562
[Pile] What's happening? Where am I?

0:24:14.562,0:24:19.717
[Hartman] I believe perhaps you understand now, Pile. But you are afraid.

0:24:19.717,0:24:23.535
[Pile] JFK. Hartman, what does this have to do with my house and my dog?

0:24:23.535,0:24:26.490
Okay, that's enough. I want to go home now.

0:24:26.490,0:24:30.057
[Hartman] This is the last president to stand up to the Fed.

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You must see.

0:24:31.464,0:24:38.782
On June 4, 1963, President Kennedy signed Executive Order 11110.

0:24:39.520,0:24:44.122
This executive order empowered the U.S. Treasury to issue real money without the Fed.

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It would have worked.

0:24:46.221,0:24:50.007
Kennedy's plan to dismantle the Federal Reserve machine had begun.

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But six months later, John F. Kennedy went to Dallas and never returned.

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[Pile] No way. No way they can do that.

0:24:59.679,0:25:03.488
[Hartman] The new president, Lyndon Johnson, threw out Kennedy's order.

0:25:03.488,0:25:09.693
And since JFK, no president has dared confront the secret powers behind the Federal Reserve.

0:25:10.354,0:25:16.257
They consolidate bigger and bigger banks, print more and more money, accountable to no one,

0:25:16.257,0:25:20.245
decimating our nation's wealth for the benefit of a few.[br](For Sale - Sorry we're closed)

0:25:20.875,0:25:25.235
[Pile] Why? Why do this? If they hurt us it hurts the global bankers too.

0:25:25.235,0:25:31.569
[Hartman] No, Pile, they are protected! They are too big to fail.

0:25:32.199,0:25:37.418
[Pile] But I'm not. Those sons of bitches!

0:25:37.418,0:25:41.034
[Hartman] Mmm, sons of bitches all.

0:25:43.463,0:25:46.831
[Wind blowing]

0:25:46.831,0:25:56.710
[Hartman(?)] The day was cold, the wind sharp and strong, but we were determined.

0:25:57.294,0:26:03.207
The bankers and their parasites had us vastly outnumbered, but their hubris made them weak.

0:26:04.913,0:26:10.564
Not like us, not like this band of immortals we have assembled.

0:26:11.048,0:26:13.749
We have come to take back our... [br](If lost call Hartman)

0:26:13.749,0:26:15.978
[Pile] Hartman, is that...?

0:26:16.747,0:26:18.781
[Hartman] My dog.

0:26:18.781,0:26:20.450
[Pile] Oh, sh... [bleep]

0:26:23.002,0:26:28.157
[Hartman?] Then the inevitable. The money kings could ignore us no longer.

0:26:28.911,0:26:34.379
They sent an emissary, a cog in the machine of greed, to bring about our submission:

0:26:35.777,0:26:37.918
Hank Paulson.

0:26:37.918,0:26:44.964
[Paulson] Hartman, this is blasphemy. We own the corners of the earth. It is futile to challenge us.

0:26:45.794,0:26:51.522
[Hartman] Oh, I've seen that look before, that of a predator taking in the scent of its prey:

0:26:51.983,0:26:56.217
bold, fearless, the look of a free man.

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[Paulson]You have come far, Hartman, farther than most.

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Be smart now; join us. We will bring you money, power, everything you want.

0:27:07.814,0:27:12.072
You can be one of us if you will kneel.

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[Woman singing wordlessly...]

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[Paulson] Madman! You're a madman! We're offering you everything!

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What do you think this is?

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[Hartman] This is America!

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(The End)

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(He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.[br]Ben Franklin)

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(Written and directed by Tad Lumkind and Harold Uhl)

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(Produced by Tad Lumpkin)

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(Executive producer John Stagliano)

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(Animation services by Six Point Harness)

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(Sound design Onnalee Blank)

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(Music by Tom Hiel}

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(Starring Jess Harnell)

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(DC Dougus (?))

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(Credits for reused materials)

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(The Provocateur Network Presents)

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(The American Dream)

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(www.theamericandreamfilm.com)

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(English subtitles: the0untitled, C. Almansi, simonaknavs; see http://bit.ly/AmericanDream-ENST)