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Economic Manuscripts: Capital Vol. I - Chapter Four. Karl Marx. Capital Volume One Part II: The Transformation of Money into Capital Chapter Four: The General Formula for Capital The circulation of commodities is the starting-point of capital. The production of commodities, their circulation, and that more developed form of their circulation called commerce, these form the historical ground-work from which it rises. If we abstract from the material substance of the circulation of commodities, that is, from the exchange of the various use-values, and consider only the economic forms produced by this process of circulation, we find its final result to be money: this final product of the circulation of commodities is the first form in which capital appears.
The first distinction we notice between money that is money only, and money that is capital, is nothing more than a difference in their form of circulation. Now let us examine the circuit M-C-M a little closer. Let us see, in the first place, what the two forms have in common. Footnotes 1. 2. Big Think. A Culture of Corruption.
Money is choking our democracy to death. Our elections are bought out from under us and our public officials are doing the bidding of mercenaries. So powerful is the hold of wealth on politics that we cannot say America is working for all Americans. The majority may support such broad social goals as affordable medical coverage for all, decent wages for working people, safe working conditions, a secure retirement, and clean air and water, but there is no government "of, by, and for the people" to deliver on those aspirations. Our system of privately financed campaigns has shut regular people out of any meaningful participation in democracy. At the same time that the cost of getting elected is exploding beyond the reach of ordinary people, the business of influencing our elected representatives has become a growth industry. Numbers don't tell the whole story.
GREED WITHOUT APOLOGIES—I am an equal opportunity muckraker. The Machine was off and running. The U.S. As for Tom Delay? Brian J. Foley: the Profit-Driven War. By BRIAN J. FOLEY [Text of speech given at the conference, "The Failure of Global Empire and Birth of Global Community," San Francisco, CA, August 3, 2005] More than two years later, many people still ask, "Why did the US invade Iraq? " Some people answer, "For oil. " Others say, "To remove a dangerous dictator," or, "To liberate Iraqis," or, "To spread democracy. " Here’s another answer to the question: We invaded Iraq to invade Iraq. That’s right, it’s a circular answer. This is war profiteering, but with a twist. This is not a conspiracy theory. Forget "social responsibility," the idea that says a corporate manager may decide not to maximize profits if doing so would harm other "stakeholders" of the corporation, that is, individuals other than the company’s owners.
So, the weapons companies have a legal duty to make as many weapons as possible and as cheaply as possibly and sell as many of them as possible at the highest possible price. The companies also hire lobbying firms. What to do? The Corporatocracy Systematically Destroying the American Middle. The biggest scam of the century is making a full conclusion with this deep recession.
What made America the envy of the entire world, a strong and vibrant middle class, is being quickly dismantled so the new order of corporate raiders can siphon off life support from the productive economy. Nothing highlights this grand robbery more so than the current situation of our country. For eight straight months foreclosure filings have hit 300,000 or more yet banks on Wall Street are gearing up for record yearend bonuses for a job well done.
The average American is seeing the culmination of 40 years of systematic leeching by the corporatocracy that culminated in the largest transfer of wealth in modern history. A bloodless coup that cemented the true nature of our current economic system. People wonder why I focus so much on the middle class of America. This is what has been the fundamental difference between our country and other economic systems. *Source: Elizabeth Warren Source: Rortybomb. OPERATION NORTHWOODS: US PLANNED FAKE TERROR ATTACKS ON CITIZENS. ...In [Joint Chief's chair] Lemnitzer's view, the country would be far better off if the generals could take over. [JFK assassination legend has it some general presided over the fudgy JFK autopsy. --Mk] For those military officers who were sitting on the fence, the Kennedy administration's botched Bay of Pigs invasion was the last straw.
"The Bay of Pigs fiasco broke the dike," said one report at the time. "President Kennedy was pilloried by the super patriots as a 'no-win' chief . . . The Far Right became a fount of proposals born of frustration and put forward in the name of anti-Communism. . . Active-duty commanders played host to anti-Communist seminars on their bases and attended or addressed Right-wing meetings elsewhere. " Although no one in Congress could have known it at the time, Lemnitzer and the Joint Chiefs had quietly slipped over the edge. The idea may actually have originated with President Eisenhower in the last days of his administration.
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Epistemology, introduction. Louis Thomas McFadden. Early life[edit] McFadden was born in Granville Center, Troy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Warner's Commercial College (currently known as the Elmira Business Institute) in Elmira, New York. In 1892 he entered the employ of the First National Bank in Canton, Pennsylvania. In 1899 he was elected cashier, and became its president on January 11, 1916, serving until 1925.[3] McFadden served as treasurer of the Pennsylvania Bankers' Association in 1906 and 1907, and as president in 1914 and 1915. Political career[edit] In 1914, McFadden was elected as a Republican Representative to the Sixty-fourth Congress and to the nine succeeding Congresses.[3] He served as Chairman of the United States House Committee on Banking and Currency during the Sixty-sixth through Seventy-first Congresses, or 1920-1931.[3] Though re-elected without opposition in 1932, he lost to the Democratic nominee in 1934.
McFadden in 1931 Death[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] The Federal Reserve: An Astounding Exposure 1934. On May 23, 1933, Congressman, Louis T. McFadden, brought formal charges against the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank system, The Comptroller of the Currency and the Secretary of United States Treasury for numerous criminal acts, including but not limited to, CONSPIRACY, FRAUD, UNLAWFUL CONVERSION, AND TREASON. The petition for Articles of Impeachment was thereafter referred to the Judiciary Committee and has YET TO BE ACTED ON.So, this ELECTRONIC BOOKLET should be reprinted, reposted, set up on web pages and circulated far and wide. Congressman McFaddenon the Federal Reserve CorporationRemarks in Congress, 1934AN ASTOUNDING EXPOSURE Reprinted by permission 1978 Arizona Caucus Club Congressman McFadden's SpeechOn the Federal Reserve Corporation Quotations from several speeches made on the Floor of the House of Representatives by the Honorable Louis T.
The Federal Reserve-A Corrupt Institution "Mr. "We were opposed to the Aldrich plan for a central bank. The Scheme of the Fed.