The ponzi scheme perpetrated by the private banks called the Federal Reserve (yes, it is not “federal,” but private) must end.

Recommended is the 2007 book by Ellen Hodgson Brown, titled “The Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth About Our Money System and How We Can Break Free.”

Aside from this, it is a book any concerned citizen should read to tap the wealth of information it contains. Congress and the president most of all.

On the local level, our fiscal situation reflects what the author reveals and its solution. Of course, none of this is likely absent an informed and aware citizenry, which we do not have. Congress? Subject to powerful lobbies.

Hank Hays

Bainbridge Island