Having grown up in a fiat money system, most people tend to confuse wealth with an accumulation of greenbacks.

However that is simply illusory. Fiat money is counterfeit money that is forced onto the people by government. It’s not backed by silver or gold and is devalued daily by inflation. Regardless of how hard they work, they never have enough money to meet their needs. It's the inflation that steals the purchasing power of their money, so it buys less and less.

Fiat money does not constitute wealth since it can be wiped out overnight by hyperinflation, as the Germans found out in the 1930’s. They would go to the store in the morning, and by the evening, the price of everything had doubled. Finally, no one would accept the currency simply because it was worthless. The German people had been duped.

Today, the greenbacks have lost so much of it’s value that it is worth only 2 cents in 1912 money. Americans have been duped. Except, most of them don’t realize it, yet.

What is fiat money? Legal tender laws? Why were these laws created? Why do we have a central bank? Why is inflation eating away at the money even as you earn it - including the money in your wallet, your cookie jar and your bank account?

Are you and your family at risk because of our money system? What you don’t know really can hurt you.

You are so busy trying to earn a living and stay afloat financially, that you are not figuring out who controls the country's money system, and how those money managers are able to make you (and every American) poorer through the greenbacks, even as you earn it to pay bills, save and invest. Which is why Americans are getting creamed without even realizing it.

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