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capital and surplus therein, and income derived therefrom, shall be 

exempt from Federal, state and local taxation, except taxes on real 

estate." Government buildings do not pay real estate tax.

Q: Are our dollar bills, which carry the label "Federal Reserve notes" 

government money?

A: Federal Reserve notes are actually promissory notes, promises to 

pay,  rather  than  what  we  traditionally  consider  money.  They  are 

interest bearing notes issued against interest bearing government 

bonds, paper issued with nothing but paper backing, which is known 

as  fiat  money,  because  it  has only  the  fiat  of  the  issuer  to  guarantee 

these notes. The Federal Reserve Act authorizes the issuance of these 

notes "for the purposes of making advances to Federal reserve banks... 

The said notes shall be obligations of the United States. They shall be 

redeemed in gold on demand at the Treasury Department of the 

United States in the District of Columbia." Tourists visiting the Bureau of 

Printing and Engraving on the Mall in Washington, D.C. view the 

printing of Federal Reserve notes at this governmental agency on 

contract from the Federal Reserve System for the nominal sum of 

.00260 each in units of 1,000, at the same price regardless of the 

denomination. These notes, printed for a private bank, then become 

liabilities and obligations of the United States government and are 

added to our present $4 trillion debt. The government had no debt 

when the Federal Reserve Act was passed in 1913.

Q: Who owns the stock of the Federal Reserve Banks?

A: The dynastic families of the ruling World Order, internationalists who 

are loyal to no race, religion, or nation. They are families such as the