"Greed" and "the love of money" have been selfish and destructive traits of men throughout history. These traits have been amplified, however, by the allowance of the principles of "Usury" and "Fractional Reserve Banking".  Usury; the act of lending money at a rate of interest or an exorbitant rate of interest. Fractional Reserve Banking; the act of lending out several times the amount of money a bank has on deposit.  These two tools have been used by the past money changers and present day International Bankers to create the greatest accumulation of wealth for a small minority of men, who are who are legally allowed to use these tools, and the greatest amount of debt for the U.S. government and the American people in our history.  Usury is a "zero-sum game" where someone gains at another's loss. Unfortunately, the loser is usually the one least able to pay.  It is a "win-lose" system where those who have been empowered to loan money (Federal Reserve Banks and International Banks) win, and the people and nations lose.  It is a rigged game where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Abolishing these two tools (Usury and Fractional Reserve Banking) from our financial system would not stop "greed" and "the love of money".  Some men will always do what they can get away with regardless of the expense to others.  But it would contain greed to the point of reversing much financial suffering of the majority of people, over time.  It is clear that a more equitable financial system is needed, a "win-win" system that benefits the whole of mankind and not just the few who take advantage of others, for profit.

From the fall of Babylon more that 2,500 years ago, Usury has brought great human suffering through wars and poverty.  Listed below is a reference from the writings of Aristotle and four references from the bible, all warning man against the use of the Babylon usury system.  We have neither listened to nor heeded these warnings and, therefore, have allowed this adversarial tool and the money changers (International Bankers) to rob us of our prosperity and make debt slaves out of our present and future generations. Will we, now, finally listen and learn the lesson of the ages?

ARISTOTLE

Aristotle (384-322 BC) formulated the classical view against usury.

Aristotle understood that money is sterile; it doesn't beget more money the way cows beget more cows. He knew that "Money exists not by nature but by law":

"The most hated sort (of wealth getting) and with the greatest reason, is usury, which makes a gain out of money itself and not from the natural object of it. For money was intended to be used in exchange but not to increase at interest. And this term interest (tokos), which means the birth of money from money is applied to the breeding of money because the offspring resembles the parent.

Wherefore of all modes of getting wealth, this is the most unnatural." (1258b POLITICS)

And he especially disliked usurers:

"...those who ply sordid trades, pimps and all such people, and those who lend small sums at high rates. For all these take more than they ought, and from the wrong sources. What is common to them is evidently a sordid love of gain..." (1122a, ETHICS)

Deuteronomy 23:19

Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

Ezekiel 18:8-9

He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man, Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

Leviticus 25:37

Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.

"DANIEL'S VISION"

Daniel was given a vision of the Babylonian succession of world powers. The vision was an image of a man with a head of gold, representing Babylon itself, arms of silver representing Medo-Persia, body of brass representing Greece, and legs of iron representing Rome. The feet were mixed iron and clay. A stone "cut out without hands" was to come out of heaven and destroy this system by striking it at the feet, "at the time of the end" after it secretly gained control of the world, therefore becoming "MYSTERY, Babylon the Great, the whore that sitieth upon many waters (nations) committing fornication with the Kings of the earth." (Rev. 18-3)

Archaeological searches have uncovered much evidence of Babylon's social and economic systems which were very similar to ours of today. For instance, the Igibi Bank was found with thousands of clay tablet 'notes' and interest (usury) bearing contracts which served as their money.

Babylon loaned much money at interest (usury) to Persia which, of course, Persia could not repay. Therefore, Persia conquered Babylon to eliminate its debt and acquire Babylon's gold.

Persia adopted the Babylon usury system and loaned Greece much money at interest (usury). Greece, of course, could not repay the debt and conquered Persia to eliminate its debt and acquire the gold in Persia.

Greece adopted the Babylonian usury system and loaned Rome much money at interest (usury). Rome, of course, could not repay the debt and conquered Greece to eliminate its debt and acquire the gold in Greece.

After the fall of Imperial Rome, the various nations of Europe were kept in bondage and poverty by the ABs (International Bankers) for many centuries, known as the Dark Ages."

"DANIEL'S VISION" is an excerpt from the Phoenix Journal 53, Tangled Webs Volume IX - If There Be "Will" There Be "Way" , by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn-Aton