Reading the statements of Ron Paul allowed me to draw many conclusions:

The Federal Reserve system was created and activated one year before World War I and has used every war since then to increase the Federal debt.

The Federal Reserve system is regulated by an independent entity whose many members are anonymous, their agenda is secret, and their existence is foreign to our Constitution.

The Federal Reserve system has taken control of America’s gold, has sold much of it to foreign countries, and refuse to inform Congress how much gold still remains, or how much new money they print, or how much new credit they create.

The Federal Reserve system has transferred to the US taxpayer the legacy of debt created by failed economies in other countries, failed investment schemes, failed mortgage lenders, failed corporations, and failed foreign dictators.

The Federal Reserve system has used a printing press to destroy this country’s economy by making the dollar worthless though inflation