America: The Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve is a privately owned corporation. The twelve member banks, all privately owned, hold interest in the central federal reserve. The only thing federal about the Federal Reserve is its name, and that is a decaption put in place by the international bankers when they usurped the government by forcing the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 through Congress on December 23rd when most Senators were at home with their families. It passed by 100% consensus among three Senators.
Leaving the fact that fed is privately owned, let's ask ourselves, what does this mean? The Federal Reserve operates like any other corporation, for the best possible profit to the shareholders. So when monetary policy is passed in Congress, you can be guaranteed that it does not hold your best interests in mind.
So, now that a private bank controls the money supply for our whole nation, what effects do we see? First, the Federal Reserve architected the great depression so that they could push socialist legislations through Congress so that everyone would accept Roosevelt's 'New Deal', the first set of social welfare programs instituted by the Federal Government. Notice also that the Federal Income Tax began its unconstitutional attack on the American people in 1913 as well. Why? Because international bankers demand that the money that they create for the government be insured by direct taxation of the people. So with Federal Income tax, which many argue was never properly ratified with a 75% majority of the states, ushers in the age of the central bankers.