Show Notes 7/19/2025
Cordell Hull – set up for rule by bankers
Amendment XVI 16th Amendment – Income Taxes Cordell Hull
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
Passed by Congress on July 2, 1909, and ratified February 3, 1913, the 16th amendment established Congress’s right to impose a Federal income tax. (The income tax replaced the tariff system over time. Cordell Hull behind it.)
Federal Reserve Act of 1913 – Cordell Hull???
Amendment XVII 17th Amendment – Popular election of senators – Cordell Hull
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures.
17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators, disenfranchisement of states and citizens.
Americans did not directly vote for senators for the first 125 years of the Federal Government. The Constitution, as it was adopted in 1788, stated that senators would be elected by state legislatures. The first proposal to amend the Constitution to elect senators by popular vote was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1826, but the idea did not gain considerable support until the late 19th century when several problems related to Senate elections had become evident. Several state legislatures deadlocked over the election of senators, which led to Senate vacancies lasting months and even years. In other cases, political machines gained control over state legislatures, and the Senators elected with their support were dismissed as puppets. In addition, the Senate was seen as a “millionaire’s club” serving powerful private interests. The rise of the People’s Party, commonly referred to as the Populist Party, added motivation for making the Senate more directly accountable to the people.
The Senate became a super legislature that has the power to vote on treaties and international agreements without consequence or accountability to their home state.
One of the strategies of the British is:
Organize and dillute power through aggregation.
Dumbarton Oaks
UN Recognition of Regional Organization
United Nations – Regional Organization
Chapter VIII (included in charter at the behest of Nelson Rockefeller)
Pacific Northwest Economic Region
