Matts article perfectly illuminates what is an unbelievable problem for us here in America-trying to dispell `conventional wisdom". I think it was sociologist Joel Best who said that getting rid of a bad statistic was, "harder to kill than a vampire." And this vampire notion completely applies to the myths out there about the federal reserve and their agents of which goldman sachs is their first born. Conventional wisdom and group think give a beginning explanation as to why so few people know that the Federal Reserve is a private corporation. Yes, the Federal Reserve Act gave this privately held corporation with 300 shareholders the right to print our country's money, and to charge for doing so, and to rebate the United States Treasury for all profits minus their operating expenses. Bloomberg reported on June 5, 2009 in the article " Fed Intends to Hire Lobbyist in Campaign to Buttress It's Image" , that the Federal Reserve was hiring one of Enron's previous lobbyists. On May 6, 2009, US representative Alan Grayson questioned the Inspector General of the Federal Reserve, Elizabeth Coleman, if she had any idea where 9 TRILLION dollars of off-balance sheet transactions for the Federal Reserve were located--she had no idea. Structured investment vehicles (SIV) were the method that Enron used to manage the off balance sheet transactions that caused so much hurt to so many people, and it is also, SIV's that the Fed is using for this 9 trillion dollars. Since both the Federal Reserve and Enron use SIV's, perhaps an x-Enron lobbyist will help the private Federal Reserve Corporation navigate the bad press that seems likely to follow, when the public understands these details. Problem is, with the cunning audacity that is used to overlook all accusations, and a whole system that is designed to protect these overlords, it doesn't matter what the public understands until/unless big daddy's power is revoked by congress.