The U.S. Constitution grants the power to issue currency and regulate the value thereof, to the Congress of the United States and not to a privately-owned banking cartel such as the Federal Reserve. Only gold and silver are real money.
To learn the truth about what happened to this government as a result of the signing of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, please read the speech given by Rep. James Traficant, Jr. (Ohio) addressing the House. United States Congressional Record, March 17, 1993 Vol. 33, page H-1303.
Rep. Traficant spells out the "truth", which too few Americans are aware of, and fewer yet politicians have had the courage to expose. Traficant's speech can also be read at this web address: http://blog.voiceofmodesto.com/content/isnt-key-understanding-government