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why should the government, in this case, the U.S. Department of Agriculture : (USDA), so quickly and totally cut off and punish a business and its owner who was its new main supplier and provided the bulk of the competition that previously was non existent? Why would a private consumer group, the EGA, seek out and destroy someone with whom it had no prior contact? Why would a duly elected official, Harkin, run a public witch hunt? Why would the press, which is the supposedly the nation's and the world's bulwark and guardian against the enemies of truth, print so much falsehood? Could , there be certain individuals who would profit greatly from my ruin? The 1 evr   - from September 18,1983 until now didn't just happen-they were placed.
i        One group had become envious of my success, and that group alone had reasons to eliminate a competitor who had become a major threat to its I monopolistic control of America's food supply. As many people who followed the Cattle King and Nebraska Beef stories said: "He must have !stepped on the wrong toes."
j       I had always known of the dominance of a group of people in our t industry, but I had never been exposed to the historical facts, or the [possibility of a controlled market, and the reason for this lack of competition. I did not realize how their close knit organization affects the world until I had the time to study the history and the creation of credit. Ihen, with my past pragmatic business experience, I was able to put pieces of lie puzzle together. It can be recognized that I am an authority on the beef Business, had a natural instinct for discovering the various economic narketing channels for success, and had the ability to identify my various competitors. By using that same common sense business experience I icquired in dealing with my customers and competitors, I can now conclude hat the competition that remains is studiously concealed and masked. The esson to be learned is frightening; and I hope that this book will open the jyes of the freedom loving citizens of America and the world so they, too, can see what is happening.
Dne of the most startling facts of my research in writing this book is that the ^£r?lReserve Bank of the United States is not a government entity. It is a private corporation as are its central banking counterparts in Europe, such as

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the Bank of England and the Bank of France, and its central banking counterpart in Russia, the Gosbank. The Federal Reserve Corporation, like its counterparts, is owned and controlled by the same foreign bankers who have historically controlled the world's money and trading systems. Why was I not taught any of this in my college business and economics courses? Why are these facts hidden?
    Have our political leaders become puppets servicing the accumulation of vast wealth by the international bankers? Does the same big money that controls our media have the power to make or break any politician, businessman, or organization by destroying its credibility?
    We are fast becoming an "enslaved" society. The average American family--as well as those around the world-has both parents working all year long for an average of two weeks paid vacation. Yet that family may not be able to save enough for a week's trip out of town. We have become nations that simply survive on the bare necessities of life. Why does this include the almighty nations of America, with all its power, modern technology, and natural resources that are supposedly increasing our standard of living? Through its control of our money, the media, and the merchandise, this group of people has attained power and influence in every sector of our economy and at every level of our society. It is dedicated to the financial control of the naive and brainwashed citizens of the world, as a first step toward enslaving them. Without financial freedom, there is no freedom. Whoever controls the issuance of money or credit controls you.
    Until I spent the time researching for this book, I was as suspicious, but ignorant, as most freedom loving citizens of the world about this "worldwide conspiracy". Taking over my meat companies was only a small part of the larger conspiracy. However, my companies did pose a threat to the meat cartel's monopolistic control over the United States' food supply. The most important question to be asked about the takeover of my meat companies must be, "Who would benefit from the elimination and takeover of Rudy "Butch" Stanko's Nebraska Beef and Cattle King beef companies"?
    The answer is that a group has become professional manipulators. The members believe they are the intellectual and wealthy rulers of man. They consider you to be the slaves of this organization. This, my friends, is The Score.
    You may ask: "Who is this group, and do they resemble the Mafia?" What I will say now is that the mafia is a small faction, which is limited in their influence to primarily the United States and Sicily, whereas the