The Group of Thirty

By now most of us have heard of the Council on Foreign Relations and their influence on foreign and domestic policy here in America. For years critics have warned about the CFR's clout in Washington and abroad because of the diversity of the private "club."

Considering the amount of media, government, military, educational, and corporate involvement both here and abroad in this elite group, one should be suspect of whose interests are being pushed across the President's desk to be signed, but many more able bodied persons have written good critiques on the CFR, Trilateral Commission, and the Bilderbergs.

I intend here to hopefully get some discussion going about another group of elitists that wish to affect economic/monetary policies here and abroad. The common theme lately among them is globalization.

While researching some of the Federal Reserve board members, I stumbled across what is known as the Group of Thirty (G30). G30 is an "international body composed of very senior representatives of the private and public sectors and academia." One may not think this is so bad until the thirty man roster is studied closely.

Rather than take up every single member and publish something that will not be read due to its length, I will mention only a few of the group's members beginning with Paul Volcker, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Volcker is best known probably as the Chairman of the Fed from 1979 to 1987. He is also a former economist and later vice president and director of planning at Chase Manhattan Bank.

Volcker also played a large part in the breakdown of the Bretton Woods system in which currency could be exchanged for gold. Not surprising, though is that Mr. Volcker is a member of the CFR and the North American Chairman of the Trilateral Commission (TLC). He is also a long time associate with the Rockefeller family. Currently (and you cannot make this stuff up) Paul ADOLPH Volcker is economic adviser to Barack HUSSEIN Obama. [1] (It should here be noted that some of the information on membership in the CFR and TLC may be outdated as I have found no recent roster. The roster in use is from at least a few years back.)

Another member that should be looked at with skepticism is Jacob Frenkel.

Jacob Frenkel (Chairman, G30) is an Israeli born economist who was formerly the Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He also served for nine years as the governor of the bank of Israel. Perhaps (in light of recent events) the most interesting of Mr. Frenkel's "credentials" is his position at AIG. Yup, the same AIG that got bailed out. Mr Frenkel currently serves as Vice Chairman of AIG and is a member of the CFR. [2]

I think is has become quite obvious that we have conflicts of interests here in great detail. If you care to scan the list of G30 members do some research, you will find that there are a myriad of agendas represented here by all of these "international" insiders all rubbing shoulders with the government and government "entities."

Hopefully a dialogue will emerge about G30 and more able bodied men will take up a critical look at this group and its significance in policy making and legislation.

Perhaps I will later look at a couple more G30 members. For now, I leave you with this.