His 5/24/09 post refers us to a document entitled "The History of Banking/+ were [sic] did King Solomon’s treasure go?/ An Asian perspective." (The document is posted on the fourwinds10.com website.)
Scrolling through this document, I paused at page 11, the section about the German banker in the period 1700 - 1800 AD who changed his name to "Rothschild" and sent his five sons across Europe to establish the "King's" bank in England, France, Italy, Germany and Austria.
It says that first to be established was the Bank of England. Instead of lending the English King gold bullions to use for paying for war efforts, the Rothschild family got the right, and only them, to issue paper representing that gold.
Next comes a statement about banking that I already knew, but I've never seen it stated so blatantly: "The King's loan will run at 8%
for eternity. Paid in Gold. No need to pay the principal. Since Rothschild in his turn borrows Gold certificates at an interest of 2-4 % per year he is on to a very good business." [Emphasis mine.]
Here's the link to the document:
http://www.fourwinds10.com/resources.../the_brief.pdf