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*The Godfather's World -- Your World*

Michael Corleone: "My father is no different than any powerful man,

any man with power, like a president or senator."

Kay Adams: "Do you know how naive you sound, Michael? Presidents and

senators don't have men killed."

Michael Corleone: "Oh. Who's being naive, Kay?"

-- The Godfather, Part I

A true family is a group of people who invest in each other's skills

and future. Within such a family, no person is expendable.

Throughout history, financial wealth has been organized around

families. Many of the powerful institutions in our society, in fact,

represent intergenerational pools of capital -- for example, the

Bechtel Corporation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bechtel>,
the

Rockefeller Foundation

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rockefeller_foundation>,
and the

Glenmede Trust Company <http://www.glenmede.com/history.html>

If we are to build a strong economy, it will be made up of strong

families. Either families in the traditional sense, or families that

we create. Many of us are members of families that, like the Corleone

family in The Godfather series

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_godfather>,
have been torn apart by

the manipulation of our ambition, greed, and naivete by powerful

financial and business interests. Husbands and wives are turned

against one another. Children and parents disappoint each other and

grow apart. Sibling rivalry threatens family interests.

Most of us assume that The Godfather films -- Part I

Part II

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_godfather_part_ii>,
Part III

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_godfather_part_iii>
-- are movies

about an organized crime family. The reality is that we all live

inside The Godfather's world. The Godfather series has much to teach

us about navigating in our current environment:

- The double-binds that families and businesses face in the real

economy

- The stress that this places on marriages and children

- How we can reduce the risk of being manipulated and turned against

one another

- The important role played by churches, foundations and tax-exempt

organizations in controlling and managing intergenerational wealth

- The interconnectedness of street crime to the board rooms of global

corporations to the financial markets that trade their securities

In this week's Solari Report

<http://solari.com/store/the_solari_report/>
(Thursday, Jan. 22) our

focus is on "Let's Go to the Movies." I have prepared a special
report

on how The Godfather series can help you understand the risks you and

your family manage today and what this means to building real wealth

in your household and business.

You can learn more about the Solari Report and subscribe here

<http://solari.com/store/the_solari_report/>.
I hope you'll join us.

-- Catherine Austin Fitts

Recent Top News Picks on the Blog <http://solari.com/blog/>:

Money R' Us: We Break It, We Fix It <http://solari.com/blog/?p=2006>

Paul Volcker, former Fed Chairman appointed the leader of the new

Administration's economic recovery team, is popping out a plan to redo

our financial system. Turns out the "solution" to what ails us is to

give vastly increased powers to the very parties who perpetuated the

problems.

The Fed's Blueprint for Market Intervention

<http://solari.com/blog/?p=2022>

An important document buried in the Federal Reserve's archives has

been discovered by writer and researcher Elaine Supkis. The document,

which is marked "Confidential," is from the papers of William

McChesney Martin Jr. ... the original is posted by the Federal Reserve

Bank of St. Louis.

On losing money with Madoff:

What I Gained by Losing in Madoff

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geneen-roth/what-i-gained-by-losing-i_b_156088.html>

John Robbins and His Family Need Our Help

<http://www.eatraworganicsunshine.com/john_robbins.html>

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