While I find it easy to agree with most of the stuff you write, you made a mistake regarding money: it is NOT "ours". It is planned, printed and issued by a private corporation which has nothing to do with anyone in the US; the private corporation is owned by individuals who are not even in the US.
As someone said: when Fed tells the government "Jump!", the government asks "How high?"
BTW, interesting quote by J. E. Hoover... funny it should come from him of all people.