the end of the ancient Mayans long count calendar , it is also the date the Federal Reserve’s 99-year old charter to control the American economy ends. And, most importantly, for it to be renewed it would require not only a majority vote in both houses [Senate and House of Representatives] of the US Congress, but also a three-quarter majority vote by every one of their 50 States’
J.M Neuman professor of economics explains how the FED makes money off of money production
http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/92/03/Seigniorage_Mar_Apr1992.pdf