Your show host Robert with special guest Catherine Austin Fitts. Catherine is an American investment banker and former public. She served as managing director of the Wall Street investment bank Dillon, Read & Co., becoming the first woman promoted to that role in the firm's history. Under the administration of President George H.W. Bush, she was the United States Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing. After leaving government, she founded and led Hamilton Securities Group, and currently serves as president of Solari, Inc., publisher of the Solari Report. Fitts has been known for her commentary on government spending and allegations of large-scale government fraud. She has authored several books: Crossing the Rubicon, The Washington-Wall Street Game, and Gifting to the Children We Love.