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Will The Peoplel change the monetary system?

Josh Lelah "TRUTH" — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:26:30 EST

A growing number of Americans are distrusting THE FEDERAL RESERVE AND THE ECONOMY IN GENERAL DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. THINGS SHOULD MAKE SENSE. CORPORATIONS ARE TOO BIG AND FAST FOOD IS TERRIBLE FOR THE CHILDREN - BUT IT PUTS MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS.

MONEY- ECONOMICS

it is their right, it is their duty...

mathematically perfected economy™ (MPE™) 1 : the singular integral solution of 1) inflation and deflation, 2) systemic manipulation of the cost or value of money or property, and 3) inherent, artificial multiplication of debt into terminal systemic failure; 2 : every prospective debtor's right to issue legitimate promises to pay, free of extrinsic manipulation, adulteration, or exploitation of those promises, or the natural opportunity to make good on them; 3 : our right to certify, to enforce, and to monetize industry and commerce by this one sustaining and truly economic process.

Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.

John Locke, 1690

Whenever destroyers appear among men, they start by destroying money, for money is men's protection, and the base of a moral existence.

Ayn Rand

The end of democracy and defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of the lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

The Bank of the United States is one of the most deadly hostilities existing against the principles and form of our Constitution. The system of banking is a blot [defect] left in [unsolved by, and unfortunately tolerated by] all our Constitutions [state and federal], which if not covered [eventually solved and revoked] will end in their destruction. I sincerely believe that banking institutions are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity is but swindling futurity [on the greatest possible scale].

Thomas Jefferson

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

Thomas Jefferson — Declaration of Independence

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, OR TO THE PEOPLE.

Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution — Bill of Rights 2009 [WORLD] AMENDMENT FOR MATHEMATICALLY PERFECTED ECONOMY™ AND GOVERNMENT INTEGRITY ).

CONTEXT / INTRODUCTION

The present constitutional amendment necessarily exercises the most fundamental power of a republican government as established under the United States Constitution — the primary right of the people to establish law, to govern themselves, to restrain government to the absolute bounds of representation, and to remove and to repair the damages of usurpations. A further qualified object of this petition is to prescribe mathematically perfected economy™ as a formal and indispensable means of diverse further rights. Provided arguments submit this appeal as the only plausible instrument of its vital purposes, which are no less than to avert world-wide monetary failure and to establish a lawful basis for true monetary and political justice.

That we succeed in this effort, we are soliciting voluntary funding for legal, promotional and administrative costs.
This is an international movement: We further ask for competent persons to translate and to proof this document and related content into further national implementations; or we offer that other countries may alternatively adopt the petition in its present language.
Citizens may sign electronic petitions or download this and related files to circulate physical copies in signature campaigns.
- When the final draft is ready, electronic signature and download links will be available at the bottom of this page.
Cooperation from further organizations is welcome so long as origin, immutability, and the character of further efforts remain subject to official approval of PFMPE™: while further organizations may link to this page, PEOPLE For Mathematically Perfected Economy™ shall remain the sole official distributor and collector of the subject petitions.
- Because numerous independent email campaigns are poised and expected to promote this effort, we warn that to black list or to filter any URL, relay or IP vital to this effort is a severe criminal transgression of this act.
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Please email amendment[at]perfecteconomy.com for correspondence on these purposes.

The suggested process is to read this document casually for a general understanding of its parts and strategy before giving it serious study.

FORMATIVE DISCUSSION

We have still just one formative debate regarding this petition. One party believes this material should be reduced to the simple form of the second amendment — the right to mathematically perfected economy™ shall not be infringed. Being as the ground work of proving mathematically perfected economy™ is behind us, it is possible to do this. But there are three principal reasons why I am resistant to conforming to the precedent.

First, by eliminating an explicit prescription from our law, we open the way to revision and conflict which may arise without any authority whatever. Regardless of its faults, this was the unlawful fate of the gold standard.

Secondly, one of the most important objects of this amendment is to protect us from injustice and incompetence by imposing a higher standard upon law — by requiring even that its principles, objects and means not only be declared, but subject even to popular invalidation outside of the previous, ostensible means of representation which time has proven are so subvertable. This ability of even a single citizen to invalidate all law failing to meet the standards of this amendment, would not only itself have defeated the so called Federal Reserve Act long ago; it largely makes all abuse of power impractical, because it makes any and every detail of abuse so subject to rejection. Of course, the very law which establishes this necessary innovation must itself be subject to the standard, because the purpose of the standard is to open the way to perfection by the subject populace, and to give them the greatest possible power to hold their representatives accountable for popularly defined representation — all of which authorities are likewise established by this amendment, and all of which objects would readily be defeated if the amendment were reduced to just such a mere expression of intent.

Finally, if an ostensibly self ruling populace will not make itself master of the prescription, it knows not even to what it consents. Nothing in my opinion could be more careless or undeserving.

Yes then, this proposal, in applying not only to further amendments, but to all existent law, and even prescribing the perfection of economy, comprises some actually, relatively small measure of material beyond the sums to which we may be accustomed. But even as one of its purposes is to require a higher standard than misleading nomenclature, we can hardly just say that the right to mathematically perfected economy™ shall not be infringed.

2009 [WORLD] AMENDMENT FOR MATHEMATICALLY PERFECTED ECONOMY™ AND GOVERNMENT INTEGRITY

AMENDMENT XXVIII [U.S. CONSTITUTION].

RIGHTS, PRINCIPLES AND MEANS OF TRUE ECONOMY AND GOVERNMENT INTEGRITY

SECTION 1. COMMON AUTHORITY, PURPOSES, AND MEANS

In the wake of such neglect of authority and abuse of power as has subjected us for most of our history to unassented systems of exploitation which can only multiply artificial indebtedness into terminal artificial debt, WE The People hereby exercise our foremost power1 to prescribe the absolute bounds to which we may be known subject, and to criminalize all purposes against ours2 by so restricting all authority:

SECTION 2. NECESSARY TERMS, SCOPE, AND VERIFICATION OF LAWFUL AUTHORITY

In our right and duty to ourselves to ensure representation, no authority shall exist without meeting every demonstrable standard necessary to representation, including:

In both its entire body and distinct expressions, all law must be distilled to the fewest necessary principles; and no body or case of law shall persist but as most simply and unambiguously represents and realizes its principle.
All law shall set forth its purpose; shall be of no force or legitimacy whatever otherwise; and shall neither stand nor be exercised from the moment it is demonstrated not to serve that purpose, or that the purpose does not serve, without exception, the common and equal rights of all citizens.
All law shall set forth the most effective and just means of achieving its purpose; and that means shall neither stand nor be exercised from the moment it is demonstrated not to most effectively or justly achieve that purpose.
No law, bill, or act shall combine unrelated purposes; and neither proposal, passage or enforceability shall be decided but by exceeding merits of distinct means to a common, supreme purpose.
No quorum, regardless of ostensible authority, shall be deemed to have passed any government act; and no legislative passage shall exist without a lawful majority of no less than half of the total possible legislative vote, with unexercised votes always counting against election or passage.
No law or resultant process or power shall be exercised without final public affirmation by a lawful majority, and no law or resultant process or power shall remain in force without periodic public re-affirmation by no less than a lawful majority3 which in no case shall be less than half of the affected or lawfully deciding public, whichever is greater, and which re-affirmation shall transpire both regularly and upon incident as will in all cases protect the people from transgression.
No power to pardon abuse of power or breach of legal authority shall exist; any agent of abuse of power or breach of authority shall be liable for damages inflicted; and the supporters of any cause or obstruction of necessary cause shall be held responsible and liable for their influence in resultant incongruities, damages and defects, as documented in obligatory public voting records.4 Voting is an absolute obligation in representative government by the consent of the governed; no right to vote carelessly or to evade responsibility for voting carelessly exists; voting is a duty and a responsibility to all.

SECTION 3. CONFIRMABILITY OF ELECTION PROCESSES AND OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CONSEQUENCES THEREOF

To ensure enforceable integrity of elections and responsibility for the effects thereof:

Voting records shall be public, readily accessible, verifiable by all participants and affected parties, and permanent for no less than 100 years and no less than whatever extent any ramification may remain of concern.
No act shall be given or passed by a title expressing, claiming, or aspiring to deliver anything beyond the demonstrated bounds and capabilities declared in its purpose and absolutely achieved by its declared means.
No vote shall be effective until fully verified; and unverified elections shall count against all subject actions and elections.
The wholly public method of verification shall be personal confirmation by each voter of public data reporting the ballot and confirmations of each voter, with the collective vote of groups of no more than 5 voters verified by personal interaction between each and every voter of each such base voter group, with each and every base group being a further member of however many necessary outer tier groups of no more than 5 groups, with so many outer tier groups as necessary accounting for the whole vote, with a randomly and alternately appointed captain of each and no more than one group confirming the collective vote of the outer group to which their group belongs from the total counts of each of the five comprising groups, with all affirmations being permanently recorded within the same body of a collective record, with exemplary technological tools capable of readily verifying the count being available to all, with the processing algorithm of a singular, universal method of so doing being available to all, with any fault or inconsistency thereof invalidating the election and reversing any exercise of power or reward thereby, and with invalidation necessitating immediate rectification of all faults and immediate reperformance of the election or validation processes as will reflect public intent without error or omission.
Intentional destruction or alteration of veritable records or counts, or subversion of necessary processes, is a severe criminal transgression against the people and a severe criminal transgression of this act.

SECTION 4. ELECTION, EXPULSION, AND CRIMES OF OFFICE

Enforceability of the integrity of the appeals and actions of candidates, elected officers, agents, acts, and proposed acts shall never be denied:

The purposes and means of any advocated action shall be fully qualified by sufficiently comprehensive, formal contractual documentation; and the promises of candidates, elected officers, agents, and official author-advocates of an act shall be inviolable, lawful obligations for the officer, agent, and related subordinates or act to fulfill:
1. Shall the further perfection of advocated purposes or means be sufficiently demonstrated, differing advocates must immediately withdraw contest or formally and officially concur in the more accountable proposition; and any such officer or enactment, having advocated a demonstrated imperfect proposition, must survive an immediate vote of confidence by a lawful majority, the failure of which shall immediately expel responsible officers and their administrators from office.
2. Demonstration of violated promise or failed duty shall immediately expel officers, agents, and their administrators from office or agency; all related actions shall be null, void, and rectified; and all resistance, delay or attempt to evade expulsion on the part of affected officers or agents and their subordinates are severe criminal transgressions against the people and severe criminal transgressions of this act.
3. No officer, agent or subordinate so expelled from office, except subordinates who willfully signaled the fact of transgression, may seek or occupy office or agency in any capacity of government again; and all further benefits or compensation for ostensibly serving their former government duties shall be forfeited.
The office of President shall be filled only by a candidate eventually winning both a national majority of the entire national populace of lawful voting age, including unexercised votes, and a majority of states by majorities of the entire state populace of lawful voting age, including unexercised votes.
Official administrative positions of the executive office shall be publicly confirmed and periodically re-affirmed at intervals of no more than 4 years by both a national majority of the entire national populace of lawful voting age, including unexercised votes, and a majority of states by majorities of the entire state populace of lawful voting age, including unexercised votes.
1. Failure to pass affirmation or re-affirmation shall expel them from office.
Supreme Court appointments shall be publicly confirmed and periodically re-affirmed at intervals of no more than 4 years by both a national majority of the entire national populace of lawful voting age, including unexercised votes, and a majority of states by majorities of the entire state populace of lawful voting age, including unexercised votes.
1. Failure to pass affirmation or re-affirmation shall constitute impeachment.
The legislatures of related authority shall determine procedures for unmet election standards and for replacement or non-replacement of expelled officers sufficing to fulfill government responsibilities in all cases of necessity, all of which procedures and eventual consequences of either filling or vacating offices shall be subject to effective and timely means of public affirmation and re-affirmation by no less than a majority of the entire affected populace, including unexercised votes.
The duties, powers, and purposes of all offices, of all administrators thereof, and of all agencies, shall be strictly confined to their defined bounds; and to offer, negotiate, or accept permission, reward, promise, or future award in regard to exercise or potential exercise of power, influence, or ostensible authority of office beyond official lawful salaries, or to serve any cause beyond the common and formally established purposes of the people are severe criminal transgressions against the people and severe criminal transgressions of this act.
To obstruct, impede or deny any legitimate attempt to enforce election or administrative integrity are severe criminal transgressions against the people and severe criminal transgressions of this act.

SECTION 5. REPARATION OF LAW

All ostensible law and regulations beyond the existing Constitution as affected by this act shall be subject to public affirmation and periodic re-affirmation, to all further conditions established by this amendment, and particularly to an ever implicit obligation to eradicate all possibility of injustice, however assumed to be isolated, improbable, or minute; any and every case of failure of the government to provide a full and legitimate accounting to legitimate petitions for redress of grievance or further perfection of the law are severe criminal transgressions against the people and severe criminal transgressions of this act.

SECTION 6. JUDICIAL OBLIGATION

In no court or other body may relevant application of the Constitution be denied; and for any authority, person, court or body, however ostensibly empowered or otherwise committed, and whether prevailing or not, to have sought to deny relevant application of the Constitution is a severe criminal transgression against the people and a severe criminal transgression of this act.

SECTION 7. ECONOMY, TAXATION, AND REPARATION OF EXPLOITATION

It shall be the perpetual and inviolable obligation of all branches, officers and agents of government to ensure absolute economy; to reasonably minimize the costs of effective government across all cases; to tax the people most directly and automatically, and for no more than actual services rendered and willfully accepted or consumed; to restrict the burden of costs to those who willfully cause or incur them; and to protect the people, their affairs, national resources, and industry at all times from all possibility of exploitation:

SECTION 7.A. CRIMES OF AN OBFUSCATED CURRENCY SUBJECT TO INTEREST

If representative governments are to transition from a criminal, pretended economy to actual economy, we must formally establish the faults and consequences of pretended economy as opposed to the merits of actual economy:

Where a currency intrinsically, ultimately, and necessarily comprises the promissory notes of the people, and where the tokenization of said currency costs practically nothing to a separate, otherwise uninvolved, mere publisher of the tokens, and where said publisher, however adorned with deceptive titles or falsified authority, neither gives up at issuance nor is required thereafter to redeem the tokens in any further property of value, then no initial risk of loss whatever exists to said publisher but the negligible cost of the tokens, and no possibility of loss at all thereafter exists once the mere negligible costs of tokenizing the obligations of the people are regained.5

While much of any such obfuscated currency typically does not even exist in physical tokens6, many times the costs of such physical tokens (if any) yet are regularly regained in a first payment against any resultant, pretended debt, even as such obfuscated and therefore artificial debts:

are never actual debts to the mere publisher of the tokens at all;
but are instead obligations:
1. to preserve the original representative value of the tokens to actual creditors, who actually give up so much property in exchange for binding promises of the debtor to deliver so much in return;
2. and to ensure that debtors pay for the property at rates no less than as they consume of the subject property, in which payments, the currency which no longer represents the consumed thing is rightly instead only retired.

The actual role of the so called central banking systems which have been imposed upon the world therefore, is only and purposely to pretend a false role of creditor, together with false deceptions of risk of loss, altogether to perpetrate the blatant crimes:

first that we pay to said mere publisher of said tokens, and for the unearned and undeserved gain of said mere publisher, a volume of falsified principal equal to the property given up only by the actual creditors;
and secondly, that some such substantial purported risks or costs — neither of which are established — merely somehow justify subjecting the obfuscated currency to interest, with this further obfuscation in turn meaning:
1. that a circulation comprised never of more than remaining principal, shall deflate itself from the subjects' possession by a wholly unjustified process in which debtors pay principal and interest out of the vital circulation;
2. with this obfuscated obligation thus perpetually deflating the circulation of more than the volume of circulation;
3. in turn making it necessary, if the subjects are even to be able to service such obfuscated obligation, to perpetually replenish the circulation of principal and interest paid out of the general circulation in the way of servicing said artificial debts.
4. Thus in maintaining a vital circulation, to whatever degree and howsoever long it is necessary to borrow principal and any portion of periodic interest back into the circulation:
  1. the sum of debt inherently and irreversibly increases at an ever escalating rate of said ever greater portions of periodic interest on an ever greater sum of debt, until the subject system fails under a terminal sum of debt;
  2. all along the way to this inevitable failure moreover, ever more of the circulation is inherently dedicated to servicing the ever greater sum of debt:
    1. leaving ever less of the subject circulation to sustain the industry which is ultimately saddled with these artificial obligations;
    2. ever moreso eroding margins of solubility, and perpetually driving up the costs of all things even remotely subject to the ever increasing costs of the ever escalating sum of debt;
    3. thus perpetually devaluing the effective value of the currency in procuring production; making production itself ever more costly and impossible; and making it impossible for the obfuscated currency to fulfill the promises of debtors to actual creditors who give up property for the obfuscated tokens.
Thus any pretended economy subject to interest ultimately terminates itself under insoluble debt;
and whereas any pretended economy subject to interest thus imposes the whole of its crimes by intention insofar as lack of proof of service and evasion of accountability for obvious gross disservice are instrumental in its persistence, all of these obfuscations are severe criminal transgressions against the people and severe criminal transgressions of this act.

SECTION 7.B. FURTHER CRIMES OF USURY

Therefore, any ultimate rate of interest which multiplies debt in proportion to a vital circulation is usury, for it inherently and inevitably engenders usurious sums of debt. The purposed and inseparable obfuscations of usury altogether therefore, comprise intended systems of exploitation which can only be imposed by denying representation, and by perpetually reinforcing that denial with the omnipotent leverage of vast undeserved takings, with the inherent purpose of subverting the whole thrust of civil government by consent of the governed manifesting in usurpation of the media; of historic record; of instruments and institutions of teaching; of any and every potential conduit by which the people may come to understand and act against these crimes against them.
As any tolerant government therefore can only be exceedingly inept, irreparably corrupt, or both... the people from which all power in representative government descends have every right and duty not only to end their exploitation and retrieve all possible damages, but to immediately expel and penalize every responsible agent of any consequence.

SECTION 7.C. ACTUAL ECONOMY

The consistent object of what we generally call economy, is to prosper to the extent of our capability and willingness to render production. This broader intent is accomplished only in part by practical minimization of cost.
Nonetheless, neither representation or justice exist in compromising either object; and so, where we count the undiminished fruits of our doings as both impetus and justification of our prosperity, and where we intentionally leave determination of cost to natural factors, the only remaining duties of a system intended to sustain actual economy are joint provision of infrastructures, and to free industry and markets from unnatural and unnecessary impediment, obstruction, exploitation, or injustice, potentially inflicted upon industry or trade.
As a prosperous provision of infrastructure inherently depends upon these same principles, thus the only goal of actual economy is to perfect a common means of monetizing our commerce; and because monetization inherently comprises expressing commitments which are as much as facts of debt, thus to provide actual economy is only to preserve the genuine, natural relationships between actual creditors and prospective debtors in a currency and circulation which perpetually sustain all potential industry and trade without injury7.

SECTION 7.D. LAWFUL AUTHORITY AND PRINCIPLES OF MONETIZATION

As just reward is a free republic's designated engine of prosperity, the republic's only possible instrument of actual economy is its people's authority to uniformly certify and monetize legitimate promissory notes, which authority descends only from the inseparable combination of a right to issue and to fulfill bona fide obligations per se9. Only the natural rights and obligations of a free people to do so without exploitation, injustice, or unnecessary impediment will sustain all the desirable industry, infrastructures and commerce of which they are capable and deserving, because any offense against this right to fulfill intended and just obligations only diminishes what they would accomplish otherwise.

The integrity of every such promissory arrangement is strictly enforced at monetization and at payment, and leniently enforced along the way, simply by eradicating interest and enforcing a schedule of payment equal to the rate of consumption, by which the intended values of currency and related property are sustained in a perpetuated 1:1:1 relationship between circulation, remaining value, and promissory obligation, which natural relationship alone therefore perpetually expresses that so much of the circulation as originally represented so much of the value of related property is perpetually committed to payment of just that for it. Thus the objects of a free authority to monetize are readily achieved, even in default, by the mere and lone fact that only just such a schedule of payment equal to the rate of consumption at all times leaves a balance of payment which is perpetually redeemable in the very remaining value of the property explicitly represented by the remaining circulation:

Because only a circulation which is always equal to the remaining value of respective wealth can perpetually represent facts of both equal reward for production and just payment for consumption, and as a circulation deficient of such volume is impotent to exchange all wealth at once, the effective circulation shall at all times equal the remaining value of represented wealth; and thus:
1. to solve circulatory inflation and deflation shall be no more than to maintain such a circulation;
2. and to solve systemic price inflation or deflation and inherent multiplication of debt shall be no more than to maintain the right to issue obligations without exploitation, however typically imposed in the form of interest;
to maintain such a circulation even without need for regulation:
1. qualified promissory notes are monetized upon certification of credit worthiness by automated processes;
2. upon delivery of the related assets, the account(s) of the creditor(s)9 are credited in full10;
3. upon commencement of consumption or usage, automated payments from the account(s) of the debtor(s) retire the respective circulation at the rate of consumption;
  1. in which exercised rates, consumption may be implemented as perceived, at the discretion of the people, with the guiding principle being to reflect no more than the perceived remaining value of classes of assets across typical lifespans; or, where it shall fall upon the debtor to pay for the asset either within their lifetime or within a further constraint, to so dispose the rate of payment as to collect payment.
    1. According to general perceptions of depreciation as just such consumption, the general method of calculating payment for consumption shall be de-escalated patterns of depreciation approved by the subject people.
    2. The general method of organizing schemes of depreciation and lifespan for the purpose of calculating consumption and payment shall be to categorize subject property as approved by the people.
to provide said circulation in cases of escalated payment, equity must be monetizable likewise (making equity equivalent to savings);
thus without regulation, the effective circulation of a mathematically perfected economy™ always equals the remaining value of represented wealth and is always redeemable in the represented wealth; all monetized debts can always be repaid from the circulation without further and ever escalated borrowing; automated monetization and payment solve inflation and deflation; and eradication of interest solves systemic price inflation, terminal circulatory deflation, artificial cycles of impediment, dedication of ever more of the circulation to servicing debt, expatriation and artificial termination of industry, escalated dispossession and maldistribution of wealth, and systemic failure under inevitable terminal sums of debt as suffered inescapably under usury.
These binding obligations and accountabilities thus prescribe a Common Monetary Foundry authorized solely to administer the power and right of all people to issue legitimate, certified, and enforced promises to pay11, free of extrinsic manipulation, adulteration, or exploitation of resultant obligations, or of the natural opportunity to make good on them.
1. The Common Monetary Foundry shall in the least:
  1. automate certification of credit-worthiness;
  2. automate maintenance of all subject accounts;
  3. and therefore automate retirement of the circulation.
2. No disclosure of matters of account shall be made except as provided by publicly affirmed process, with the only necessary externalizations of processes being confirmation of transactions and affirmation of credit-worthiness.
3. The Common Monetary Foundry shall further be empowerable to automate any further processing powers deemed useful and approved by the people. Obvious such necessary functions are:
  1. automated crediting of payment for employment;
  2. interfaces for conducting trade and automating the execution of contracts;
  3. ready integration of point of sale functionality.
4. The further costs of issuing physical representations of the currency, if any, shall be born by the initial recipient of newly issued or renewed representations.
5. Being as the cost of so monetizing any asset shall include minimal costs of automation, said costs of automation shall be introduced with the assumed obligation; shall be issued to the Common Monetary Foundry; and shall be retired from circulation from the account of the debtor at the rate of performance of duties by the Common Monetary Foundry.

EXAMPLES OF LINEAR AND DE-ESCALATED DEPRECIATION, OR BALANCE AND RATE OF PAYMENT

LINEAR DEPRECIATION, OVERALL COST UNDER MATHEMATICALLY PERFECTED ECONOMY™

As a linear rate of depreciation expresses the average cost across a property's lifespan under mathematically perfected economy™12, the overall cost of owning a $100,000 home with a 100-year lifespan in mathematically perfected economy™ is $1,000 per year or $83 per month.

EXAMPLES AND PURPOSES OF DE-ESCALATED DEPRECIATION

"De-escalated rates of depreciation" are higher than the linear rate of depreciation in the initial phases of an asset's lifespan, and lower in the later phases. By intention, de-escalated calculations match perceived consumption and remaining value across the lifespan, whereas linear depreciation only expresses the overall cost and rate of payment, the implementation of which would make it unrealistically undesirable to purchase depreciated property at periodic costs which would be indifferent from new property. De-escalated rates of depreciation therefore are intended to reflect perceived rates of consumption and remaining value which are generally consistent with the intentions of purchasing an asset of any serviceable age. Thus approved de-escalated rates of depreciation for various classes of property prescribe governing rates of payment under mathematically perfected economy™, with the remaining balances and patterns of payment comprising appropriate influences toward buying new or aged property; for preserving existent property to the full extent of potential service; and for consuming the full worth of property, as opposed to wasting wealth.

The following tables are examples of de-escalated depreciation requiring an initial payment of 3% of a $100,000 home with a 100-year lifespan, and expressing periodic rates of payment as a multiple (Lin X) of the linear rate of depreciation:

Column heading key:

Q : "quarter" of the lifespan (0...4);
TO YR (END) : year (of the 100-year lifespan) in which the specified period/rate of payment ends;
Lin X : specifies the rate of payment as a multiple of the linear rate ("Lin") times "x", with the linear rate for this example being our familiar $1,000 per year or $83.33 per month;
ANNUAL : expresses the resultant annual rate of payment for the period;
MONTHLY : expresses the resultant monthly rate of payment for the period;
ACTUAL RED FROM PREV : expresses how many dollars per month the rate is reduced from the previous rate per month;
PERCENT REDUCTION : expresses what percentage the previous rate was reduced for the subsequent period;
BAL, END : is the balance at the end of the period (graphed);
PCT PAID : expresses the percentage of the balance paid at the end of the period.

The following chart graphs the remaining balances or values of these schemes together:

Being that original credit-worthiness certifies abilities to save as needed, further merits of de-escalated depreciation therefore are that it substantially insulates the general society from both the causes and effects of potential downstream defaults, and that it extends the potential ability to save and sanctity of savings by reducing the weight of obligations in later years of consumption.

Reductions of initial and downstream costs achieved by mathematically perfected economy™ are simply consequences of eliminating exploitation imposed by the present obfuscated currency.

SECTION 7.E. TAXATION AND MONETIZATION OF COMMON SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURES

The sole purpose and authority of taxation shall be to impose commensurable payment upon those who agree to and willfully incur actual, indispensable and minimal intrinsic costs by voluntary consumption of an actual and necessary service provided by existing, explicit consent of the people:
1. Creation of the commonly owned assets of the people ("government") shall be monetized by the Common Monetary Foundry in strict observation of its binding principles.
  1. No generation shall pass its debts on to another:
    1. ; and all determinations of credit worthiness shall take the obligation to repay incurred debts into account.
2. Taxation shall exist only to fulfill resultant obligations, and shall be levied proportionate to and solely for consensual consumption of services or assets:
  1. Taxation shall be applied as directly as practical to the point of consumption with regard to these obligations, and with minimal practical overhead:
    1. For example, as consumption of fuel is proportionate to consumption of transportation infrastructures and their costs of maintenance, to tax the consumption of fuel at its distribution points to the consumers of transportation infrastructures is to minimize overhead.
  2. Willful participation in public insurance programs shall be consensual consumption of service, with the methods of duly distributing costs being subject to public affirmation.
3. Any expenditure or responsibility for cost obligated by law shall ensure elimination of unnecessary cost, and shall provide for breach of this duty to be refunded.
4. No taxation whatever therefore shall be exercised as a regulatory device, or against property, production, inheritance, gift or income; and all claims of obligation to pay such taxations, however delinquent or otherwise ostensibly extended, are hereby rendered null and void.
  1. All ostensible crimes against any such laws therefore, however purportedly outstanding, are hereby forgiven and resolved.

SECTION 7.F. CEASURE OF FURTHER OFFENSES

Without explicit prior approval of a lawful majority, government may neither dissolve or seek to dissolve serviceable assets of the people:
1. all attempts to do so are hereby null and void;
2. any attempts to make any such ostensibly previous sales stand without distribution of the proceeds of the sale back to the people, and without succeeding in affirmation by a lawful majority, are severe criminal transgressions against the people and severe criminal transgressions of this act.
Any breach of the principle of consent or imposition of redundant or unreasonable expense is non-enforceable and a severe criminal transgression of this act.

SECTION 7.G. AVERTING NEAR TERM MONETARY FAILURE, RECONSTITUTION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEBT, REPARATION, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE STATE

AVERTING NEAR TERM MONETARY FAILURE

In a system of exploitation depending upon a currency subject to the obfuscation of interest:
1. as a consequence of a necessity to maintain a vital circulation by perpetually re-borrowing principal and interest paid out of the general circulation to service an initial sum of debt:
  1. because principal is re-borrowed as new debt, equal to the former debt which it would otherwise resolve, and because interest can only be re-borrowed into the vital circulation as further debt, above the sum of debt which is perpetually renewed by the re-borrowing of principal, the obfuscation of interest inherently and irreversibly increases the sum of debt in proportion to a vital circulation, and at an inherently escalating rate of ever greater volumes of periodic interest related to each successive, greater sum of debt;
  2. thus ever more and eventually all of the vital circulation is dedicated to servicing the artificially escalating sum of debt:
    1. while ever less of the vital circulation therefore remains to sustain the industry which is obligated to do so;
    2. while the costs of servicing this artificial escalation of debt thus erode industrial solubility at a resultant escalating rate;
    3. and while this irreversible erosion artificially drives up the costs of production and of government, to subjects of the same escalating erosion.
  3. Such a system therefore inevitably enters a terminal phase in which:
    1. the artificial escalation of debt infringes upon the capacity to sustain industry, leaving any remaining industry altogether:
      1. all the less potent to service the existent sum of debt (formerly saddled across further industry, thus destroyed by irreversible further multiplication of artificial debt);
      2. and all the less credit worthy yet to borrow ever further, as remains necessary to perpetually reflate the circulation of the perpetual deflation suffered in continuing to service the artificial sum of debt.
    2. Thus as the escalated sum of artificial debt marginalizes industry:
      1. industry inherently collapses;
      2. and as the system is thus made incapable of qualifying to borrow further, the circulation inherently deflates as a consequence of the obligation to service the artificial sum of debt, making collapse of the system inevitable.
2. Thus this pattern and consequence of failure are inevitable so long as a vital circulation can only be maintained by re-borrowing interest, as is itself a consequence of the obfuscated currency:
  1. therefore any attempt to artificially sustend the finite lifespan of such an imposed system is no more than the naked further abuse of perpetuating an intended and terminal system of exploitation;
  2. all attempts to do so are severe criminal transgressions against the people and severe criminal transgressions of this act;
  3. and because the certainty of present monetary failure exists in the inevitable deflation of the circulation caused by servicing the artificially escalated, insoluble sum of debt:
    1. all payments against debts arising from this unwarranted, unassented and terminal obfuscation of the currency are hereby necessarily suspended;
    2. and all such debts shall hereby be reconstituted as actual and rightful obligations of debtors, free of extrinsic manipulation, adulteration, or exploitation of their obligations, or the natural opportunity to make good on them:

RECONSTITUTION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEBT

All public and private debt therefore shall be refinanced under the Common Monetary Foundry, whereas:
1. in the case of each private debt, the sum of all payments toward principal, interest and penalties not exceeding the original principal shall be counted against the original principal, with the remaining balance or equity and schedule of payment to be determined by the approved pattern of depreciation;
2. in the case of the sum of public debt, all payments toward principal and interest shall count toward the sum of original principal, with the proportional balances of each category (if any) to be paid by taxation as prescribed herein;
3. the resultant circulation, in resolving all further affairs, shall not exceed the remaining value of the sum of represented wealth:
  1. with currency held by private citizens converted into Common Monetary Foundry Notes;
  2. and where in no case shall possessions or obligations arising from the unassented obfuscation of the currency be redeemable in or interchangeable with Common Monetary Foundry Notes, which shall hereafter be the only legal tender.
    1. Any attempt to provide Common Monetary Foundry Notes in exchange for property or currency held by any central banking system as a consequence of its obfuscation of the currency is a severe criminal transgression of this act.
  3. The failed gold/silver standard shall hereby be rescinded, because it only imposes an expensive circulation without actual merit in its expense, and because it is impossible for a circulation honoring finite monetary reserves existing in any volume less than whatever property a circulation is to represent to both represent consistent value in the property and in the circulation and to sustain industry and commerce depending upon circulations exceeding available gold/silver reserves.

REPARATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE STATE

To repair the consequences of the previous system of exploitation so much as practical, and to establish a perpetually sustainable monetary state:
1. savings which would typically have transpired and remained under mathematically perfected economy™ are to be restored by crediting the accounts of the people;
2. all outstanding ostensible debts or obligations to the former central banking systems are to be resolved by issuing equivalent irredeemable promises to pay.

SECTION 8. DISINFORMATION

It is a severe criminal transgression against the people and a severe criminal transgression of this act:
1. to disinform the people of potential or pretended success or failure of any existent or advocated government program or act;
2. to withhold vital information from the public, or to know of such disinformation without making reasonably immediate and practical attempts to expose evident government crimes, disinformation, or withholding of vital information, and perpetrators thereof;
3. for any public law or action to stand beyond reasonable demonstration of its faults, miscarriages, or basis in disinformation;
4. to knowingly promote disinformation for the purpose of passing any public act;
5. to spend public funds to do so; for the government to fail, at any time or to any degree by intention or by reasonably foreseeable, rectifiable and expressed potentials for neglect of these responsibilities, to provide and maintain readily accessible and navigable conduits for immediate public registry and dissemination of alleged government offenses, for government accountability to claims made, and for public organization to preserve inviolable interests;
6. for any officer, subordinate or agent of government to knowingly fail to raise such potential neglects of responsibility;
7. for any officer or agent of government to refuse to document or respond to any reasonable potential case of neglected responsibilities raised by the public.
In its unwarranted consumption of responsible activities of the people, to falsely accuse officers or agents of the government of transgression is a criminal offense against the people and a criminal transgression of this act; no accusation shall be prosecuted against the government without either wholly convincing and plausible argument, or actual material evidence of transgression.

SECTION 9. OBLIGATION TO TEACH AND TO REINFORCE CRITICAL, ACCOUNTABLE, AND INDEPENDENT THINKING AS ABSOLUTE RESPONSIBILITIES OF SELF RULE

As the inherent purposes and obligations of all responsible and deserving citizens and entities under joint self rule include teaching and reinforcing critical, accountable, and independent thinking, restraining and perfecting assertion, and advocating no less than ideals, therefore all attempts to obstruct or deny these purposes and obligations from any person or entity are criminal transgressions against the people and this act.

SECTION 10. UNLAWFUL TRANSGRESSION

Perpetrators of severe criminal transgressions of this act shall be liable for no less than the sum of all damages caused and accrued by their acts.
Further punitive actions against criminal transgressions of this act are to be decided by courts of law in respect and in proportion to damages caused and accrued by convicted acts.
This act shall be passed solely by the approval of no less than two thirds of the citizens of voting age of no less than two thirds of the states; no congressional or other extrinsic affirmation shall apply; no authority shall exist for any officer or agent of government to obstruct, resist, or deny ratification or enforcement of this amendment by the people; from this act's inception, all attempts to do so are severe criminal transgressions against all people this act would defend from transgression, and therefore are severe criminal transgressions against this act; and all severe criminal transgressions against the spirit or explicit purposes or means of this act for a purpose of exploitation, evasion of accountability, or to deceive the public in any vital matter of government, therefore are unpardonable acts of treason.

SECTION 11. PERPETUITY

As the necessities of this act arise from transgressions against the people, thus its potential successors, reinforcements, or extensions shall be passed, rescinded or amended only at the behest of the people and by no less than two thirds of the citizens of voting age of no less than two thirds of the states; no branch or agent of government, and no eventual government or power, however remote or conceivably separate or supreme in ostensible authority, has any power but to comply.

Ultimate Equipoise

Jere — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:53:45 EST

“If they say, Come Along with us, let’s lie in wait for someone’s blood, let’s waylay some harmless soul; lets swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder; throw in you lot with us, and we will share a common purse!”. (By the way, there is more to this statement than just this, but, taken out of context, perceptions can change and be manipulated for the ultimate control factor)

In the prophetic words of a man named Solomon, true values that hold through the ages, have been pushed aside throughout history. Why, you may ask, are things like this done? Perhaps it’s that special gift that God has given us, free will, the ability to make choices in our lives that lead us to life, or to destruction/death per say.

What are some of the realities of today, seemingly no respect for elders, the have and have not, the social strata that envelopes all of us, the mass consumerism that rules our lives all leading to various complexities of personality disorders. Some call these disorders Sin, others call them just a fad or phase and then again, who’s to say? Gossip and innuendo seem to be more powerful in our society and world than truth and integrity. Looking at the magazines, the news on tv and in the paper, there seems to be a proliferation not only of porn, but false statements and misconceptions pushed just to get ratings and sell advertisement. Humm very destructive things for all of us, and yet we bite into it on a daily basis.

Trust, wow, what a term! Trust implies honesty, integrity and other very wonderful heartfelt values to maintain between even two people (much less trusting yourself to make appropriate decisions). Trust in relationships is waylaid by undercurrents of accusatory statements, criticizing others without looking at your self first. In actuality, most of us, as human beings, are hypercritical of ourselves and take for granted that we have the right to judge others on our own metrics of life, instead of attempting to understand the other persons’ metrics.

Perhaps an exceptional evaluation of personal metrics and what criteria we base this on is in order. The metrics of my life are probably not the same as anyone else, but they may be close in a comparative sense. Definitions and values, even though they have the same wordings, still vary in perception of what is real and what is not, and can be twisted and used against people at will, or, the opposite of this coin could be the ability to accept and understand the other persons perception, and not take it as a criticism of your personal perceptions.

Perhaps it’s time for a personal introspection and going through that 4th step in the 12 step program, a fearless and personal moral inventory and see just what our individual metrics are, and whether they fit our perceptions of various values or not……

More later!

Motivated By Money

Khaidji — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:46:48 EDT

It is very easy to convince people that those with better facility will give them greater care. The problem is that I have seen fancy doctor prescribe expensive unnecessary test with one purpose in mind. In fact, many surgeries are elected that may not have been necessary procedures. Isn’t it funny how almost all doctors portrayed by Hollywood are more lovable when they take no personal gain from it, when they have no ambitions of grandeur or wealth? Funny how the one great money making doctor moved away from the city to live in the countryside where he open a practice and offer all his services free of charge to all Everwood. It is profHannity to mix money with medicine, as we know; the greatest healer of all sought no monetary gain

Motivated By Money

My illness exposed me to doctor who

Only seemed interested in the money they accrue

Tonight in regular profHannity the TV host suggest

If doctors are not paid top notch money expect mediocre test

Viewers were asked to believe that the young doctors who pursue

Ambitious salaries will take better care of you

This can’t be so from what I have seen

Every doctor motivated by money seem to act mean

Doctors who quickly operate because you can pay

But never concerned that diet can take your trouble away

You can’t expect such doctors to forgo good surgical money

Making decisions to treat patients more inexpensively

On TV we met most doctors that chose to work without pay

Nursing patients to live beyond another day

Efficiency comes best from caregivers who aren’t economical scholars

You get better care from doctors not seeking the almighty dollars

This is an Emergency need for funds Immediately Urgently this is not a joke please help now‏

Tom Rodgers — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:16:38 EDT

Hello Everyone,

This is for real this is not a joke.

I received a decision letter from The Social Security Administration tonight that as of July 23, 2009 coincidently that was my birthday that I was no longer entitled to social security disability benefits.

Those of you that personally know me know what I have been going through since they stopped my benefits earlier and how my health got worse. You that know me, know how much my work means to me and how hard I work to provide the service that I perform for you guys even though I am Impaired with my disability, I am not able to obtain a normal job due to my disabilities.

Again those of you that personally know me,know that I am not able to obtain a regular salaried or hourly job due to my medical disablities and therefore I am asking for immediate and Extremely Urgent help tonight. You all know me to be an honest person.

Therefore I am in great need for immediate donations. Here is my problem again let me explain this email is really from me. Tom Rodgers, As I sit here at my office in Cusseta tonight am I wondering where do I go from here. I have worked so hard to continue to provide services to all of you at the lowest possible prices.. As most of you are aware of I use my disability Income to provide this services to you which I enjoy doing very much it is my life and I Love being able to provide assistance and services to all of you. There is a great need for me in the local area and also a great need for me to be able to operate the website. Not to mention a personal need for me to be able to survive as a human being and to be able to live.

T&C Services is what I live for. Well tonight I do not even know if I will receive my Monthly Social Security Deposit Monday August 3, 2009. Therefore I am asking you First to pray for me when you see this email. Second if you have any amount that you can donate please click the PayPal link I will provide in this email or go to my website http://tomrodgers723.community.officelive.com and click the donate button found on the first 6 or so pages under mission statement.

I am of course going to file an appeal with Social Security immediately but here's the deal, bills are due now. Please remember that I am serious and not joking I would not send this type of email to you.

I have accomplised a great deal this past seven months by turning T&C Services into a Charitable Community Services with being approved by The State of Georgia Secretary of State as a Registered Charitable Organization, while continually to work on achieving Federal 501(C)(3) Tax Exempt Status. This is in doubt at this moment but I do have Faith and Hope and I will not give up on this as long as I have a last breath. I again would not post this as a joke I am praying that if anyone who reads this and is able to help please do so now by clicking the email link or go to http://tomrodgers723.community.officelive.com. God bless all of you and I will Greatly Appreciate any assistance that you may be able to give.

Thank you for reading this and if you can please make a donation now.

Click the link below to make an immediate emergency donation now.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7193218

Thanks,

Tom Rodgers

Please visit our Website

http://tomrodgers723.community.officelive.com

OFA is not just for Democrats

LindaLu Nordling — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:48:47 EDT

Dear ALL:

I would agree with the authors of this letter. As this is a letter seek to clearify what has become quite a fiasco of camps of self interests.

Nothing about this congress is representative of the INTEREST of the People of United States of America other than on issues which have been grossly under-represented.

As far as all "reforms" including the Green Movement, HealthCare, Sustainability, Climate Change... has each been nothing more than self interest for the MONEY people behind the poppets of Politicians. It is obvious NOTHING in each of those TOPICS has anything to do with the reality of people losing and lost their job, room, apartment, house,..
.

It is very disappointing but nothing surprising given Barack H. Obama does not have ALL the GOP kind of influence, power, money behind him when WE started the road to White House.

There's saying: Keep your friends close
Keep your ENEMIES CLOSURE (closer)

so, here's a TOAST to y'll who are continueing to be of SELF interests and NOT for America or Americans.

You know who you are...and so do the rest of the "peeps" which COMPLETELY OUT # YOU...of course, there was/is/has been "UNCLE TOMS" pardon for borrowing a phrase not from my race but i'm sure y'll know exactly AGAIN who you think you might be...get it MIGHT just BE. ... and so do THIS Transparent information TIME. Good luck to all your self-interest committment and to your health.

Sincerely,

Linda Lu-Nordling

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OFA/DNC



Dear Kurt, Ben, Brent,
Greg, Jennifer,

I started out replying to
each of your very thoughtful comments but got sort of overwhelmed, so I'm
taking this collective route.

There is no question in
my mind that on all the most important issues we are on the same page. This
dialogue itself, respectful, logical, passionate, is just one more confirmation
for me of the power and beauty of the movement we created over the course of a
long election campaign.

=0 A

Believe me, there is
absolutely no despair here. We are working harder than ever for the President's
agenda, with complete confidence in his leadership, and I believe we continue
to make a modest but valuable contribution to the overall effort.

All of you make a
persuasive case for the grass roots party organizing you are doing. We have a
lot of campaign volunteers here in NYC doing the same. Hopefully there are many
more around the country making similar progress.

But the question under
discussion is the relationship between OFA and the DNC and how it impacts our
work.

If OFA were to say
clearly tomorrow that it wants all of its volunteers and the people we sign up
for various activities under the OF
A banner to throw ourselves into
transforming the Democratic Party into an instrument of people's needs rather
than corporate profits, I would salute and try to figure out how to do that in
our own little piece of the world here.

But there's a good reason
OFA hasn't said that. There is that 30% of the electorate who define themselves
as Independents, there is the unknown but large percentage of the electorate
who vote Democrat while holding their noses, and there is even that 30% of
Republicans who today say they disagree with the policies of their party. In
addition to loyal active Democrats, we will have volunteers from each of these
other three categories participating in our June 27 Health Care Day of Service
event. They will eagerly work with OFA, because th ey see it as something
really new and different from the existing party political system, but they
would tell us to take a hike if we asked them to show up at the next meeting of
our local Democratic club. I guess it's different where you are.


I happen to agree with
them that what came out of the campaign, which took the organizational form of
OFA, is truly something new and different, one of those social/political
movements that come along once every generation or two with tremendous
potential to change the country and the world f
or the better. We see it at work
every day, with the battle for a decent health care system and in so many other
ways in which this President continues to make us proud. That is why OFA
correctly continues to project itself as a movement built on the agenda of a charismatic
political leader, whose politics, fortunately, are fundamentally progressive.

When the decision was made after the
election to fold the campaign base into the DNC, there were advantages and
disadvantages to it. I might have disagreed with the decision at the time, but
I understand why it was made and it has not deterred my participation in OFA,
whose leadership and staff are absolutely doing the best they can with the hand
they've been dealt. But the disadvantages are clearly making themselves
felt.

While very specific and
powerful members of Congress are killing, undermining or going wobbly on key
provisions of the President's agenda, OFA does not target any of them,
presumably because of its DNC relationship, and so organizers and activists are
drawn to groups that are doing that kind of targeting. The same happens with
specific features of the agenda. I don't recall seeing anything, for example,
about the public plan option in the material for the June 4 kick off event. I
understand why this happens, but I think it's a
significant disadvantage.

The OFA/DNC relationship
had this movement/party contradiction built into it at birth, and it needs
to be resolved. It blurs the strategic focus with its generalities and
therefore appears lacking in transparency. Even going by what I think is
Jennifer's accurate characterization of the thinking behind the decision, of it
being a way to hold together the base and keep the buzz going for 2012, I don't
see the numbers telling us that is happening. The numbers I see on the site, the numbers released by OFA, I do not find encouraging--and I doubt that the
hard-headed realists who run OFA do either, despite the obvious need to remain
publicly positive. And what about the 347 other people on this list, who apparently
lack the time or interest to weigh in on a subject we seem to agree is pretty
important? My hunch is their attention a nd energies are otherwise engaged.

Which reminds me, we all have day jobs and I've gone on much too long.

In conclusion, he said, to deafening applause: I think we face great and unprecedented challenges but they can be met; I think we have an obligation to communicate our concerns to each
other and to OFA leadership because I know they want to hear them and because
this is=2 0our organization and we need to make it thrive.



Best,

Alan Howard

NY 8th CD







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Budgeting

Mysti — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:36:17 EDT

I am not sure if anyone will be able to read this,THE FONT IS REALLY SMALL, especially; people in California; but we are in trouble. especially, our children. Education and Health Care is extremely important, no job, no tax no savings for the future. It is a problem that our state has to take from people whom are struggling to survive as it is. I am sorry but, our children are our future, without health care or education they will just be another number. This is 2009, our Country should have already passed this ridiculously fight over who gets what and when and how it is going to help. I have been an advocate for the disabled population for quite sometime now; and, it is truly sad that even the working disabled, still needing assistance to be able to work, are being cut. Our children's education is also important; without them how are we to grow?, how are we to continue with our Globe?, who is going to proceed with our country? All these questions need to be addressed. Someone is still being stingy and putting money in all the wrong hands. Our health care is ridiculous; with all of the air, water and food tainted our children are growing with health problems. This needs to be corrected. CALIFORNIA HAS A PROBLEM..

Independent Democrat Senators

Don — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:09:29 EDT

Soon as we got a Democrat in the White House, a bunch of Senators claiming to be Democrats rushed to show how independent they are, declaring they won’t necessarily vote in support of the President’s agenda that he was elected to enact. As a Hoosier, I’ll put Indiana’s Evan Bayh (pronounced “Bye” or “Buy”) at the top of the list.

Mr. Obama is right to allow politicians to vote their “consciences” (oxymoron is obvious). Where he’s wrong is in promising to raise money for them. I won’t give one penny to support ANY Senator who fails to toe the line and earnestly help the President do what he promised. Many promises were made. If they’re not kept because Democrats in the Senate support powerful banks and other lobbies against the people who support Mr. Obama’s agenda, then Bayh-Bayh to them come the primary.

If self-described Democrats in the Senate refuse to push through the President’s agenda, then it’s up to us to FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL. I won’t give money to or raise money for Evan Bayh or Arlen Spector or any of the approximately eight others who have declared themselves “independent” of this cause.

They want our money and votes only to betray us to the powerful lobbyists who own them. We need to start work right now finding better people to run against them in the primaries and start raising the money they’ll need to win.

We kept McCain and Palin out of the White House. We certain can put Bayh, Specter and those other eight “independent” Democrats OUT of the Senate. CHANGE is coming to America.

The Gig is UP!

EMK — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:03:17 EDT

For those interested: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4020719354420953428.

Another place to find it: http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/fib/gGxJBN.

Quite informative about money and monetary policy.

EMK

Ways to financially secure soon to retire seniors!

Ajay(kumar) from West Springfield, MA — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:01:10 EDT

As we all know Medicare and S.S. are in jeopardy of disappearing. As one who works in health care seniors are a very important part of our society. Their financial contrilbutions (saving and consuming) got us out the a financial mess back when they were not considered seniors. Lets take care of them financially while helping ourselves selflessly.

Though I am not an expert on alternative energy I do have an idea. Why not build "sun" cities (senior housing communities) with alternative energy as the sole source of energy. They should be massive retirement communities with massive alt. energy farms (solar (FL,CA,NV), wind). If anyone knows how to conserve it would be our seniors.

Here's where the money comes in. As we know most seniors conserve and money can be made buy selling the energy conserved at these communities back into grid.

Any thoughts?

AIG and GM: A Double Standard

mathpol — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:07:09 EDT

Let’s see if I’ve got this straight. We bail out AIG and they use the money to make good on the credit default swaps they insured. (Although they didn’t call it insurance!) A lot of this money has gone to banks in foreign countries.

When it comes to GM, we want to force them into bankruptcy, which means a massive loss of jobs for blue and white collar workers, losses for bond holders and retirees, not to mention loss of market share.

Was Rick Wagoner, now GM’s ex-president and ex-CEO, guilty of risky practices, skirting the law, in order to make more money? No.

I’ve lived in the Detroit area for 38 years, and for as long as I can remember, the Big Three have been the favorite whipping boy of the liberal elite, with Al Gore being the number one “whipper“.

Sure, the Big Three didn’t adapt, and they and the unions negotiated contracts with big legacy costs, but ask yourself. Who suffers the most if they go under? Answer: The workers on the assembly line and automotive engineers. Not the likes of Rick Wagoner.

But hey, most of these people live in the Middle-West, which used to be America’s heartland, but is fast becoming a wasteland.

How can we be socialists if at the same time we are doing away with the proletariat?

Give us our money

HaroldITPro — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:15:17 EDT

Ok maybe and hopefully this will be read by someone that has some brains in their head. I see how the people's money is just being given away to banks and private companies under the guise that jobs will be saved. Nice, that's real nice. It's our (the people) own fault for allowing our government of the people, by the people, and for the people to get away with this. Please Mr. President. I know I am no one compared to the people you are used to dealing with... But some of us do have good ideas on how to make things in this country right. I am begging you Mr. President to please take to the time to listen. Giving this money in the form of stimulus to the banks and businesses will not work as you can already see many of these banks and companies are already taking advantage of the people's money just as they have before the s**t hit the fan. There is only one way to fix the economy and that is you have to fix it at the source. Theoretically if you gave every American "citizen" between $500,000.00 and 1 million dollars it would only be a fraction of the billions upon billions that are being given to the banks and companies that look at taking advantage of the people as business as usual. If you give that money to the people I believe that 80 to 95 percent of those people will use that money to get themselves out of the red. They will use the money to pay their debts. And who do they owe? The banks! So when the people pay the banks. The banks will get their money and still be able to function and not have to foreclose not one more home. The people will pay those credit cards and again the banks will get the money they need to continue doing business. The people will shop and buy goods and so private businesses will no longer need stimulus money because we the people are now the ones giving the money to the banks and the businesses as it should be. I promise and guarantee you that this will save our economy. Please Mr. President leaving out the average Joe from the equation of saving the economy will only spell more disaster. My plan isn't perfect and it needs someone like you Mr. President to hone it into something viable that can and will work. A hint any one on Social security or any kind of existing government subsidization like me would not qualify for stimulus... But the average working American like the ones whose hands you shook in all those small towns would qualify and our great nation with its government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. I hope this makes sense and the right person reads this because trickling the money up can work just as well as trickling it down. I don’t even care if you take all the credit for my plan I really don’t care. I just want to see “all” of us proud and back on top again and I feel this is a very good way to accomplish that.

Thank you Mr. President,

Harold Marcano

Canada slaughters hundreds of thousands of innocent seals

Bernard — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:17:41 EDT

I was still shocked to learn that Canada slaughters hundreds of thousands of innocent seals for their fur every year. These animals, often babies who are just weeks old, have their skulls smashed in or are shot. Then they are skinned for their fur - often while they are still conscious. How can we still let this happen! As a American sports enthusiast, I cannot support the games in all honestly if this continues to go unnoticed. It's just like in China, where I learn the hundreds of thousands of innocent cats and dogs were and perhaps still being slaughers for their fur. Just like the "Wild Mustang Horses" http://www.wildhorserescue.org/, Example: Illinois bill threatens to re-0pen horse slaughter plant! http://www.wildmustangcoalition.org/id15.html

All eyes are on Canada, (I hope you are Pres. Obama) as it prepares to host the 2010 Winter Olympics. Please help end the seal slaughter immediately so that the reputation of the Vancouver Olympic Games won't be tarnished.

Thanks

Smoke Em' If you got Em'

cwr65 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:23:24 EST

As posted to http://opinion.cwr65.com

Take your pick. Friday, March 6, 2009, 14:04 - General -----------

Mr. President.
Save and make money selling 'Pot'

Yup, that's what I said. But first let us turn back the clock to January 29, 1919 and the 18th Amendment. "Thou shall not drink" Bless the steeplepeople and do-gooders they know what's best for all of us. BULL!

It made millionaires, (Billionaires today) it killed people, it maimed others that drank anything that was called Alcohol. It created waves of crime. It was transported in trucks cars and on ships. Sound familiar?

Back to today.

How would Ten to Twenty Billion dollars in the federal coffers sound.
How would saving Ten to Twenty Billion dollars by not having to chase ghost that sell pot by taking away the profit line.

No cars or trucks to stop and search for pot, is that worth two billion? Let's add to that an other $1.4 Billion in new equipment to chase a weed that isn't harmful.

One third less Prisoners in institutions because they were found with two seeds on the car floor. $2.5 Billion a year.

Children unable to buy pot on the streets because the dealers can't make a profit off of it.

No domestic calls to the local police because Mr. Trailer trash got drunk and whipped hell out of his 'ol' lady' he was drunk.
No one ever blew smoke and went looking for a fight.

You don't even need a new law. Each state has their own it's under such names as the ABC, (Alcohol Beverage Control. Etc.) you don't need a new agency, you have DEA, only now they would know where to look for a problem.

Too simple, too logical, to many steeplepeople and do-gooders that haven't a clue that would fight it.

Pot is not addictive unless you have an addictive personality, hell then you could get hooked on cool-aid.

$50 to $70 BILLION dollars a year in taxes, and eliminated expenditures. Hell that would save GM, well almost.

Just think, all those Police that are out there for no reason, chasing something that only makes the bad guys rich could be doing better things.

Legalize it, Tax it, Control it.

CWR65

Listening to Republicans and Democrats argue.....

LOL — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:42:24 EST

over whether tax cuts or bigger government are the answer to our economic problems is like listening to the captain and the first mate of the Titanic argue over whether more and smaller buckets or less and bigger buckets are the answer to their situation.

You know what would be to impressive and a confidence builder? If Obama came out and said, “I am not sure how to fix the economy just yet, but we have determined what the problem is. While I can not assure you that I can keep any of you in your homes or keep you from falling into poverty, but I can promise that your kids won’t be in the same situation.” That would signify to me that he actually understands the cause of our current situation.

Throwing money at the big banks and the irresponsible housing lenders and borrower is about as impressive to me as George Jr. bombing camels to protect America from guys with butter knives from taken over airplanes. Neither are actually going to keep the condition from being repeated. At least when it comes to guys with butter knives on a plane, I can trust Americans will rise up and fight off the offending situation. I am not sure that I can count on Americans to stop agreeing to terms they don’t understand, and borrowing more money then they can afford to.

When everybody involved realizes that taxes and incentives are red herrings and economically unsound ways to influence circulation. Lowering taxes on the wealthy doesn’t cause them to start businesses. Lowering taxes on businesses doesn’t cause them to hire more people. By the same token charging hire taxes and redistributing the money to the poor doesn’t make them any less poor. The government creating temporary jobs only gives people false security and unpredictable income.

If the administration could put somebody to work following the money once it reaches the market, I would feel much more comfortable. So you send a stimulus check out. Where does the (in the last case) $1500 go when you send it to them. Obviously they were paying their bills, or maybe they weren’t and for that month they do. If they buy merchandise, how much of it is retained here in the US and how much is spent on places outside the economy.

If Obama announces he has put somebody in charge of following money as it enters and leaves our economy, I will feel much more comfortable with the faith everybody is putting in him.

How we can revive the economy, and take gangs off the streets?

John from Milwaukee, WI — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:55:00 EST

The epidemic proportions of the drug problem in younger people are in direct correlation of the strict laws against alcohol. Alcohol is sold only by licensed merchants that require strict identification to purchase their products. When is the last time you saw an alcohol "dealer" on the corner? I'll give you a hint, it was just before prohibition was repealed. Young people who no longer have access to alcohol are turning to other more accessible drugs. The so called drug problem in this country is not because of the drugs themselves, but the laws that make them so lucrative to unscrupulous persons who are willing to do anything to sell their product. If drugs were legalized they would be regulated, keeping them out of the hands of children. PS A's could be aired on the dangers of harder drugs. Not to mention they could be taxed! Imagine this, a pack of cigarettes cost under a dollar to produce but often cost over $5 to purchase. Where does the extra $4+ go? TAXES! If drugs were legalized it would take drug dealers off the streets, squash dangerous gangs that thrive on illegal drug money, take them out of the hands of kids, and could pay for this "bail out" with the tax revenue in under 5 years. Not to mention creating jobs to make, distribute, and advertize different products. To me Sir it really seems like a no brainer. The likes of Al Capone in the 30's, Frank Lucas in the 70's, and Pablo Escobar in the 80's, made millions due to illegal drugs. I'm quite positive there are drug dealers still making millions that just haven't been caught yet. Prohibition didn't work then and it obviously doesn't work now. I hope that one day there won't be a drug problem in this country, but unfortunately that wont happen until it is properly distributed by licensed merchants.

"Marijuana" is NOT the proper name for Cannabis. Marijuana is a Mexican slang word for "weed". The use of the term was widely popularized in the 30's during the attempts to oust Mexican laborers who were taking American jobs in the depression. Please take note of this and stop using this derogatory term.

Owning Up to What We Owe

Jill 4 Obama — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:01:45 EST

THE BRIEFING ROOM • THE BLOG
Monday, February 23rd, 2009 at 7:26 pm Owning up to what we owe

This is big -- the President today promised that by the end of his first term, he will cut in half the massive federal deficit we've inherited. And we'll do it in a new way: honestly and candidly.

"This will not be easy. It will require us to make difficult decisions and face challenges we've long neglected," President Obama said. "But I refuse to leave our children with a debt that they cannot repay -- and that means taking responsibility right now, in this administration, for getting our spending under control."

Before we turn this boat around, we've got to acknoweldge how deep underwater we are:

"For too long, our budget process in Washington has been an exercise in deception -- a series of accounting tricks to hide the extent of our spending and the shortfalls in our revenue and hope that the American people won't notice.... budgeting zero dollars for the Iraq war -- zero -- for future years, even when we knew the war would continue; budgeting no money for natural disasters, as if we would ever go 12 months without a single flood, fire, hurricane or earthquake."

"We do ourselves no favors by hiding the truth about what we spend," the President said. "In order to address our fiscal crisis, we're going to have to be candid about its scope."

As the summit concluded, the President took questions and comments from the assembled members of Congress and the business and non-profit communities. He started with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who emphasized the need to cut excess from defense spending -- citing as an example reports that the two-year-old plan to overhaul the fleet of Marine One helicopters had gone significantly over-budget.

"We all know how large the defense budget is," Sen. McCain said. "We all know that the cost overruns -- your helicopter is now going to cost as much as Air Force One. I don't think that there's any more graphic demonstration of how good ideas have cost taxpayers an enormous amount of money...[W]e have to make some tough decisions -- you, Mr. President, have to make some tough decisions about not only what we procure, but how we procure it."

"The helicopter I have now seems perfectly adequate to me. Of course, I've never had a helicopter before -- maybe I've been deprived and I didn't know it," the President joked, before continuing with a more serious response. "But I think it is an example of the procurement process gone amuck. And we're going to have to fix it....One of the promising things is I think Secretary Gates shares our concern and he recognizes that simply adding more and more does not necessarily mean better and better, or safer and more secure."

White House photos 2/23/09 by Pete Souza

CREATE Local Advisory Committees for Stimulus Money

Madera Strong - Team Co-ordinator For City of Madera — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:11:51 EST

The stimulus money will be coming. If your city is headed by Republicans, the mayor and city council may spend the money on pet projects and friends and later complain that the stimulus funds did not help the economy, and was foolish.

Before the stimulus money comes, form a mayoral stimulus fund advisory committee or a city council advisory committee and be totally involved in the spending choices. Investigate the contracors to ensure they are not using the money to pad the pockets of those who already have jobs. This money is intended to employ those who are unemployed or underemployed. The money should not be used for overtime work or those not really impacted by the economic downturn.

You must be the eyes for the administration and speak out loudly and often if you see your local officials acting in bad faith. We will need to stop the spending BEFORE the money is gone and redirect it to those who were intended to benefit from the Stimulus Package.

Many (Republicans) want this Stimulus Package to fail. We must see that it has a chance to produce its intended effects. There must be full transparency and accountability for every cent your area gets.

If you see something suspicious, let us know.

Loraine

Needing answers.

Jason — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:38:42 EST

I'm not looking for opinionated statements, I want reliable facts about what is going on with the economy. I hear about banks being bailed out only to waste millions on Superbowl commercials. I hear car companies bailed out only to reveal the same old cars, "but better." And what is happening with the war? Are we really spending 3 trillion dollars for a war that we should have never gotten involved with? How is this war benefiting us? Is that number true? I want answers.

"Many people took out loans they were never going to be able to afford!"

Jake from San Jose, CA — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:55:52 EST

"Many people took out loans they were never going to be able to afford,
never! That means somebody knew from day one they were never going to
be able to pay back the loans." The bankers approved these loans and used the money to pay themselves bonuses and payed our government representatives to look the other way…that’s where we are…any suggestions for getting us out of the mess are welcome…but if you just want to play the blame game…where does that get us?

Read what was spammed on the comments section of my blog:

The people that bend the rules GET PAID!

You too can bend the rules by printing out fake paystubs w-2 w2 1099 forms using
http://www.PROOFOFEMPLOYMENT.com

Buy a home, car or get a huge irs tax refund just for being you! Do what you have to do to get yours! EVERYONE ELSE DID!!

http://www.FAKEPAYCHECKSTUBS.com

Print out Fake Employment and Fake Income, Wages, 1099, w2, w-2, using your home computer printer!

Oy vey!!

"Many people took out loans they were never going to be able to afford!

Jake from San Jose, CA — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:52:53 EST

Read what was spammed on the comments section of my blog:

The people that bend the rules GET PAID!

You too can bend the rules by printing out fake paystubs w-2 w2 1099 forms using
http://www.PROOFOFEMPLOYMENT.com

Buy a home, car or get a huge irs tax refund just for being you! Do what you have to do to get yours! EVERYONE ELSE DID!!

http://www.FAKEPAYCHECKSTUBS.com

Print out Fake Employment and Fake Income, Wages, 1099, w2, w-2, using your home computer printer!

Oy vey!!

How Can Anyone Say President Obama Isn't Significantly Different (and better)?

Steve Sulkin — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:05:27 EST

It's has been a while since I gave you an update on the Yes We Can (Change our Destiny) project. But it is alive and well.

First, my observations on the beginning of President Obama's term in office thus far.

How anyone can say that President Obama is just another politician, or doing a poor job, or off to a bad start (all lines I've read in the press) is beyond me.

Look at all he has already done. And look at just one element of what he has done, Recovery.gov.
http://www.recovery.gov/

Have you studied this yet? It's the website the administration created so that WE can track every dollar spent by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. When have you ever seen anything like this? This sort of transparency and accountability, in other words, this sort of honesty as opposed to lies.

So I ask you all to stand fervently behind our president. He needs you now more then ever. Can you feel the wind coming out of the sails of this presidency already, the lessening of passion and involvement? This is what I predicted, but I was not alone of course. Many of us feared this would happen. We need to fight back and spread the word so that we can once again recapture the phenomenon of the election, our own passion.
How do we do that?

By inspiring ourselves again first and then others.

I personally on occasion watch my own video, "Yes We Can (Change our Destiny)" to re-inspires myself, to remind me how I felt on November 4th. And it feels good.

Do that yourself, then pass this video on to others, along with this blog post. My hope is still, that this video can be seen by the administration, or by an "Oprah" like person, someone who can get this out there in a big way. I created this for the world, for no gain and it has been surprising how hard it has been to simply give this away, to be a philanthropist. Now that I can separate myself more from those that sought to glom on to the presidency prior to the inaugural in hopes of self-aggrandizing or gain at the inaugural, my hope is that someone will pass this on to someone (six degrees of separation theory) and this will truly get out there in a big way so as to inspire millions.

Don't forget that WE made this happen and WE can change our destiny and our world, but we must stay involved and remain impassioned.

YES WE CAN (CHANGE OUR DESTINY). Pass it on!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4srDYEPoqo

Right America

P Crawley — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:11:22 EST

I watched an HBO special last night called "Right America" it was quite an insight on the beliefs and reasons as to why certain people especially from the south didn't vote correctly on Nov. 4th (namley voted republican) here are some of the reasons given.

1) He's not a man of God he believes in murder. And will ellect all new supreme court judges to support him.

(obviosly the "God Squad" that don't believe in "free will" and dosen't know how the judical system works)

2) I don't like the fact that our taxes are going to go up.

(this was a school teacher, she must be REALLY rich or just watches fox news)

3) He's not an American, he's going to be sworn in using the Qur'an and since those were Muslims that attacked us on 9/11 I think he's in bed with terrorists.

(I think everyone in the south should be sent a version of the Constitution, then when they get past 3rd grade be made to read it, especially the part about only a natural born citizen can become president!)

4) America isn't ready for a black president.

(notably these were NAS-CAR enthusiasts that think going in circles really fast is cool and they also wanted to repeel the woman's right to vote, nuff said)

5) He'll turn this country Socialist just like Hitler and Marx did to Europe!

(What the ...... BLEEP!)

At this point my interest then laughter turned into utter shock. First, Hitler was a fascist and Marx was a communist, which by the way wasn't even living at the world war two stage, I think the name they were grasping for was Stalin! That would be about as far left and far right as you could politically get. Second, The "Evil" word of "Socialism", thanks to the republicans most people in the US think it means communism, it dosen't, it just means "ecconomic equality".

We have a socialist police force & fire service because it's considered good for everyone, why not a socialist health care system. Basic human rights should be covered by the government, my favorite quote, "A government FOR the people BY the people" should include taking CARE of the people.

Now i'm not saying that ALL socialist things are good, we don't need ALL electric power handled by the government but an option might lower some electric bills and maybe water and gas as an option. It would sure stop some summer price hikes when your air is running or winter gas hikes when you need to be warm. Just a thought.

Back to healthcare, my sister-in-law is a republican and my wife and I democrat, last year my wife was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, it took the administration more than two hours to get her to her room and most of that time was filling out paperwork and waiting around for return phone calls from our insurance provider. I asked my sister-in-law, "wouldn't you like to see a free health care system?", she said, "Hell no we have much better healthcare than other countries", lets see. My cousin in England is doctor, i asked him how long it takes, he sent me the form needed to enter an NHS (National Heath Service) hospital.

Name: xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Address: xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Date of Birth: xxxxxxxxxxx

NIN: xxxxxxxxxxxxx (stands for National Insurance Number, same as SSN)

Ok, the Dr will be right with you, that's it, done, no phone calls, not more waiting, off to your room.

Everything is on a central database (which no-one has ever hacked by the way, just like a bank, totally secure)

My wife has had her opperation and is now on her chemo and her radiation ($3000 per session, total with insuance $36,000, our insurance paid thank god, total in England $0) She's now taking four perscription drugs everyday one of them costs $105 per pill, thankfully the insuance covers them. I told my cousin what the medication was and he told me, "it doesn't matter what the drug is it's $10.00 per perscription". I asked him what about the $105 pill what if she need 30 of them, he said, "$10.00 per perscription no matter what, 10 pills, 100 pills same price".

"The taxes must be really high to have such a socalist healthcare system?"

5% extra tax and everyone is covered, not even perscription charges for children under 16 and people over 65, they pay nothing at all. I can hear people saying "5%" that's a huge chunk of my money, is it? is it really? think about it, if your employed you pay for a medical plan, A chunk comes out of your pay check each month and your employer pays the difference. Look at your pay stub next time you get paid and calculate how much your paying, it's about on average 2% of your income and your boss foots another 5%, that's 7%, 2% more than what you would pay, 1% on your side plus your employer could pay you more as they save money by not having to insure you!

Just do the math, if you paid a little more your employer could save money and maybe not offshore your job!

Unemployed people pay nothing, small business people get a tax rebate.

I lived and was born in England for more than 30 years, I think the longest i waited was about an hour without an appointment. As for long waiting lists, not true, if you have elective surgery then sure you might need to wait a while but for serious medical needs your seen right away, do Americans really think a heart attack victim has to wait a month before he gets treated?

Don't get me wrong I love this country and England is far from perfect, England is rated 18th best in the world for healthcare but America is listed at 37th?

Most Americans couldn't name 36 countries, Africa isn't a country by the way and neither is Europe:-)

Are we as Americans really sure we wouldn't want to have some free healthcare, sooner or later everyone gets sick, do you want to have to sell your house to pay for it?

Back to the five questions I heard above, one thing sticks out more than anything I heard, dis-information & lies. Any well educated person knows that there are two parties, not people but parties, there was Bush and then McCain, just because McCain is a likable fellow does not mean he thinks different, his "Party", is the same. Most of the people interviewed didn't like Bush alot but thought McCain could be trusted. Now i'm no magical wizz on politics but isn't republican being replaced by republican the same policy? Education, Education, Education. It's not the man/woman it's the policy then the person. If Joe the Plummer was running and won the nomination for the democrates I'd still vote democrat. I must admit though voting for someone that came from nothing make me tingle a little, least he knows how many houses he owns (the words silver & spoon spring to mind for McCain and wife).

A very smart man by the name of "Tony Benn" once said a very profound statment and it's happening right now in America, he said. "There are only two ways to control the people if your in government, fear and lack of education, scare the people and they will let you do anything even if it infringes on there civil liberties. Don't educate the people so they believe what you say"

Think about it, wire taps, getmo, people not knowing the facts, people not asking questions, people looking for WMD, wars started, terror, terror, terror. and the last thing the republicans wanted removed from the stimulus package, less on education. We have become a nation of sheep looking for a leader I hope we have found one, the fat cats in washington have raped this country enough, the private companies have transfered the public funds via a war not needed, American lives have been wasted in the name of corperate greed and the world has become more unstable than ever. Unless we realise that our government is broken we can never fix it. The french did just that several hundred years ago now they are ranked number one in human rights including healthcare. There government is afriad of it's people, Americans seem afriad of it's politicians. I hope we have the right person, I personally think so but like i said the fat cats want to keep there wealth, it's going to be hard to take it from them.

The Power is Yours.

This is interesting, GA HB 430.

EMK — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:54:30 EST

This is a short, 4-page bill, but it's worth a look. Simple and straight-forward: GA HB 430.

Interesting, isn't it?

[UPDATE: THIS LINK IS THE PAGE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING THE STATUS OF GA HB 430, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FROM GA! Thanks for the interest!]

EMK

A Stimulus Package Without Republican Support

Petur Williams — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:00:10 EST

We cannot be surprised that the Republicans distance themselves from the stimulus proposals brought forth by a Democrat Congress and a Democratic President when it is of no political benefit to Republicans to vote for these proposals.

We have the next two years to make credible progress in correcting the economic disaster brought to us by the eight years of Bush's laissez faire economics and distrust of government regulation. That is enough and more. It is well marked out, now, the divide between us and them, for all to see. They have voted no, voted to sit on their hands while we commit to extraordinary spending by government to put people and projects into motion. Now it is up to us to make sure that the promises and the expenditures become a workable reality. If it works, we will win the Congressional elections two years from now in record fashion.

Whether it works or not, they will continue to chant that all we had to do was lower taxes on those who produce jobs and the great trickle down will create a tide that will raise all boats and bring America back to glory and prosperity.

We have to watch the spending of all this stimulus money and make sure that it gets moving and gets to where it is supposed to go as soon as it can. There will be a lot of obfuscation, a lot of bureaucratic waffling, a lot of waste, a lot of wrongdoing, but it can be done right if we, the people, the interested, the concerned, the stakeholders, keep on watching, keep on pushing. Ignore the criticisms about nationalizing the economy. Ignore the pundits who claim that most of the money won't even be spent for the next two years, but don't ignore your responsibility to watch this process like a hawk, and when it seems to be going wrong, to stand up and say it loud and often.

Economic Defense Is More Important Than Military

LOL — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:37:56 EST

It is funny (by funny I mean so scary that you either laugh or scream.) how the citizens and the politicians take our economic security so much less seriously then out military security. For those taking notes, here is a profound statement that I don’t want slipping by. You can never fully destroy a culture with tanks and bombs. However, you can completely and utterly destroy a culture with economic invasion. When the dust settles the people will just start breeding and rebuilding. Their food, their music, their livelihood will return eventually. Most often even the culture’s form of government and wealth distribution will return. Most defiantly they will not take on the appearance and characteristics of their oppressors. However, invade a society economically, and their children will all be trying to emulate their aggressors. It wasn’t the bombs in Japan that did the most damage to the traditions that defined them. It was the businesses.

Economic Stimulus and Recovery

Faron, NC — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:08:17 EST

Unemployment: Regardless of the tax breaks, housing issues and all other ideas in any proposal. If you don’t stop the unemployment and put people back to work so they actually have money to benefit from the tax breaks and housing benefits proposed and so they can start purchasing items, getting loans for homes and vehicles, investing in stock and or otherwise spending money, then regardless of the amount of the package, you will not have stimulated spending or our economy. JOBS are the foundation of stimulation.

JOBS: It is vitally important that the jobs created are created throughout the country with various skills. I assure you that those that have lost their jobs and will lose their jobs are from various locations and with various skills. So specific projects, proposed in any bill, will not suffice since they are limited in both location and skill.

How do you create Jobs?: I continuously hear everyone say, including the President, that our small businesses are the backbone of job creation and our economy. Why is that? It’s because they are all across the country and provide a variety of jobs and they borrow and spend?
How do you stimulate small business?: Normally small businesses which are existing or that which wish to start up seek private funding through investement, loans and federal assistance. However due to the current economic EMERGENCY, the private sector options are no longer available. This leaves only Federal funding for small businesses.
Our Federal agencies hold many applications from small businesses.: Various agencies have applications from small businesses that want to do work, some of which the government is requesting to be done. Some of which they have come up with on their own, which are called “unsolicited proposals” but which could still be of value. Some of this work is manual labor, some of this work is research and a lot of it is a variety of other opportunities.
Some funds could already be available!: Many of these Federal agencies most likely already have some funds set aside for Grant funding or other funding. These agencies could pull all small business applications and Grand Total the amounts needed to fund all of them and the stimulus package could authorize additional funds, which may or may not be needed. The stimulus package and/or a Directive by the President should order these agencies to "clear their coffers". This may seem like an extreme measure, but these are extreme times.
Some may argue that this will diminish private investment opportunities.: Contrarily by providing these small businesses with funding to start up or perform work, they can begin to invest and seek investors with the capital which is provided to them and/or with their success as they grow .
Perhaps some of the funds being directed to the TARP packages could be redirected here.: Since the issue for our financial institutions is not neccesarily having the money available, but rather a way to move the money, our small businesses can provide for two means of helping with this issue. First they can provide the monies through creating bank accounts and/or making deposits into existing accounts. They will conduct daily business that will begin to rotate these funds and stimulate the economy.
The definition of small business has already been defined.: The Government has already defined the term "small business", so there is no need to redefine it or figure out what articulates into a small business.
These small businesses have already gone through the Grants.gov verification processes!: Before applying for Grants, SBIR’s and/or STTR’s each business must go through a verification process.
There are already established monitoring systems set up.: Government auditing, reports and etc..are already established by each agency.
Grants.gov already has bank routing numbers for each business.: As a requirement during the verification process, Grants.gov requires that a bank account already be established. The funds could be dispersed quickly and put to use quickly.
Unfortunately the amounts they offer, $100,000 to $150,00 in most case are not sufficient to actually start a business. A business beginning with nothing has to have the funds needed to buy supplies, lease property, purchase equipment etc… and cover salaries for at least a year to allow the business to grow and build a customer base which can sustain them. Another source for small business interest is the Small Business Administration.
It is important to provide enough funding: to allow for these businesses to start and to have enough to sustain them for at least a year, two years would be best, so that they can build a customer base to sustain themselves. Not all will succeed and it could be required that unused funds be returned if they fail. But I believe there will be many more that will succeed and some may even provide us all with some unexpected benefits.
So have theses agencies, a list of Granting Agencies is on Grants.gov, pull all small business applications and provide funding. Open up more opportunities for small businesses. These small businesses are ready, willing and able to begin work and put others to work, so let them.
What is the real benefit of small business?
They employ, they buy, they bank, they borrow, they invest, they provide investment opportunities and they spend all across the country.: This stabilizes current businesses and allows them to hire more employees, to buy, to borrow and to spend. They all pay taxes to their states, they pay for permits from municipalities, counties and/or other forms of government, creating State and local revenue. They are perpetual, in that they continue, whereas a stimulus check to Americans may help, it does not provide a continuing of spending and rotation of capital as small businesses would while conducting daily business. They do not require any trade agreement specifications or a “Buy American” provision.
Their employees buy, bank, invest, borrow and spend all across the country.: They pay State and local taxes which creates revenue for them.

In the end, the only real stimulation you could provide which can do what needs done, is through creating jobs all across the country with a variety of work skills. To meet that objective effectively you have to build up your small business base.

Taxes: This is another key part of the stimulation and recovery. Tax cuts can clearly help to build business and encourage spending by both the businesses and the workers, however to reiterate, if you don’t have a job, it does nothing.

Housing: Can be a part of helping and some legitimate proposals along these lines should always be considered.

State Aid: Some state aid can help, but keep in mind if you’re putting people to work you can reduce a large amount of funding for unemployment and Medicaid since it want be needed.

In closing, let's create jobs, create futures, stimulate capital rotation and continue this rotation and provide the ability to help pay back the debts incurred by the Federal Government. If small business is the backbone, then let’s support our back so we can stand up and walk, then maybe as we walk, we can soon begin to run again.

That way when all the other bills such as TARP and others can actually do some good.

Americans have a way of pulling themselves up. Give us a chance to show you how well we can do that and help us, help you, help us all.

Small Businesses, existing and new, could play a big part of stimulating our economy and progression to recovery. It should be included in conjunction with other ideas which are currently a part of the plan.

Wind is all around us, we just don't always feel it.

Craiger — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:30:22 EST

Wind, by definition, is a difference in temperature gradient. We have temperature gradient differences all over the place, and don't realize it. They are below us, above us, to the left, to the right. We wait for the wind to come to us, our individual bodies, otherwise, the wind does not exist, except for Chicago, where it is everywhere. Wind exists where there are temperature gradient differences, not just within are limited sensory pathways. Skyscrapers cover a good size vertical column of air in which numerous temperature gradient differences exist, and can be monitored for their variations and regularity. Temperature gradient differences occur more immediately on a cloudy day, in which the sun is blocked by a huge cumulonimbus cloud, and then the sun shines again. The force of hurricanes exerts a tremendous force from its winds, yet there are not many wind turbines in tropical areas. On every coast of every continent, is the ocean, and the land. They heat up at different rates, and morning and evening, like clockwork, the winds kick up, because of the sun's arrival and departure. Now although, this is for about an hour, it is fairly consistent on an every day basis. Down slope and up slope winds occur regularly on mountains and hills. We describe winds only through our individual experiences with them, completely unaware, of the the true temperature gradient differences that exist everywhere, from mountains to deserts, and creeks, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs to oceans.

Energy from centrifugal forces.

Craiger — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:02:44 EST

Amusement parks have an abundance of rides demonstrating the centrifugal forces and the outward energies that they generate. Some of these energies can be hooked up to an energy grid, further reducing their costs to operate daily, weekly, etc.. In the long haul, this adds up to a lot of money.

What about the centrifugal forces exerted by all 4 of your car's wheel rims? Why can't that energy be directed back to the car for future energy savings? How much energy is that on a German or French autobaun. Legs of aperson are incredibly powerful, and can, through a force down, on a gas pedal type of medium, be hooked up to a wheel(cotton gin). Every time your feet exert a force downward, the wheel spins, and you have an additional centrifugal force. Remember how long of a time that a top can spin, with a relatively easy snap of the fingers. Why can't the centrifugal forces of the wheels of a car spinning, say, in an electrical car, be used to supply energy to an additional battery?

Why cannot the force of every letter you type on the keyboard of your computer, be absorbed into a pad below, that generates this force as an electrical impulse to a stored battery for future computer use? Nanotechnology and battery storage have come a long ways.

The MONETARY REFORM ACT (Proposal)

Action Central — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:41:10 EST

Courtesy of www.themoneymasters.com

MONETARY REFORM ACT

An Act

Note: Portions in blue are the most important.

To restore confidence in and governmental control over money and credit, to stabilize the money supply and price level, to establish full reserve banking, to prohibit fractional reserve banking, to retire the national debt, to repeal conflicting Acts, to withdraw from international banks, to restore political accountability for monetary policy, and to remove the causes of economic depressions, without additional taxation, inflation or deflation, and for other purposes.1

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that:

Section 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Monetary Reform Act.

Sec. 2. IMPLEMENTATION. This Act shall be implemented over a one-year transition period, beginning thirty days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Sec. 3. DEFINITIONS. The definitions of terms shall be those set forth in the Federal Reserve Act of December 23, 1913, as amended. United States Notes as used herein shall mean Treasury issue United Stated currency notes (as defined in 31 U.S.C. Sec. 5115) not bearing any interest, being lawful money and legal tender for all debts, public and private, and which term as used herein shall include Treasury Department Deposits (a.k.a. Treasury Deposits or Treasury book entries) convertible to United States Notes, which may be substituted therefor at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury. During the transition period, Treasury Deposits as used herein shall include Federal Reserve Deposits.

Sec. 4. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT (100%) RESERVE REQUIREMENT. Section 19(b)(2)(A-D) of the Federal Reserve Act is hereby amended to raise the Reserve Requirement ratio for financial institutions, in equal monthly increments of eight and one-half percent (8.5%), to one hundred percent (100%), during the said transition period. No existing reserve requirements shall be reduced, but shall be increased as the overall Reserve Requirement ratio incremental increase surpasses them. The initial minimum overall Reserve Requirement ratio shall be fixed at eight and one-half percent (8.5%) for all accounts, effective in one month. United States Notes, Federal Reserve Notes, Treasury Deposits and Federal Reserve Deposits shall be included in Reserve calculations in the transition period. No waivers or exemptions to this section may be granted, and any in existence are hereby repealed.2

Sec. 5. RETIRING THE NATIONAL DEBT. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to purchase, in open market operations or otherwise, all outstanding Federal Debt held by the public, with United States Notes; thereby the net National Debt is to be completely retired and replaced with United States Notes.3 Treasury Deposits are to be created for intra-U.S. government debt in quantity sufficient to extinguish the remaining National Debt.

Sec. 6. STABLE MONEY SUPPLY. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to time and apportion the purchase of United States Bonds and other federal debt securities held by the public, and the issuance of United States Notes and the creation of Treasury Deposits to the rate of the Reserve Requirement ratio increases made pursuant to this Act, in order to keep the money supply (calculated including the monetary substitutions provided for herein) constantly stable, except as is provided in section 7, infra. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to purchase such outstanding United States Savings Bonds/Notes during the transition period as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.4

Sec. 7. FUTURE MONETARY GROWTH. Beginning with the transition year period, and thereafter on an annual basis, the total dollar amount of United States Notes (as defined supra: i.e. the sum of outstanding currency plus Treasury Deposits) outstanding (calculated to include the total amount of outstanding Federal Reserve Notes, i.e. not yet replaced with U.S. Notes) shall be increased by the Treasury Department, steadily, by three per cent (3%) per annum5, which amount shall be paid into the economy by the Treasury Department, first to retire (or purchase) any future war bonds (issued pursuant to section 8. hereof), then any remaining non-marketable federal debt (e.g. Saving Bonds/Notes and fully guaranteed obligations of the government), then, pursuant to appropriation by Congress, to pay for goods, services, or interest. Any such new money not appropriated (i.e. allocated for expenditure) by Congress during any such year, shall be rebated by the Secretary of the Treasury to individual, personal income taxpayers on a fixed percentage basis within thirty (30)days of the close of such year. Except in time of war, no United States government bonds, bills, savings bonds/notes, or other debt obligations may be sold by the government, except as is provided for in this Act. No federal agency or federally-chartered bureau, board or instrumentality may engage in any further lending or borrowing, nor guarantee same, after the date this Act becomes law.

Sec. 8. WAR EXCEPTION. In the case of a formal Congressional declaration of war with a foreign nation, the three percent (3%) monetary growth provided for in section 7., supra, may be exceeded and United States government bonds may be sold or purchased in open market operations by the Treasury Department, pursuant to Congressional authorization. The suspension of the fixed three per cent (3%) monetary growth, and United States government bond sales, shall terminate annually unless renewed by Congress, or upon the cessation of hostilities, or by formal proclamation of the President declaring the war ended, or upon the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of peace. The provisions of this Act shall supersede the provisions of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601, et seq., Titles I-V, as amended), and any declaration of emergency by any member of the Executive Branch.

Sec. 9. FULL RESERVE BANKS. After the transition period, institutions using the word bank in their name or title, may not engage in lending, except that the capital of the owners may be invested or loaned on the open market, but may charge fees for their services and may invest deposits in Treasury Department Deposit accounts. These: full reserve; one hundred percent (100%) reserve; deposit; check or narrow; banks, as they, exclusively, may also be titled, must treat deposits received as trust-funds of money held for depositors. By the end of the transition period, for every dollar deposited, banks must have a dollar of United States Notes on hand or invested in a Treasury Department Deposit account. All bank deposits shall be in demand accounts. Banks shall be free to pay any rate of interest on accounts. Only bank deposits may be transferable by check, credit card, electronic transfer or any substitute therefor. At the beginning of the transition period, entry into such one hundred percent (100%) reserve banking shall be open to all persons having no criminal record, subject to minimal bonding requirements to be established by the Secretary of the Treasury.6

Sec. 10. TREASURY DEPOSITS. Funds placed in Treasury Department Deposits shall be utilized by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to appropriation by Congress, to pay for goods, services, or interest needed by the federal government. Any such funds received by the government in excess of federal expenditures not funded by tax revenues shall be rebated to individual, personal income taxpayers on a fixed percentage basis within thirty (30) days of the close of that year. Withdrawals of Treasury Deposits in excess of receipts in any given year shall be funded by future monetary growth as provided in section 7., supra, or should the withdrawals ever exceed monetary growth, by tax increases; in this latter, unlikely event, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in the absence of any other, specific authority, to add a fixed percentage surcharge to income taxes for that period, equal to the sum of excess withdrawals.

Sec. 11. INTEREST. The initial rate of interest payable on Treasury Department Deposits shall be equal to the average yield on three-month Treasury bills during the preceding quarter. Thereafter, it shall be adjusted quarterly in accordance with changes in the average yield of ninety-day commercial paper over the preceding quarter.7

Sec. 12. LENDING INSTITUTIONS. Banks or any other persons may establish separate associations, with or without joint ownership or management, not to be titled banks, such as investment trusts, mutual funds, brokerage or lending houses, to sell stock, to receive, borrow, lend or invest money at interest, but by the end of the transition period only from existing funds (i.e. United States Notes and Treasury Deposits). Contractual provisions must be made by such institutions upon the receipt of any funds with their owners, investors or depositors, that at no time may more funds be subject to demand than are presently idle and one hundred per cent (100%) available on demand. For any funds deposited with such associations payable on demand there must be a dollar of United States Notes on hand or deposited in a Treasury Deposit. No such association may denominate any account a demand account, nor promise immediate availability of any funds which may be invested, deposited or otherwise placed by such association without notice in any instrument or account other than Treasury Deposits. No funds deposited or invested with such associations may be transferred by check, credit card, electronic transfer or any substitute therefor. Owners, investors, lenders and depositors must be advised of the use of their funds, fairly appraised of the risks including the risk of total loss, of the maximum term of the use and of the potential and actual lack of availability of their funds, and the agreed or expected interest rate or the rate of return.

Sec. 13. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ACTS. The National Banking Act of 1864 and amendments, and the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 and amendments, are hereby repealed,8effective at the end of the transition period. All Federal Reserve System monetary authority and Federal Reserve Deposits shall be transferred to the Treasury Department at the end of the transition period. From the effective date of this Act, and during the transition period, the Federal Reserve System and its District Banks shall not engage in open market transactions, nor change the Federal Funds Discount Rate, nor alter any Reserve Requirements, nor otherwise alter any money aggregate, nor transfer, dispose of, nor move any gold or silver in either their physical or legal possession, except as provided for in this Act, contrary provisions of the Federal Reserve Act or other statutes notwithstanding. The paid-in capital of Federal Reserve System member banks shall be credited to their Federal Reserve Deposit accounts at the beginning of the transition period, and the Federal Reserve Banks, employees, assets and liabilities transferred to the jurisdiction and control of the Treasury Department and employed for the purposes of this Act, including continuation of check-clearing and other services not prohibited by this Act. The Secretary of the Treasury is directed to replace gradually all outstanding Federal Reserve Notes with United States Notes, as soon as is practicable. Outstanding Federal Reserve Notes shall remain legal tender for all debts, public and private. Section 602(g)(14) of the Riegle Act of 1994 amending U.S.C. Title 32, insofar as it removed the requirement of reissuing United States currency notes upon redemption, is hereby repealed. Title 31 U.S.C. Section (a)2(b) limiting United States Notes to a total of $300 million and prohibiting their use as reserves, is hereby repealed. Existing legislation in conflict with this Act, whether in whole or in part, is hereby repealed in whole or in part as may be necessary to resolve any conflict with this Act.9

Sec. 14. PENALTIES. After the transition period, no person may loan, create credit or liabilities payable on demand or transferable by check, credit card or electronic transfer, without having one hundred percent (100%) reserves of United States Notes, dollar for dollar, for any such amounts. Violation of this provision will subject the violator to civil penalties for fraud, and to criminal penalties. 18 U.S.C. Crimes and Criminal Procedure §1344. Bank fraud: is hereby amended to include a new subsection (3) as follows: Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice — (3) to engage in fractional reserve banking practices as described and prohibited by the Monetary Reform Act, Section 14, shall be fined not more than three times the total dollar amount of the violation(s), or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; but if the amount of the violation does not exceed $1,000, the violator(s) shall be fined treble damages or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Sec. 15. WITHDRAWAL FROM INTERNATIONAL BANKS. It is hereby declared as a matter of federal statutory law that membership and/or participation of the United States government, or its agencies, or of the Federal Reserve Board or Reserve Banks or any officer or employee thereof, with the Bank for International Settlements, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and all other international banks, is inconsistent with and in direct conflict with the purposes of this Act of Congress. The President is hereby authorized and directed to take such steps as may be necessary to withdraw the United States from all participation, and membership, in the Bank for International Settlements, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and all other international banks, in any orderly manner, but in a period not to exceed one year from the effective date of this Act, and to recover the original and any subsequent United States subscriptions, contributions and quotas to such organizations, not already fully and lawfully expended, whether in the form of gold, deposits, currency or otherwise; and to enter into negotiations to establish new exchange facilities consistent with the purposes of this Act having no authority to create money or credit in any form, and having no independent authority to establish laws or regulations binding upon the United States or its banks, financial institutions or citizens, and subject to the ongoing, annual budgetary authority and approval of Congress.10

Sec. 16. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to enact regulations allowing the external rate of exchange freely to fluctuate, as foreign price levels fluctuate (i.e. in accordance with their respective purchasing power), while utilizing the exchange stabilization fund and foreign currency reserves to counterbalance fluctuations in the exchange rate. The Secretary of the Treasury shall enact such regulations in order to: 1. keep the stable, internal domestic price level established by this Act unaffected by foreign exchange rate fluctuations; 2. maintain imports and exports of capital, in equilibrium. In no event shall foreign exchange rates be allowed to alter the fixed rate of monetary growth set forth in section 7., above.11‘

In any period in which the exchange stabilization fund and foreign currency reserves are inadequate to maintain equilibrium in capital flow, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed: to restrict any imbalanced inflow of dollars to an amount equal to the monetary growth rate for such period (as set forth in Section 7.,supra), which monetary growth shall be thus funded; and, to prohibit any imbalanced outflow of dollars. Imbalances in excess of such amounts must first be chronologically booked for subsequent exchange as soon as the free markets restore the equilibrium necessary for the exchange(s) to occur.

The Secretary shall issue regulations to establish an advance foreign exchange book, open for public inspection, of all contracted, future foreign exchange transactions and obligations, in order to facilitate such exchanges. Such exchanges must be assigned by the Secretary on a first-come, first-served basis, in order to guarantee foreign exchange availability, for a one quarter per cent (0.25%) fee. 12

Sec. 17. APPROPRIATIONS. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to establish Treasury Department Deposits, convertible to United States Notes on demand, sufficient to accomplish the provisions of this Act. The Federal Reserve Act is hereby amended to add this section: that the Governors of the Federal Reserve System are authorized and directed to establish Federal Reserve Deposits sufficient to accomplish the purposes of this Act, in amounts to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Director of the Bureau of Engraving is hereby authorized and directed to print a sufficient quantity of United States Notes to accomplish the provisions of this Act. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.13

Sec. 18. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance shall be held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and the application of the provisions of such to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.

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END NOTES

1. A draft in 17 sections; last revised 5/22/2006, Copyright 1996, 1997. All rights reserved. For a free copy of the latest revision of the Act, send a SASE to: Monetary Reform Act, P.O. Box 4605, Rolling Bay, WA 98061 - 0684, or call 1-888-THE PLOT to order the video The Money Masters which has the Act as an insert, or visit http://www.themoneymasters.com. Minor revision is an ongoing process in response to suggestions received. Return to main article

2. The principal point of this section and of the entire Act is to replace private creation of money by debt-based, bank-book-entry creation (i.e. by bank loans), based on fractional reserves (i.e. high-powered money) which is inherently unstable and unjust, with government creation of money by credit-based Treasury deposits and U.S. Notes (i.e. for government payments or purchases) which are based on full reserves (i.e. not high-powered money), by definition for the benefit of all the people, not just for bankers. Return to main article

3. The net National Debt (i.e. net of what the government owes itself) is c. $3.7 trillion. c. $400 billion is held by the Fed, and c. $300 billion by financial institutions; paying off these amounts would consist of little more than a Treasury Department book entry, and the balance of merely surrendering and substituting one form of government obligation for another (e.g. interest bearing U.S. bonds for non-interest bearing U.S. currency Notes.). See section 3., supra. [note: national debt figures are constantly changing, hence these figures will need updating.]

Alternatively, in a less comprehensive but arguably easier reform, full-reserve banks could be required to keep their reserves in either the form of cash or federal debt securities. This would be equivalent to keeping their reserves in interest-bearing Treasury Deposits. Both methods would effectively require banks to substitute existing bank liabilities for the entire marketable government debt in one form or another. Free markets to facilitate this substitution would very rapidly arise and should be allowed to so function. Similarly, Federal Reserve Notes and/or Deposits could be used instead of U.S. Notes and Treasury Deposits, PROVIDED one hundred percent (100%) reserve banking (section 4.) is enacted. The form of the new reserves required for the transition to full-reserve banking is immaterial provided they result in the substitution of government securities for existing bank liabilities, and provided fractional reserve banking is terminated as the reserve requirement is increased to one hundred percent (100%), scheduled concurrently to avoid any inflationary/deflationary effect. Return to main article

4. As the net U.S. Debt less Savings Bonds/Notes is c. $3.6 trillion, and commercial bank liabilities, less net assets total c. $3.6 trillion, retiring the National Debt with U.S. Notes or their equivalent would not change the total of the money supply and would provide sufficient funds for the transition to one hundred percent (100%) reserve banking with neither inflation nor deflation. Section 6. also provides the Secretary of the Treasury with the flexibility to purchase the c. $184 billion of Savings Bonds/Notes with U.S. Notes during the transition period as well, should this prove advisable to provide additional funds for reserves; otherwise, this relatively minor debt facility shall be retired out of future monetary growth (see section 7.). Return to main article

5. The three percent (3%) figure represents the low end of the three-to-five percent (3-5%) range proposed by Prof. Friedman and Mrs. Friedman, for a Constitutional Amendment limiting monetary growth, which we completely support (see endnote 14. for text). However, this draft Act takes the practically-easier legislative approach and adds the critical prohibition of fractional reserve banking as well as other related issues. With population growth and productivity increases averaging approximately one percent (1%) each per year for the last thirty years, a three percent (3%) growth figure will insure stable prices within a vary narrow range and would allow for price-level or cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) in contracts with a predictable effect to address any slight variation in economic activity from the three percent (3%) monetary growth rate. Further, as perfect fine-turning of monetary growth in a complex economy is not possible, to err on the side of a very slight inflation would at least relieve those burdened by debt of some of the effects of the prior inequity caused by private money creation, whereas to err on the side of deflation would exacerbate such inequity. A fixed rate of growth will provide the needed stability so long lacking m monetary policy, which instability has caused every economic depression in United States history. In 1931, Sweden established a mixed commodity krona by setting up an oflicial C.P.I., and succeeded in keeping it stable (within 1.75%) for several years, until she had to give up the system under pressure from international bankers to stabilize foreign exchange rates. This example demonstrates both empirical proof of the validity of this ideal approach, and of its susceptibility to failure by political manipulation

Periodic, non-discretionary, fine-tuned adjustments based on widespread indexation of prices, by a Monetary Commission of some sort would be the ideal, but lack the stability and predictability of a fixed growth rate and are subject to corruption and to manipulation indirectly (e.g. such as by alteration of index definitions, components or base years as has repeatedly occurred with the Department of Labor’s Consumer Price Index [CPI]).

The zero (0%) monetary growth proposal, particularly if tied to freezing high-powered money, lacks the essential feature of abolishing fractional reserve banking. This is particularly important in light of all the exceptions to maintaining any reserve ratio. However, if combined with such an abolition (and allowing for COLAs to address the inevitable deflationary effects), would be acceptable and arguably easier to advance politically due to the Schelling point effect of a figure such as zero, as Prof. Friedman has pointed out. But, as Paul A. Samuelson noted, the gyrations in the futures markets tend to belie the notion that monetary stability can be found in that direction Return to main article

6. Absent massive fraud or theft, full reserve banks cannot fail, rendering insurance such as F.D.I.C. and F.S.L.I.C. unnecessary. Only a minimal cost to insure against fraud or theft would be necessary. Had full reserve banking been in place before the S & L collapse, this one reform would have saved the U.S. taxpayers over $600 billion. Return to main article

7. As now, no interest would be paid on currency in circulation - the government benefitting from the seigniorage. However, as Prof. Friedman and George Tolley warn, if the government pays no (0%) interest on reserves, which is the theoretical ideal (or charges banks interest on Treasury-assumed bank liabilities [e.g. on so-called Commercial Bank Conversion Bonds] - a variation of a one-time government take-over of existing reserveless [i.e. factional-reserve-based loans] bank liabilities), this would create a high incentive for private near-monies of various kinds (e.g. new forms of negotiable debt, equity or derivative instruments) to proliferate, particularly in advanced economies such as the U.S.

This would threaten many of the benefits of monetary reform including the stability of the money supply and the prohibition of private fractional reserve money creation. The interest may be viewed as a social cost for the benefits of a stable national money. The private trading (circulation) of futures based on widespread price indices as money offers only speculative, though intriguing, reform possibilities at this time. Return to main article

8. While it would theoretically be easier simply to reform the Federal Reserve System than to abolish it, the experience of the last 300 years in Europe and the last 200 in the U.S. has proven time and again that private banking interests invariably utilize any independence afforded a central bank from government control as an opportunity to exert undue influence over it, often by acquiring outright ownership interests in it, and/or to gain control of it through placement of their employees and experts (schooled in protecting and promoting their private interests who often “retire” to very well-paid positions in private banking) in its key positions at the expense of the public good. This is one reason for the seeming anomaly that private banking interests champion the “independence” of central banks from any effective oversight by politicians generally controlled by them. It simply exposes central banks to even greater private manipulation with less interference from and explaining to have to do to “unreliable” politicians. Independent central banks concentrate national economic control in a body too removed from accountability and therefor from responsibility to the body politic, at least in the often critical short-term.

The so-called independence or autonomy of central banks from governmental control, such as the Federal Reserve System has in the United States, to whatever degree granted, has in practice meant increased private influence and control to that same degree.

The avowed purpose of central bank independence or autonomy - to reduce political (i.e. private special interest) influence over its functions - something the present independent central banking system utterly fails to achieve but rather enhances, can be accomplished without this danger, by establishing a fixed rate of monetary growth not subject to any discretionary authority or manipulation, as is set forth in section 7. Of course, this too could be a reform within the present Federal Reserve System, but absent direct accountability to Congress (including for annual budget appropriations - a power now uniquely delegated to the Fed which funds its operations without Congressional budget authorization or audit, from interest it receives on the U.S. bonds it purchases for the cost of the paper) the Fed would remain the powerful, effectively independent and dangerous, entrenched banking lobby with virtually unlimited and unaudited funds, constantly working to resist, obstruct and repeal reforms, just as it did during the Great Contraction (i.e. Depression) which it caused. Further, the current division of responsibility for monetary policy between the Fed and the Treasury has allowed both bodies to shift responsibility to the other for harmful actions. This can only be solved by ending this division. Return to main article

9. Other conflicting, or partially conflicting Acts, such as the Banking Acts of 1933 and 1935; Federal Securities Act of 1933; Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Margin Requirements Act of 1934; Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935; Bretton Woods Agreements Act of 1944; Federal Deposit Insurance Act of 1950; Bank Holding Company Act of 1956; Bank Merger Acts of 1960 and 1966; Emergency Loan Guarantee Act of 1971; Electronic Funds Transfer Act of 1978; International Banking Act of 1978; Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978; Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980; Bank Export Services Act of 1982; Garn-St. Germain Act of 1982; Financial Institutions Reform Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, and subsequent amendments, would be repealed in whole or in part where in conflict with this Act. Return to main article

10. The U.S. Supreme Court, in an increasingly important decision, held that an Act of Congress is on full parity with a treaty (or any lesser agreement), and that when a federal statute which is subsequent in time is inconsistent with a treaty, the statute, to the extent of the conflict, renders the treaty null. Whitney v. Robertson, 124 U.S. 190 (1888); et aliacf. Reid v. convert, 354 U.S. 1 (1957)Return to main article

11. It is estimated that $200-250 billion in U.S. currency is held outside the U.S. This is high-powered money that would cause hyper inflation if repatriated in large amounts in a short period of time. Additionally, the U.S. presently has a high trade deficit, which has been roughly balanced by U.S. bond sales to foreigners, which total approximately $1 trillion at present. Further, currency speculators manipulate and exacerbate temporary exchange fluctuations, which can radically affect internal price stability, as has been recently demonstrated in several of the Southeast Asian nations.

Whoever originates and controls the volume of money, controls every single economic operation. Therefore, it is essential to monetary stability, and so to reform, as well as to maintaining national sovereignty, that the import and export of capital be kept in balance, so that the domestic money supply be not subject to manipulation nor to fluctuation in quantity, beyond the rule fixed in section 7., above.

Stability of the internal quantity of money is the only basis on which to obtain a stable price level, and foreign exchange rates must not be allowed to disrupt internal price stability. This can be accomplished, there being no theoretical difficulty. For example, the government of China simply forbids banks from handling large foreign transactions other than those for the purchase of Chinese goods, and also maintains a large exchange stabilization fund to defend the yuan. Chile requires that 30% of capital inflows stay in the country a minimum of one year. Return to main article

12. i. e. the so-called Tobin tax, designed to discourage speculative trading in small differentials in interest on exchange rates. Return to main article

13. Prior inequitable and usurious profits accumulated by banks from fractional reserve banking practices are not addressed in this draft Act, which therefor leaves the banks in possession of prior profits of some $360 billion (1996 commercial bank net worth), most of it from such unjust practices. Likewise, prior distribution of profits to bank owners is not addressed. This vast wealth and the economic and political influence it represents, particularly through the control of the media it has purchased, constitutes a standing danger to the Republic and should be addressed, perhaps by some effective form of anti-trust legislation and/or Court action breaking-up the giant banks (and media) into small localized units with separate ownership, or more aggressively by a bank nationalization, break-up into smaller units, and immediate reprivatization by public stock sale pursuant to rules insuring widespread ownership.

But any nationalization Act without an immediate reprivatization clause would create a new and unnecessary danger, as the power to loan does not properly rest with the government, is most effectively handled at the local free market level, and is easily abused for political purposes as was the case with pre-war Germany’s Reichbank which granted loans to whomever the government chose for political reasons, as do government banks in communist command economies.

The goal is not nationalization of banks, but of money. By contrast, and by definition, creation of a national currency/money supply can only be effectively and properly handled by a national government, not by local governments or private persons, as reason and experience abundantly prove.

It is primarily for these reasons that we disagree with that portion of the monetary reforms advanced by Messrs. Peter Cook, Theodore R. Thoren and Richard F. Warner, insofar as they advance the notion that the Treasury ought to become a lender to banks and local governments, while we are in general agreement with their reform proposals otherwise (including their rejection of a return to a gold standard). Rather, consistent with the sound reform principle of subsidiarity, the private sector alone ought to engage in the various legitimate forms of lending, as set forth in section 12. herein, with free market supply and demand setting the interest rates.

Government selection of lending proposals for “creditworthiness” or “profound societal impact” etc., or any criteria imaginable, and their evaluation, is inevitably subjective and therefor open to grave abuse by a monolithic lender. As Ms. G. M. Coogan wrote in Money Creators (p. 333-334), for the government to create money as loans is even more vicious than for private banks to create money as loans, carrying with it the power to aid (by granting loans) or destroy (by denying loans) whomever it chooses.

Decentralized, private lending agencies generally tend to loan to any creditworthy applicant, their primary motive being profit (or profit-derived power) which is maximized by making more loans; whereas governments replace this profit priority with political ends such as rewarding their supporters, the political value of which is maximized by restricting loans. So government lending tends to arbitrary discrimination for political motives, an abuse generally avoided in a truly free market lending situation.

Thus, perhaps the most dangerous error of any monetary reform proposal would be to place the lending of money in the hands of the government, which is the essence of communist economics, carrying with it the power to destroy. Indeed, Lenin recommended government origination and control of lending for the political control it affords. That money-lending ought to be carried out by private legal persons rather than the government is a major principle of sound monetary policy. The lending of money ought to be completely divorced from its origination, for as Ms. Coogan pointed out, it is fundamental that money ought not to come into existence as loans or in response to loan applications, but only as the total stock of available goods increases (or a reasonable approximation thereof, such as three percent [3%] in the U.S.). Further, there is simply no need for the government to get involved in lending, and risk the dangers mentioned, in order to reform the present system and achieve all of the ends set forth in the preamble hereof. Return to main article

14.Prof. Milton Friedman on his proposed Constitutional Amendment

“When the Constitution was enacted, the power given to Congress ‘to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin’ referred to a commodity money: specifying that the dollar shall mean a definite weight in grams of silver or gold. The paper money inflation during the Revolution, as well as earlier in various colonies, led the framers to deny states the power to ‘coin money; emit bills of credit [i.e., paper money]; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts.’ The Constitution is silent on Congress’s power to authorize the government to issue paper money. It was widely believed that the Tenth Amendment, providing that the ‘powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution . . . are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people,’ made the issuance of paper money unconstitutional.

During the Civil War, Congress authorized greenbacks and made them a legal tender for all debts public and private. After the Civil War, in the first of the famous greenback cases, the Supreme Court declared the issuance of greenbacks unconstitutional. One ‘fascinating aspect of this decision is that it was delivered by Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, who had been Secretary of the Treasury when the first greenbacks were issued. Not only did he not disqualify himself, but in his capacity as Chief Justice convicted himself of having been responsible for an unconstitutional action in his capacity as Secretary of the Treasury.’

Subsequently an enlarged and reconstituted Court reversed the first decision by a majority of five to four, affirming that making greenbacks a legal tender was constitutional, with Chief Justice Chase as one of the dissenting justices.

It is neither feasible nor desirable to restore a gold-or-silver coin standard, but we do need a commitment to sound money. The best arrangement currently would be to require the monetary authorities to keep the percentage rate of growth of the monetary base within a fixed range. This is a particularly difficult amendment to draft because it is so closely linked to the particular institutional structure. One version would be:

Congress shall have the power to authorize non-interest-bearing obligations of the government in the form of currency or book entries, provided that the total dollar amount outstanding increases by no more than 5 percent per year and no less than 3 percent.

It might be desirable to include a provision that two-thirds of each House of Congress, or some similar qualified majority, can waive the requirement in case of a declaration of war, the suspension to terminate annually unless renewed.

A Constitutional Amendment would be the most effective way to establish confidence in the stability of the rule. However, it is clearly not the only way to impose the rule. Congress could equally well legislate it.”

Quoted from: A Program for Monetary Stability, by. Dr. Milton Friedman, Fordham University Press (N.Y. 1960, 1992), pgs. X, 66-76, 100-101; and, Free to Choose by Dr. Milton & Rose Friedman, Harcourt Brace & Co. (San Diego 1980, 1990), pgs. 307-308.

The MONETARY REFORM ACT (Proposal)

Action Central — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:41:09 EST

Courtesy of www.themoneymasters.com

MONETARY REFORM ACT

An Act

Note: Portions in blue are the most important.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that:

Section 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Monetary Reform Act.

Sec. 2. IMPLEMENTATION. This Act shall be implemented over a one-year transition period, beginning thirty days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

* * *

END NOTES

12. i. e. the so-called Tobin tax, designed to discourage speculative trading in small differentials in interest on exchange rates. Return to main article

14.Prof. Milton Friedman on his proposed Constitutional Amendment

Economic Revolution on COIN AGE - Flaws and Solutions

Richard Thomas Gerber — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:34:03 EST

Have we taken into account the flaws in the current system and the solutions on http://coinage.me that some are trying to suppress being brought to the attention of the citizens?

There is no reason the world should be in a recession or depression because the capacity it is an illusion and a farce you are being told. The capacity to produce or consume did not change one iota. The accounting system used to enable the exchange between producers and consumers was corrupted and trillions stolen. The stolen wealth needs be returned to the economic system participants.

The citizens are no longer going to buy into the process of the citizens of the United States going into debt (government doesn't own anything it is just a label, we do) with interest attached then having that given to banks to be loaned back disproportionately (favoring some entities) at a profit to the citizens of the United States. There is no reason on earth that an accounting system should cost trillions of dollars to run, and that is all the banking system is, a left brained accounting.

We do not need thousands of bank buildings to run our monetary accounting system adding to the cost and green house gasses. All we need is a number of data centers for the computer hardware. If we have all the data online and connected we can save trees because there will be no filling out of paper applications and appraisals can be automatically generating after a quick survey of condition and no more bogus loan application fees. We don’t even need Real Estate Agents to handle complex paper work or the Title companies any more, because the entire system will be integrated.

It is my understanding there is an ingenious solution getting ready to be launched that does not require legislation to fix the problem and the citizens can implement by their own accord using the same instruments banks and Wall Street used to create the current mess. However it will have a tangible and real backing, essentially pulling the rug out from underneath the banks and erasing the fictitious profits and wealth created by gambling and control of the monetary system. More on this mass citizen driven conversion with a million dollar cap later.

The people will come to understand four things cutting through the financial jargon and illusions created by those that benefit from it.

Derivatives = Bets
Credit Default Swaps = insurance on bets
Hedge Funds = borrowing of money to gamble with (unregulated and secret also used to manipulate markets)
Taxpayer Bailout = Taxpayers covering the gambling losses for gamblers

Extraction of wealth as a result of gambling (day traders) does not generate value for economic system participants (producers) but rather creates an imbalance and scarcity and concentration of wealth not earned through the creation on genuine value.

It is a form of passive violence committed against the people and should be curtailed as such.

Like any criminal element they need to be locked up so they can do no more harm and the criminal enterprises shut down.

Furthermore the citizens of the United States are due about $200,000 each in tort damages for the mismanagement and corruption of the system. This reward will fix the economic crisis. A prosecutor has expressed interest in seeing how the Bankers and Wall Street could be prosecuted under RICO statute (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) the other option is they admit their wrongs and make amends and repair damages of their own accord immediately.

Another alternative is that all interest due is made void and the borrowers must only pay back the principal, and interest paid to date will be applied as payment to the original amount of the principal.

Perhaps the most disturbing thing is that the people making the decisions that got us here usually do not feel the pain of their decisions. Some of the wealthy suggest to the people to practice "thrift" yet do we see the wealthy living thrift? We should eliminate waste with efficiency, but all should live in abundance having the essential economy.

We should recognize that some of the wealthy got that way generating enormous value for others while others played a game of manipulation, created artificial value, to extract their wealth. Some derived their wealth from the death, disease and fear industries while others actually created via the holistic industries. We should remember to make the distinction.

Hello Everyone We need your Help!!!!!!

I believe "We The People" can make a difference! — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:13:38 EST

I am writing for a very special reason. "A Boy Needs Our Help America" and I know we can do something!!!

Please read this boys mother's journal and find a way to help them. I work with a family member and this touched my heart and an authorization number should not be a reason this boy should not be getting the treatment he needs.

I have emailed the president's team and now I am putting it out for America. Here is Kyle's website.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kylewahl

Now lets do what we can for them.

Melissa Langridge

hometracker@comcast.net

Marijuana key to economic recovery

John Sullivan — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:47:34 EST

POTPOLITICS

I recently got the inside word that President Obama will move for Legaliztion of Marijuana in June 2009

this is more an economic reality that can no longer be ignored. Marijuana now benefits street people and drug cartels and the government is left with the unecessary burden of a Police state and Prison cost. There is a strong element of useless people that profit from the current system, Judges countless Probation and Parole Officers none who add any real value to society. All these bureacratic positions need to be eliminated. The country economic and secrurity depend on this very measure.

Don't make the same mistakes over and over and expect different results.

You can follow along on my main blog POTPOLITICS

Thanks

John Sullivan

I AM AN ORPHAN AND I NEED HELP, $300 FOR TRAINING

Kid from Los Angeles, CA — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:10:59 EST

Here is my story

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I just turned 17 then , and also I don’t know about my parents money, their accounts and the money I might get from their insurance. With passing days, they made my life a living hell so I just left everything and now, I am working in a friend’s father factory, earning Rs.4000 i.e $100 per month. I met my friend through Facebook and his father has really helped me a lot.

WHY I NEED THE MONEY?- I was a really good athlete at high school , my track record still stand there and I believe if I worked really hard and trained well, I can break the national record. I have been training for past three months, but a 10 hour job (I have to walk 4 miles to reach the factory and another 4 miles to come back) and improper nutrition killing me. I daily consumed not more than 500 calories but when I trained I almost burn 2000-2500 calories so my body has started consuming itself. So, I have to rest two days in between. Also, I run with the torn,taped up shoes and there is always a risk of injury too .Even, I burned my hands four days back. Therefore, all I need is two months proper training for which I need $300(I have planned a schedule).

I have never asked a favour from anyone in my whole life, if there is anyone who can help me with this money , I will really appreciate and definitely gonna return all the money back, when I am worth it.Even, I am ready to pay 5 times of it. All, I need is just one chance And I am not gonna die without returning your money and one thing, I am assuring you that I am fully 100% confident if I get this last chance and these two months, I can certainely break the track record . Plzzzz, If u can help me , plz help, it would be too generous of you. Please contact me at boyonthetrack@gmail.com and ya sure, I will return back your money, THANKS

New President

Austin W — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:50:34 EST

Today, I watched the inauguration several times. I was so excited to see that Barack had finally become the President of the United States. I watched the big parade afterwards and even took notes on his speech so I could remember it forever.

We finally have a Democrat for President and we need to do something that will help others in the economy we have today. People are losing jobs, stock values, and most of all money. They need our help so try to raise as much money as you can to donate to our newest President. Today, I sent several more invitations and I want to raise at least $50.

Addressing the real basics – not secondary ones

Unknown user — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:47:44 EST

In the face of what I perceive as a deficiency in the current debate, I would like to raise a fundamental point - for the moment concerning the economic aspect. Other aspects and a more general perspective might follow - depending on the kind of response I get.

Today's view of economics focuses far too much on money, which is merely a medium of exchange. But by widely adopting this focus, money has been allowed to develop a dynamics that blows away its reason for existing - as we see in the crisis of the financial sector. An awareness must be attained of the fact that the real value is not in the money, but in whatever money stands for. You can't eat money, it is no direct shelter - for coping with reality you need the real thing. Comparing one real value with another real value is the principle of market - and even this institution does not depend on money for being functional. Before there is money, there is barter. It works - even though the exchange can work better with money. The point here is only that one should clarify completely the real dependencies, the fundamental meanings, and thereby the concepts that constitute the theory. Money can of course be used as a means for comparing values - but this is not a compulsory connection. The reality of value is more fundamental than the reality of money. This fact is not being taken adequately into consideration in discussing today's problems of the economy - while neglecting this fact warrants remaining in the theoretical and practical quagmire we should get out of.

Note that the difference between use value and exchange value was addressed already by Aristotle; it got lost when Adam Smith felt that the exchange value reflects sufficiently the use value, and believing that the latter can therefore be abandoned. Thinkers such as Marx or Veblen rediscovered the value of the distinction, but it has never been talen seriously enough for really coming to terms with reality. Now we are witnessing the consequences.

The Action Theory for the UCD (Universal Citizen's Dividend Account)

Action Central — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:35:25 EST

"I occassionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world and yet I ask you: Is not a alien force already among us?"
President Ronald Reagan

"The Third World War has already started. It is a silent war, Not, for that reason, any less sinister. The War, is tearing down America, Latin America, Brazil and practically all the Third World. Instead of Soldiers loosing their lives, Civilians are loosing their jobs, their homes and their money. It is a war over debt and one which has its main weapon, INTEREST, a weapon more deadly than a laser beam, more shattering than the Atom Bomb! This weapon, if it is not curtailed in its infancy will perpetuate until Future generations will wage war against indefinitely. Counter-measures must be established immediately so this minion of a virus does not become an unstoppable juggernaut."

If you doubt this statement or believe its some far-fetched idea, examine how Wallstreet, GM and select banks failed and were bailed out by the Treasury Department as the Federal Reserve stood helplessly aside as these banks and lending institutions were purchased by larger banks?
Why didn't the Federal Reserve bail out its greatest ally Wallstreet?
How could it stand quietly by when failing banks NEEDED their 'Reserve' funding?
The answer . . . Big fish eat small fish and with that in mind, remember what President Thomas Jefferson once said "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and the corporations which grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." Is this idea being manipulated and realized through the use of interest?

Economics have been deliberately neglected throughout our education system, particularly among the public education system and many institutions of higher learning also avoid teaching Monetary Theory. Educating the masses about Money and the Banking system is extremely important and can be helpful for many people that are purchasing high priced products, starting their own businesses and planning the future for themselves and their families.

The world awaits a new leader in Washington. A leader that will be the active representative of the people of America through a Global perspective. The decisions our new President will bring and the causes he will support & impliment will be closely scrutinized by other Countries and Nations. The reactions of the people will also be viewed and publicized globally.

The way we address and support the Nation of Isreal will be crucial because OPEC nations will be watching particularly close and will deal with us based on how we relate with them. Therefore, the American People must be resolute and have a primary, collective view of Israel as well for us to better support our President's decisions.

Q: What is the PRIME cause of debt?
A: Interest & Usury laws

Q: Why do governments need to borrow money when it can create interest free money itself?
A: Banking system is creating digital money out of thin air from loans.

Q: How can we create money that circulates permanently, so it doesn't have to be paid back with interest?
A: By increasing the value of the item money is being spent on, so that interest is reversed onto the borrowers favor.

Q: Is there currently a way to build a sustainable economy today?
A: By discarding the application of Usury and the laws that banks currently use to offset the balance through interest.

Q: HOW CAN WE REPAIR THE NATIONAL BUDGET/DEBT?

To accomplish this goal we must duplicate & employ methods and measures that have worked in the past under similar circumstances.

In 1694, International Banker William Patterson obtained the Charter for the Bank of England when he proposed raising the 1.25 Million Pounds to be lent to the British government. Only 750,000 pounds was received and the newly formed Bank of England began lending money to the government shorly afterwards.

They secured the debt by direct taxation of the people.
The government had no fixed period to repay the loan and interest would be paid in perpetuity. Patterson & the government agreed that "The Bank has benefit of interest on all loans". This was the big mistake England would later regret and many countries fell into this same trap. England then bagan financing and repaying War debts and also Borrowing more money again and again.

At first the Colonies avoided this trap by using Colonial Script (a totally Fiat currency) and exchange worked reasonably well until this same principle was applied.

Today. . . . With the advent of the mybarackobama.com donation accounts currently being used for fundraising, the general Public has access to finance the election of the President; the next step would be to provide for Public Works and Means.

If the funding for these multiple accounts were combined into One PRIME account (Universal Citizen's Dividend), OR, if a small of each account was continually added to a SINGLE account that could still be monitored by everyone, Government spending could become better controlled and waste could be prevented, likewise, the People could regulate where the needs would be best applied. Communities could increase "their" VALUE by adding more to their local committees or programs as these funds are directed towards that means.
Taxes Federal & State, Social Security, Treasury, Donations, etc., if monitored properly would reduce frivilous spending. The people would be more incline to pay or donate because they would receive the BENEFITS. Perpetual Debt would be converted to sustainable income to maintain a functional society and the rate of forclosure would be lowered. This would also assist with the failing Social Security system and the Treasury would control the amount of money in circulation while the Federal Reserve notes are being replaced with Treasury items (Notes, Bills, Bonds, Etc.).

I would welcome any suggestions you have of possibilities that may fill in any gaps with this theory, after all, The more Great Minds are working together, the better the outcome.

Together, we can make change happen.

Thank you for your support!

Rochester Youth Means Change

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:24:00 EST

Lets get started.

What Obama's inauguration means to me!

mrcsmitty — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:40:31 EST

This inauguration to me means that we have hope for an Honest Government ! That ideas and Facts will be real and not just based on what the highest bidder wants to be fact. That trampling our "lesser" citizens to fill certain pockets with wealth by lies and greed will stop! That ruining our great planet with petroleum products and chemicals only because of bias studies and greed will come to an end! That thousands of Law Enforcement and Border Guards can stop losing their lives over lies and greed! That thousands of Innocent-Honest-Hard Working Americans won't have their Lives and Families ruined by unfair laws funded by lies and greed! That America will be what our Founding Fathers intended it to be, FREE! That our Economy can Flourish with Savings from our bias War on our own people if it were to stop! That Millions of Jobs can be created and sick could have natural relief! That we can end our current failed wars on our people and stop the injustice! That prohibition on our rights will end! That prohibition will end! I know we can do it! YES WE CAN!!! We can be back to an America that's government is OF the people, BY the people, FOR the people and not OVER the people! YES WE CAN!!!

SOME OF WHAT I HEARD AND SAW WHILE CAMPAIGNING:

Alex Karoub — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:23:30 EST

...Contact: Alex.Karoub@gmail.com

While campaigning before the election, I found in speaking with many fellow Americans that each had handfuls of reasons to vote for Barack Obama. Some had two or three major reasons to vote for him, while a few just did not like the condition of the economy or the Iraq war. By far the majority of Democrats had many reasons to vote for Obama; the number of people who were well versed on the many issues that Obama stood for surprised me. Nice to see how well educated the public became about the election and the candidates. It was a great election!

Most Conservatives that I discussed the election choices with had a couple of common interests - 1) most had a fear of change and 2) self-preservation of greed, as their primary concerns. Although they did not initially express it in those terms, that is what further relaxed conversations revealed. In letting those to the right speak their minds, without worry of objection, they soon direct the conversation to money and their strong desires to control others/society by its use.

Many traditional Repulicans were embarrassed by Palin, some voted for Obama as a result. Shockingly, a few actually rallied for Palin; when asked why, their answers were often as empty as Palin's head. I think of those as 'Blind Followers' or 'Followers of Followers', people without substance. Some actually thought of it as a beauty contest, rather than taking the seriousness of her being a potential President in an emergency, shallow. You will enjoy my other blog that is light hearted titled: 'What is Palin?' Or, read my more serious blog: 'Libertarianism, a driving force at the top of the Republican Party'.

OLD APHORISMS THAT CHANGED IN THE LAST 8 YEARS

A few cliches seem to have taken a turn for the worse over the recent past, and have become more pretentious. Keep in mind, the majority of people use the first cliche in sincere and good meaning. The second never was very good, although some conservatives actually live by it. Below are just two which a few people have given new twists to in meaning:

'I give back to the community' - Well, if they didn't grab it so greedily in the first place, there wouldn't be such a need for them to give small token drops of it back. They think giving back makes them ‘absolved of their sins’.

'America, love it or leave it' - In looking at what the wealthiest and most conservative have done, we see some are actually leaving America. First we see a couple of decades back that many major portions of corporations have moved overseas, to now seeing billionaires grab their stashes and actually move completely to other countries. While others (pretending to be Democrats) have taken on second citizenship’s / bank accounts and remote fat legged residences for themselves. They hide from their realities and surround themselves with other fakes of the like, catered to in pretentious princess like surroundings, socially stuffing themselves with cerebral bon-bons and cream puffs.

I initially noticed those mentalities in my younger years as I describe further in my post titled “The Auto Industry, a few of my experiences”.

Reply on this website if you are a member, or anyone can email me at: alex.karoub@gmail.com

Economic Sacred Cow Tipping

Rheanni — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:42:16 EST

The Status Quo is like a Hydra and during the elections several of its heads were cut off. It has taken a blow by those who have woken up to what’s going on and started to speak out against it.

Unfortunately, the Hydra is able to grow back its heads and the grab for power and economic resources continues.

A vision of hope and freedom has visited us before countless times in the history books of our planet, only to have the sovereignty of the people violently squelched or put back to sleep in a bed of apathy. Will we let that happen again?

Our collective history has deep roots that can make it seem as though the obstacles are insurmountable and that we are doomed to keep repeating the same mistakes over and over.

However, I have an idea that could take the juice out of those roots. What if we changed our mindset and took money out of the picture for a moment?

10 Myths About Bartering

Anthony from Louisburg, NC — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:22:10 EST

I was so taken by the quality of this article, written by a collegue of mine in Minesota, I felt obliged to share it with the community. Businesses are hurting out there and they need to be using MBE-barter to stay in business. The bail-outs won't work right now - and even if they do, we'll be paying for them for centuries - we need a new, viable alternative to run along side the US economy, even if just as a safety net...!

Enjoy this article:

You Want Change? How about the Venus Project

Timewave2012 — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:17:52 EST

Putting people back to work is not going to fix the economy, when people have a common goal all over the country and all around world something wonderful happens we come in unity to fix every problem that we have. I want to let everyone know there is a project called The Venus Project you can watch the video on this post. I have a petition for 3,000,000 signatures for this project to become the forefront of all projects and to be funded and seriously considered a s a solution to all our problems not just in our country but around the world.

IF you all still love that monetary system and still believe we can keep patching this system up over and over and belive it will stay fixed your wrong. The monetary system will collapse no matter what Obama and Joe Biden does. You can't fix a system that can't be fixed. You must replace it with a new system, and that will be A resource based system. The Venus project is one of the most innovative ideas that has come out and you will know why from the videos i'm going to post. I would rather work my but off for a common of all mankind to make life better than to work my but off just to pay my bills and pay off more debt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YM1gjz7LYg&feature=channel

This is video 1 watch 2-5 on youtube, very important so important that i don't know how long this post will stay up on here. They might take this down

Sign my petition here

http://thepetitionsite.com/1/the-future-that-humanity-deserves

My other blog

http://timewave2012.blogspot.com

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

WEBMASTER — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:26:14 EST

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New Money

Jennifer from Hendersonville, NC — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:38:00 EST

Where does money come from? Can I go outside and harvest it? Can I dig in the ground and mine it? Obviously, no! I am told that money is a limited resource. If that is true, then as population increases, less and less money will be available to each individual. More and more people will be struggling just to survive. But this hasn’t proven true; at least not in the western nations. When I look at the options my grandparents had and compare them to the options that have been available to me, there has been a quantum leap forward. How is that possible since the US population has definitely grown? Where did all the ‘new’ money come from to make these options possible?

The wide spread use of credit. A concept based on the idea that in the future, there will be more money available than there is today. If the money were available today, credit wouldn’t be needed would it? Governments use credit because of a belief that in the future there will be more money from taxes. More money from taxes is only possible if individuals and industries in the future have more money.

So how can there be more of something that cannot be harvested or mined? As far as I can tell, only from the future value of assets! Getting money to spend today because of a possible future value is pretty cool! What an amazingly simple way to ‘grow’ a resource! As long as these possible values continue to increase, money becomes less and less a limited resource. Individuals have more options. Life is easier.

Unfortunately, the problem with future value is it can disappear overnight; credit that was considered available literally goes ‘poof’ (some $5 trillion lost from the dotcom market crash). When that happens, new money isn’t growing and previously available money literally vanishes (how can something supposedly real just vanish?).

Economists insist that future value is a valid concept. That there are ways to calculate and regulate this form of growth safely. I might believe this except for a couple of details. One, when selling at the same time, the value of what is sold (no matter how judiciously calculated) tanks. Free market economy. The more there is of something, the less it is worth. And two, there is actually no way the future value of assets can be realized. There isn’t enough money in the entire world to cover the cost.

Everyone knows pyramid schemes eventually fail. But how is our current economic structure different from a pyramid scheme? Without credit we are back to a limited resource being divided between more and more people. Not a pretty thought. But there needs to be a better way than our current system for ‘growing’ money. Don’t you think?

Currency Power

Blake from Sacramento, CA — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:13:20 EST

Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 gives Congress the power "to coin Money [and] regulate the Value thereof."

What are they waiting for?

Bail out idea to stimulate the economy at the same time.

Jan — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:17:46 EST

Can you imagine if, instead of bailing out corporate America, we just divided the bail out money among the tax payers of America. We could give everyone (about 300 million people) 1 or 2 million dollars each. That would make most of the Country debt free! Then imagine how much stimulating all the spending would do to our failing economy! So, rather than give $800 billion to greedy Corporations, bail out the tax payers and let us fix what's ailing this economy! Imagine all the stress relief that would come. Imagine that people could do jobs they loved! Imagine a happy, healthy America. Not to mention everyone could then afford to get their own medical! We could eliminate Social Security, Welfare, Food stamps, Unemployment Insurance. Think of the red tape...now gone. Now that's CHANGE you can take to the bank!

OBAMA FOR MISSISSIPPI

WEBMASTER — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:31:29 EST

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Bail Out Package

Dennis from Angwin, CA — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:23:45 EST

Iʼm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.

Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a "We Deserve It Dividend".

To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bonifide U.S. Citizens 18+.

Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up.

So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billon that equals $425,000.00.

My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a "We Deserve It Dividend".

Of course, it would NOT be tax free. So let's assume a tax rate of 30%.

Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes. That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.
But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket. A husband and wife has $595,000.00.

What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?

Pay off your mortgage, housing crisis solved.
Repay college loans, what a great boost to new grads
Put away money for college, it'll be there
Save in a bank, create money to loan to entrepreneurs.
Buy a new car, create jobs
Invest in the market , capital drives growth
Pay for your parent's medical insurance, health care improves
Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean, or else

Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.

If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it...instead of trickling out a puny $1000.00 (vote buy) economic incentive that is being proposed by one of our candidates for President.

If we're going to do an $85 billion bailout, let's bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+!

As for AIG liquidate it. Sell off its parts. Let American General go back to being American General. Sell off the real estate. Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.

Here's my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn't.

Sure it's a crazy idea that can never work. Maybe???

But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party!

How do you spell Economic Boom?

I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion "We Deserve It Dividend" more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC .

And remember, The Birk plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

HOw to improve the people around you!

Joshua from Ogdensburg, WI — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:09:40 EST

The truth is that when GM finnally announced the Chevy Volt.. the people in the oil and gas indutry couldn't see past thier shorterm profits. So they jacked up the price of oil. Which in turn has effectivly weakend our economy almost to the point of collapse.

We need to expose the greedy, corrupt people that have pulled this shennanigans on thier own brothers and sisters. Is the blame in the Middle East? or since we get most of our oil from Canada and South America. Is the blame squarely on the Fascist Corporations that have been killing our profits for years? It really does not matter who's fault it is. What does matter is that we find a solution ASAP!We can use our our tecnology headstart to bring to the world the wonderful gift that will become the Chevy Volt! We have to save GM, they will save us! This is exactly what is meant by {Treat others as you would be treated.} which sadly has been misinterpreted as treat others as they treat you! THIS IS WRONG We have to help people overcome these afflicting emotions that are clearly keeping us as human beings divided. It is sad that most people in the United States are extremely condesending. Our leadership has created this problem. With the negative and damaging campaign tactics shown in the past. But we can solve it by acknowlegeing and treasuring the good that is happening all around us. We only need to help people to know where to look...

I enjoy reading articles with bad grammar because it makes me think about what I am reading more. Thus helping me remember what I have read! We can all cultivate this behavior throughout our society. We have to lean out of our comfort zones too make this world a place that our children and grand children will be able to exist in. Our minds can be shaped by ourselves to embrace change and love every human being on this planet... If we don't do it now it is going to too late..

Huh? What did he say @ 1:20-1:50? Discussion thread.

EMK — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:55:07 EST

Normally, I wouldn't post this, but something irked me at 1:20-1:50 on this criticism of the Global Financial Summitt (Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COtE1J5NMbo). If you've read this Real Clear Politics link (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/04/the_age_of_nonpolarity.html), do you notice any similarities?

I hope I'm wrong, but I don't like sea urchins, either!

Feel free to discuss!

EMK

Current Economy

Jennifer from Hendersonville, NC — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:58:27 EST

Our world faces a huge crisis. The good news is (or could be) that since the crisis is man-made, we have the power to correct it.

Money is an institution enacted by man. It is not a force of nature. We can change the rules. We need to change the rules; change the institution to help us not hinder us.

Our current economic system always gets in the way….

We have resources that are buried rather than re-used because it isn’t “cost effective” to recycle.

Lakes, rivers, the ocean, the air we breathe are polluted because it “costs too much” to effectively handle manufacturing by-products, exhaust systems, sewage systems…..the list goes on.

We burn non-renewable resources because it isn’t (again) “cost effective” to setup solar, water, wind or thermal power source options.

There is something really wrong with a system that turns healthy, rational options into ‘bad choices’.

Now is not the time to prop up a system that works against us. Now is the time to find a new definition for ‘making money’ and to do this on a global basis. There should be a way to ‘make money’ by taking care of the basics….and just think of all the jobs that would create!

Jennifer Broom

still asking for more money???

Frankie — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:30:05 EST

Didn't you guys shatter every record for political fundraising this year? Didn't you collect more dough than in any previous US election, for both the Dem & GOP candidates PUT TOGETHER? Didn't you win the election over a week ago?

Why are you still hounding us for donations?

It's really Really REALLY sad that this site has not been put to better use, helping to organize community groups nationwide, energizing volunteer activists to shift from campaigning to participation in government, instead of treating it like a candy jar.

STOP ASKING FOR MONEY!!

fatngassy — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:19:05 EST

Hey, I'm real glad Barack Obama won and everything, I'm sure he is going to be a great president and he has my support, but would the campaign PLEASE STOP ASKING FOR MONEY EVERY FRIGGING DAY! You have already raised what I consider abhorrant amounts of money. How much more do you need??? Give it a break. It's annoying and might actually turn alot of people off. Please, get out of our faces and let us breath, for crying out loud! Thank you!

My very best regards,

fatngassy

Fed Bernanke, what are you doing?

EMK — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:33:35 EST

Take a look at this: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aatlky_cH.tY&refer=worldwide

I think WE ARE ENTITLED TO KNOW ABOUT $2 TRILLION!!

EMK

How can we save auto industry?

Simon — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:16:04 EST

What is the reason why auto makers moved manufacturing overseas?

Why do auto makers always need more money?

Why are unions getting richer by the day and workers are losing their jobs and homes?

What is the purpose of a union and are they serving their purpose or hindering growth?

The solution is right in front of us but can we deal with the truth and make this happen and BRING back American jobs.

How To Be A True American Patriot

Tyler Jennings — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:36:20 EST

I believe that we have to look ath the foundation of our society to figure out what we need to do. The most heartbreaking thing that I have seen is when somebody flat out lies to someone in need and then, the person who could've helped someone gets a look on their face that simply says, "You are scum. I hate you.". Aren't we all equal? America is a country of equality. I'm not talking about the color of one's skin. I'm talking about a different color- Green.

Green, as in money. We are so obsessed about our finances that we forget about what this country truly stands for. We can start by declaring a "Be Nice To Those In Need" Day. Of course, why does it have to be for one day? I believe that we can do things every day of the year to show those less fortunate than us that there is still hope. Besides, what if it was you?

This is what I believe we need to do in order to call ourselves Americans.

America - Together (post election)

Alex Karoub — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:44:40 EST

..... Contact: http://Alex.Karoub@gmail.com

WHO IS THAT GUY BARACK OBAMA? HE IS US.

We have made historic headway by together pointing our nation in the right directions. After decades, we have America focused on the issues of fundamental importance. Now, each of us acting in concert can together move our country to lead the world to the fruitfulness of moral goodness. I have no doubts about my abilities and the abilities of fellow Americans to work smart and hard to achieve these goals.

Barack Obama has the visions, leadership, and integrity for us to correct and redirect our country to once again lead the world for the fruitions of good. Let's closely listen, learn, and move forward based on that which we know deep inside is good and which we can validate with our hearts.

I hope that those who had but a few reasons to support Obama, look further into the other issues more deeply. I found the more I explored, studied, and listened to Obama the more I found us in agreement. The couple of issues that I did not have depth of knowledge of, quickly became obvious in need. This was unusual for me since I have always refused to be any kind of a follower, and still am not. I find Obama to be a deep thinker who is articulate and inspirational; and, of most fundamental importance, Obama makes excellent moral sense.

Hopefully, our country has learned lessons from the past of mistakenly following leadership blindly, as was done with Nixon and Bush. There are leaders who are simply in it for themselves and will cater to individuals or groups in order to grab for their own benefit. Corrupt and bad leaders hide at all levels. This is especially true in city government as well as county and state government. The corrupt deals of politicians need to be exposed, and those responsible need to be weeded out in the coming local elections. Others need to be investigated by law enforcement and be prosecuted for illegal dealings; for deals they often make for their hidden personal agendas. Let’s look at the bad experiences of the past as bitter medicines, let’s eliminate the need for such bad medicine in the future. Let us use what we know is good to go forward.

I believe we have chosen wisely, not by greed and not by misguided retaliatory anger. I believe this time our country has chosen with open eyes, with each of us listening and examining our choice of leadership closely, driven and validated by our hearts.

I hope we can continue to make our efforts even more inclusive (in many more ways than I touch on here). Far right republicans will be stubborn to change, but we will need to include them to change if we are to succeed. Sure a few more will leave our country, but that is not the American way. No, we really don't need their false fronts of power, money, insider knowledge, or other trappings that they have taught many to 'respect?'. Let's recruit as many as we can, that's the American way, evolving and changing together as one nation. Try to be understanding as we move forward; by better understanding each as individuals and people with various desires and needs we will find ways to reach out with friendship and have them join our causes of good.

Be on the lookout, and root out bad leadership in government and business. Do not be intimidated by those who use the false fronts of power and give a false sense of security in order to lead. Be extra leery of those who say or imply ‘Trust me’; those who give a sense that they somehow omnipotently know better. No longer will Americans be dazzled by phony displays of brilliance or baffled by baloney. There are government aristocrats and business leaders who still believe in the old adage of: “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, then baffle em with bullshit”. We can embrace complexity by demanding true, fundamental, and understandable explanations. We can root out falsehoods by not accepting double speak. We as Americans know how to grow ourselves by first believing in ourselves. Don’t be a follower. Don’t be a follower of followers.

However, when we find leaders who are good; a leader that thinks, speaks, and acts from their heart; one that is honest, has integrity, and leads by sincere examples; then we need to in a big way, join them, support them, and promote their causes of good. From much research, investigation, and scrutiny, I believe Barack Obama is such a person. I hope we search for and find many more who are similar, who we can add to service at all levels of government. We need to add/replace leaders in business with ones that have honesty, integrity, and show quality in leadership. We need more people in leadership roles who are moral, like Barack Obama.

Remember, we are not fighting a battle, we are the artisans and sculptors of the future for ourselves and generations to come. Rarely do societies have opportunities to make such dramatic moves forward as we now have in this opportunity of today. Take pride and practice in being inclusive as we stride forward. In moving forward, create opportunity not only for yourself, but also for all. Hope is a wonderful thing to behold; but without opportunity, hope can become but a dream never achievable. We can, will, and must, create opportunity.

In the coming year I hope that we do not lose our spiritedness, but instead continue to build and make headway. I hope we all continue our campaign for change in government and business. We will succeed in moving forward once again, it will take much effort and good oversight on the part of each of us. We will make great strides in the months and years ahead in order to achieve the fruitions of good. Let's keep our enthusiasm progressing through these coming toughest of times. Let us use the light of goodness and love to motivate us with historic momentum.

I have chosen Barack Obama because he best represents my deepest beliefs in America. Please take time to read the issues that Barack Obama has published on this website. Also, give your attention to see how he leads us to move our nation forward in the time ahead. Most importantly, be part of America's great future, participate in the greatness that together we will make. Participate!

We will each and all flourish, if we think, speak, and act, by using the love in our hearts.

Your reply is welcome. Contact: Alex.Karoub@gmail.com

That was the easy part!

Beth from ColoradObama — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:05:52 EST

Now begins the work that must be done to turn our nation around.

I've met so many different people on here, and although our connection to each other was primary internet correspondence, we spent several months going through a process together. It was delightful, agonizing, frightening, frustrating, rewarding...but most of all, it was successful.

For any of you who read this before the site is dismantled and we go our separate ways...it was an honor to be part of this process with you. Millions of us working together, contributing what we could in terms of talent, money, and volunteer work. We built our "community" in less than two years. Imagine what we can do for President-elect Barack Hussein Obama in the next four. And imagine what we can do for our nation.

Beth McKinley~~~bigmacsmama@hotmail.com

Flag of Surrender may be taken down 01-20-09

rhw007 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:19:39 EST

Now that Obama n Joe have won on January 20th, 2009 the below will have less signifance...but it remains true until then. Tuesday, October 07, 2008Flag of Surrender October 6, 2008 I have been re-doing my MAIN site CommonSenseCentral.net rather than the politics one since it reaches more people more immediately. And right now America NEEDS IMMEDIATE attention and action. Your GOVERNMENT from the Administrative and Legislative (both "Houses") Branches have set forth a motion in passing this Economic Weapon of Mass Destruction Wall Street Bail Out Bill that "AMERICA" as we all know and love her...is dead. Starting with the shredding of the US Constitution to deregulating the top 400 families who own and do "business" on Wall Street....The America we remember before 2000 has been effectively "killed". And REALLY folks this time it WAS an "INSIDE JOB CONSPIRACY". It is so out in the open that those who REFUSE to see it DIFFERENT than say the "Kennedy Conspiracy", the "Pearl Harbor Conspiracy" , the "Moon Landing Conspiracy", the "9-11 Insider False Flag Conspiracy", nooooooooooooooooooooooo folks this one is even making the MEANSTREAM MEDIA finally shake off the wool from their "SHEEPLE" news coverage since they sold the "Iraq War on WMDs".

Let's be CLEAR...The Wall Street Insiders, White House Administrative Regulators, and Congressional Committee Oversight Insiders have INTENTIONALLY led us into this bloody bath of economic ruin of the country. IT WAS AND REMAINS AN INSIDE JOB. And according to the US Constitution...that fragile ol "piece of paper" as King Gorgie refers to this most precious Document in America's History...what "THE INSIDERS" did ARE "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" and also are "TREASONOUS".

A CBS 60 Minutes MUST SEE VIDEO FOR ALL TAXPAYERS RIGHT NOW !!!

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4502673n

If the file Wall-Streets-Shadow-Market-Video-CBSNews60minute-com does NOT play for you or "is lost" from Google or Yahoo please email me. Thanx and PAY ATTENTION to the FINAL PRICE OF THIS "Economic Weapon of Mass Destruction" as I first pointed out long before the "Meantream Media" was calling it that term...is going to be as large as $50-$60 TRILLION DOLLARS !!!

That's right...end the end...$50-$60 TRILLION DOLLARS !!! Watch the video above and my response below:

http://www.youtube.com/v/cHZim5AyRIA

My reply actual flv file you need to download to your HD then upload to YOUR YouTube account to USE this video as one of YOUR "available" video responses.

Ohhhhhh....Tommy Lee Jones' as Hank Deerfield at the end of the movie "The Valley of Elah" was right.

The American Flag IS flying upside down...it's just that no one wants to SEE the Common Sense Brutal Truth Reality of it.

And as he says at the beginning with "Flying the Flag Upside Down" :

HANK: You know what it means when a flag is hung upside down? (JUAN doesn't)

HANK: It's an international distress signal.

JUAN: No shit?

HANK: No shit. It means we are in a whole lot of trouble, so come save our ass, cause we haven't got a prayer in hell of saving our selves.

JUAN: It says a lot.

HANK: Yes, it does. So, you know how to do it now ?

JUAN: Oh, yes.

HANK: Good. Juan looks up at the flag flying. Hank walks to his truck.

That was the BEGINNING of the movie The Valley of Elah...the ending:

HANK gets up from his wife's side walks and gets dressed and picks up his son's flag. Sets out and brings it to JUAN's Flagpole and hangs his son's flag upside down and duck-tapes it to the flagpole and tells JUAN to leave it there...don't even take it down overnight...don't take it down ever.

So...Who's coming to save America's Economic WALL STREET FAT-CAT ASSES?

So WHO is coming to save MAIN ST? Small Town America? You..the "Middle Class" and your 'retirement' accounts?

So WHO is coming to save those who have no 'retirement' package, stocks, bonds, or even more than $50 bucks in cash and no health care?

The people at FedUpUSA.org have BANNED me because I was telling them COMMON SENSE BRUTAL TRUTH's and I don't even know if my last post was accepted where I pointed out the CBS 60 Minute interview where it CLEARLY showed this was an ENGINEERED and DELIBERATE "CONSPIRACY" to bring down the Economic house of America with this ECONOMIC WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION or because I was disabled and living off SS and they didn't "GET IN" on the scam before the bubble burst since they are mostly ALL there simply to "play the markets and make money".

There's a saying for that "There are none so blind as he/she who will not see."

Valley_Elah_rhw-clip1 AVI 440 MB File

Valley_Elah_rhw-clip2 AVI 360 MB File

Again...Buy The Valley of Elah

See what is happening to our youth today under the DOD and JCOS.

In EVERY Small Town on EVERY Main Street and the back roads all across AMERICA is a SOLDIER who has been DESERTED by THIS Administration and THIS Department of Defense's Veterans Affairs and Supplying the TROOPS with Equipment...See HBO's GENERATION KILL too.

Or DOD has an Army BRIGADE deployed since October 1, 2008 for "engagement" with the American people for riot control. Another "KENT STATE" is bound to happen. And will the youths in this Army fire on their Mothers and Fathers? Brothers and Sisters? Uncles, Aunts and Cousins? Citizen against Citizen?

All for the "WEALTH" of only about 400 families on the PLANET who own 95% of the Planet's WEALTH?

SOLDIER ! You Swore to uphold the US CONSTITUTION !!! WE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT NOT KILL !!!

leave that to the BLACKWATER folks...they get 33 times your salary anyhow or don't you know?

ALL AMERICANS!!

IMPORTANT, WHISTLEBLOWER WHO WORKED IN TOP SECRET "BLACK PROJECTS" EXPOSES ON WHAT HE'S BEEN THROUGH IN LIFE. PART 1 OF 7.

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=rzZzl8zCZvU

if ANY of these links no longer work PLEASE email me at rhw007@twcny.rr.com

Google assignment: Operation Garden Plot & REX 84

Bob...

http://commonsensecentral.net/

http://mycommonsensepolitics.net/

NEW VIDEO--VULTURE ECONOMICS--
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=rKjivhiEGMk

Heavy on Hope, now what? How about eGoverment.

Case — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:52:42 EST

I "hope" Barack will deliver eGovernment tools to make it easier to get engaged and build communities and consensus in the political process. My main exposure to the federal goverment is by paying over $20,000.00 in taxes each year. Other than that, I can't say I remember much about interacting with the federal goverment. I guess I fall into the group that pays for all the services that are provided to others. I want my goverment to be more relevant in my life other than making it 99% about filing taxes. I'm 31 and still paying for college 9 years after I graduated. My first child was born two months ago and I'm saving $250 a month for her college. I'm told this might cover half the expense 18 years from now. If I have a second child .... well, I think you can see the dilema. Two years ago we made just over $200,000.00. Now we make $170,000.00 houshold gross income, but I am not able to afford to buy a house at this time. I need to save for a down payment for a few years because I was not able to make enought money on the sale of my last home in Kansas City. Houses are more expensive in town in Houston. The three bedroom ranch home we are looking at is 40 years old and costs just over $600,000.00. At 3% local taxes, that's $18,000 a year in local taxes on top of sales tax and federal tax. I think I pay something like 50 to $60,000.00 in taxes a year. My healthcare premiums are $425 a month and going up. I'm able to pay rent each month, eat, and save for retirement and college, but I certainly don't feel like I'm getting far ahead, or at least as far ahead as I think I SHOULD be making this much money. Such is the strange land of the American cities in which we now live.

Truth Media Presents a Song For Barack Obama

Jennifer Purnell — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:01:49 EST

PLEASE GO TO:

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WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT.

AMERICA IN THE YEAR 2016

Peter from Portland, OR — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:02:06 EDT

I had a dream: We are writing the year 2016, America has left behind the economy crisis of 2008 and developed to a green, social and prosperous society. The unemployment rate is down at 2.3 %, the number of poor people dropped from 37 to 9 million, the national deficit is only a fourth of that in 2008. Every American has affordable health care now, and Obama`s tax cuts have put more money into the pockets of the middle-class American, which led to higher consumption, re-fueled the economy, and created millions of new jobs. Above all 5 million new created green collar jobs and a better, more effective environmental policy with solar, wind and other renewable energies dropped America`s energy bill, air pollution and CO 2 balance by 25%, making the country cleaner and almost independent of foreign oil. America´s is about to become the world leader in green technology, especially due to the broad-scale introduction of US built hybrid cars. In foreign politics America has restored faith and regained respect in the world community of nations as a wise and peaceful mediator in all conflicts. This and other measures also led to an improvement of the national security. The dark Bush years are history and America has made the real CHANGE to a better future - YES WE COULD - And due to the great achievements of Barack Obama`s successful 8 years in national and international politics a committee was founded, proposing the extension of his presidency for 4 more years, as applied during the Roosevelt administration.

Was all of this just a dream ? - No, you can make it happen by voting for OBAMA next Tuesday - It is now up to you, America !

SHOP AMERICA SUPPORTS OBAMA

McCain Uses Scare Tactics About Business Tax

Madera Strong - Team Co-ordinator For City of Madera — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:17:10 EDT

McCain tries a pitiful last ditch attempt to scare middle class that they will be taxed. McCain want to tax health benefits for the poor and middle class.

All business people know that to earn $250,000 net, you will earn a lot more as gross income and write off a lot of things as business expenses. While the big corporations spend our bailout money at spas and big dinners, at our expense, thay will be able to write these expenses off as legitimate meeting and business costs. The list of deductions is long and can shelter a lot of money. Businesses will not suffer by Obama's tax on the rich, because the rich shelter their money, and the tax is only on that money which is unsheltered and exposed.

Even Cindy McCain never revealed her wealth and investments, because she did not want the government to have access and knowledge about her funds. (She said it was none of the public's business.) Oh yeah, she is hiding it BIG TIME.

McCain Angry Because Obama Has Money To Campaign

Madera Strong - Team Co-ordinator For City of Madera — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:56:26 EDT

McCain and his wife have many millions of personal funds. Most of the money is hers. McCain now keeps complaining because Obama, the underdog, did not accept campaign limits. They are unhappy that Obama, by having donations, can afford to compete in this election.

Sorry McCains, Obama has the financial support, so you can't buy this election from under him.

Top Tier

Jared from Indianapolis, IN — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:43:05 EDT

I like Obama and will most likely vote for him, but I was wondering when the tax plan changed? Originally, the high water mark was $250,000, but today on tv in the 30 minute spot he said $200,000. Why and when did that change and why is nobody discussing it? I might still vote for Obama but I will be cutting my own nose off to do it. I just want someone to tell me when that changed. By the way, please don't be rude to me. I put myself through school and sit with $120,000 in debt btw undergrad and grad school, so please don't tell me like others due that I don't deserve the money I make. Any info will help me feel more comfortable with my vote. Thanks!

Off the rack or designer duds?

worksinthearts — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:46:21 EDT

I just need a moment to rant, my house plants have heard enough from me today.

Seriously, I am really appalled by how much money is being spent by John McCain, Cindy McCain and Sarah Palin on their wardrobe. Really, this news story makes me sick. I don't think my entire wardrobe would cost as much as McCain's shoes! I wonder if my parent's house cost as much as Cindy McCain's Earrings! Cindy McCain may have her own multi-million dollar income, but I see absolutely no reason for her to spend the equivalent of two or three single family homes on one evening's clothing (see reports of her republican convention wardrobe). I don't care if Palin says she plans to give her designer wardrobe to charity. Who is she going to give it to, Good Will? Spending $150K to dress up your VP running mate is really unreasonable. Tell the woman to pick something up at Target, preferable the clearance section, and that she can pay for it herself.

The Poverty In America

Barack Obama Supporters ADD US! — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:07:40 EDT

Tell us what you think of obamas actions for poverty!

Campaign Suggestion-- "Barack's Give It Back Campaign"

Debbie Albert — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:20:40 EDT

I believe that Barack Obama is "Change We Can Believe In" I have read all of his books. I believe in his integrity, and all that he stands for. He has shown great judgment in troubled times, and his VP pick, Joe Biden is strong support on Foreign Policy. I even respect him suspending his campaign to visit his ailing grandmother. Barack Obama is a good man, and I believe that he is what this nation needs. I have heard all of the cries of foul from Republicans who believe that he is trying to buy this election, so I am suggesting a very strong idea that I hope others will ECHO. I call it "Barack's Give it Back Campaign" I have given money even when it tightened my wallet throughout this campaign, and I know others' have also, but WHAT IF remaining funds left from this campaign were funnelled right back into the U.S. budget? WHAT IF the first time in history a President was lucky enough to be left with tons of money in his account, and he decided to do the right thing for a nation with a broken economy. I think that this website could continue to collect funds, and the American people could even voluntarily help our nation help itself. So many good things have developed out of this campaign. By starting off the Presidency with a "Barack's Give it Back Campaign", I just don't see how any American could criticize our new President or the change that he plans to bring to the table! Yes, we can!

This is Change we Can Believe In!!!

-- Debbie Albert, RN, Ph.D.

Please donate to Barack today

Liz — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:14:57 EDT

Last week I sent out an email entitled,"Obama Leads in KY Donations." The article referred to how Barack is beating "that one" in donations received. We have fifteen days left before election day, but money is still needed because there will more ads and campaign stops. In fact, Bill Clinton is scheduled to come to Kentucky to campaign for Barack.

If you have not already donated to the campaign this month, please do so today on my fundraising page: http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/preview/main/Lizforobama

Let's make sure we do all we can to guarantee that Barack will be our next President. Thanks for all you've done so far.

Value, Worth, and the American Dream

Bodie P — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:33:05 EDT

My-sister-the-Republican and I were talking politics on the phone the other day. This is noteworthy in and of itself, since about the time Palin was floundering around trying to remember what newspapers she read we decided to avoid the subject.

But time passed. I found the Money magazine article comparing the two parties' economic plans and, thinking it was bipartisan enough not to spark controversy, sent her the link. She sent me a letter she'd gotten from a man in Illinois explaining why he was voting Republican. I shot back a quick note: "While I disagree with some of this guy's points, I agree wholeheartedly that knowing everything we can about the people for whom we are being asked to vote is important."

That night she called, and talk turned to recovery plans and proposed budgets. She asked, "Where's Obama going to get the money to fund all his programs?"

Are We Ready to Step Up to the Challenge?

Uma — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:34:08 EDT

Greetings!

After watching the final presidential debate Wednesday night, the message was clear: it's time for people to step-up and accept the challenge of improving the quality instead of the quantity of our lives.

Economics is a big issue in America: commerce, trade and businesses of all types and the people who manage and work for them drives our lifestyles down the road toward the "American Dream." Now, watching the current financial drama unfold, the question is: "What has the American Dream become?"

Over the past few weeks, one word has threaded its way through almost every discussion: greed. The excesses that have brought us to this point in time where the lifestyles of many people is "one-step away from homelessness." Because individual and organizational greed has become the new lifestyle, glamorized and encouraged. Hoarding necessities while others do without. Finding pleasure in causing another person to lose their home or job. This is mindset of more people that you see in the news every day. The influence is spread throughout our daily lives like jam on bread; in the newspaper, on your mobile phone, on the Internet. The message being sent is all about "getting more."

The challenge we face now is the same one as in the past when balance needs to be restored. In the historical documents from almost every country, there have been similar events that produced the same type of result we are experiencing today.

The news headlines have been flashing warning signs of the impending financial crisis for some time, yet many individuals did not want to believe it could happen. But it has and now every adult individual, regardless of age, race, gender or position needs to adjust their thinking and behavior if we are going to improve the quality of life in America.

We are making a major decision to elect a leader to head this challenge: this will be our captain, our quarterback and our hero that shares our experience of being victorious once again. We are facing a common enemy, the destruction of the American lifestyle and its character of its people; intelligent, brave, educated, loyal, healthy, compassionate, trustworthy, enterprising, loving and faithful. What image would you prefer than this one?

The challenge is for us to move to a higher ground; there is enough for everyone, if we treat each other as we want to be treated, everyday in every way. Learn to live within your means. Simplify your lifestyle: what do you really need to be comfortable? How much food do you need to eat to be healthy? How many shoes and clothes are you wearing? Let's express our creativity and work in cooperation toward our mutual benefit: how is one person living alone going to maintain a $3,500, $2,500, $1,500 or $750 rental fee or mortgage payment? Are we going to allow our skepticism to prevent our progress?

Start with the little ones; our children are watching us. They want to see what we are going to do now, when a man who is attuned to our values needs our support to champion our cause. Are we going to cling to the fear and apathy that has become far too common with our generation? We must focus our attention on what we want for the change to take place. Let's talk about what we want in our lives instead of crying the blues about what's we don't like.

Look at the anger in our young people: they are exploding all around us, and there are many parents who are so busy working that they are not even aware of what's happening in their children's lives.Pay attention to them. Talk to them about their issues. Read a book with them, go to the park, library, museum, ballpark or theater. Change the language that you use with young people. There are several languages, although English is only the third most commonly spoken it has well over 900,000 words to use in addition to terms of profanity. Look at the big picture: what would you say if your daughter or son asked you: "Why didn't you DO something?

And what can you do? There are plenty of adults with unresolved issues; anger, disappointment, resentment and mistrust from past experiences. Seeking gratification in material possessions and generally not being satisfied once they have them. Take a look around your mind and see what your inner dialog is saying: is it working for you?

If we do not control our emotions, they will control us. Let's get a grip people, and show ourselves and others the respect we all deserve as human beings. Can we relate to each other honestly even when we are playing a game? Can we accept as men and women, that we all play games, but it's okay if we play fair?

This is a battle we have on our hands, and winning it will make better people of us as a result. But make no mistake, there are also people who are just as determined to win and keep things going in the direction started 8 years ago.

More than once in the last 20 years America has had a wake-up call that made it clear that every American does not agree with what we want. Power and money are two difficult things to manage well and most people will not give these away. Put yourself in their shoes and you will begin to see how things are going to get sticky before the quality of life improves.

It's time to step out of the victim role and step up to the role of victor, Let's be victors it for ourselves, ancestors, mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, brothers and sisters: our folks whoever they are. Let's be victors for the Creator. Let's work and elect Barack Obama in 20 days and then let's win this battle. I've stepped-up to the challenge, let me hear about you.

One Love,
Uma Sumeros

5 easy steps to help Barack with just a click of a mouse!

Mike "ready for a change" Baker — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:53:16 EDT

1. go to google/yahoo
2. type in john mccain hit search
3. click on the highlighted john mccain link
4. hit the back button on your browser
5. repeat process

The reason behind this is everytime you click on the banner that is highlighted on the search page that person/organization is charged money for every click whether it be a penny or two it doesn't matter so if we can get hundreds and thousands of people doing this we can cost the mccain campaign thousands of dollars with just a click of the mouse, pass this on to all of your fellow democrats be keep this to ourselves!!! don't let the dark side use it!

Solution to Foreclosure/Housing/Economic Crisis

Carol — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:59:51 EDT

It may be that in the problem there is a solution.

Millions of properties are currently in or moving into the foreclosure process. Many of these homes have persons renting them who are being forced into the street because the rents they paid to landlords are not being paid to banks. I just viewed a news story yesterday about a police official refusing to evict tenants who have been paying their rent.

Ideally, banks currently owning mortgages would set up a program where rent-to-own becomes the driving force of tenants becoming homeowners. A pool would be established for rent paid by tenants, which would accumulate on the home they occupy. When the minimum down payment amount is reached, the occupant would begin the process to purchase the property.

Less desirable would be for the government to buy these bad mortgages and then they set up this program.

Tenants have already chosen the homes where they live. A portion of the rent paid would be placed in a pool, eventually becoming a down payment for purchase. Homes would be occupied saving them from vandalism as well as deterioration of the surrounding neighborhood. This solution offers access to home ownership for families and individuals who currently do not have the savings required to purchase a home.

Families or individuals would instantly become invested in their neighborhoods or communities. I believe that Americans will quickly step up to the opportunity to own a home with money that they are already spending on rent.

The economy might be restored quicker than waiting for investors to take over these mortgages and then waiting for tenants to occupy them.

The First Battle Begins As An Open Discourse About Money and Banking

MoorAmerican — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:58:29 EDT

Recorded for the Library of Congress October 6, 2008; Three Days Before Yom Kippur - 29 Days before Election Day 2008.

The first battle event about the ECONOMY is the “The Money Supply and Banking”. The event is being held in the Historical Archives of the Supreme Court Justice at the Library of Congress. The American War Heroes gather as a united non-partisan Continental Congressional Commonwealth of the American Revolutionary Leadership. The seven members of the panel are John Hanson, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Benjamin Franklin. They unanimously support the 44th Presidency of the United States of America in Congress Assembled and advocate for the 28th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.

The united non-partisan American Revolutionary Leadership is assembled in battle formation on the front line of the General Election Battleground of 2008 under the battleground banners of [[[ GOD: the original Government Office Director and Grass-root Organized Presidency of the Republic ]]], [[[ CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE WE NEED NOW ]]], and [[[ COUNTRY FIRST ]]] --- the banner they striped away from the Republican Alqaeda Trickette ticket of the 43rd Presidency. Their battle flag is none other than The Stars and Stripes… the national flag of the United States of America. The rules of engagement are the universal humanitarian principles of LOVE, TRUTH, FREEDOM, PEACE, and JUSTICE.

Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and the American Civil Rights leader; Nobel Peace Prize honoree Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are the moderators. Three critical constitutional questions were presented to start the discussion:

Does the constitution make provisions for a Fourth Branch of government called the independent agencies?

Does the constitution make provisions for a central bank --- the Federal Reserve Banking System?

Does the constitution prohibit the American People from creating an honest monetary system of generating and circulating public obligation paper instruments of Commonwealth money as lawful unit value of United States Dollar currency that functions as a medium of exchange, unit of account, standard of deferred payment, and store of value that preserves consumption purchasing power?

The American people openly engage as the rest of the free world silently observes the discourse.

WHO REALLY OWNS YOUR MONEY? Part Two: Inherent National Bankruptcy

Paisano — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:53:11 EDT

We are all familiar with a Ponzi scheme. The basic principle is to promise investors that money put into control of the operators will return high interest on the principal invested. Unfortunately, the confidence game promises to pay more interest than the principal generates, if the scheme generates any interest or gain whatsoever. The scheme will last as long as more investors are found whose invested principal will pay for the inflated interest due and payable to earlier investors.

The Federal Reserve operates a Ponzi scheme. Congress can pay for federal expenses with funds collected from taxes, imposts, and duties, but congress is never satisfied with this amount. The desire to buy votes from special interest groups, and financially assist politically connected friends (or is this redundant?), compels congress-critters to spend more, and this is identified as deficit spending. To finance this deficit, the Federal Reserve will create on their accounting books a line of credit equal in the amount of the bills, bonds, or notes the congress will authorize; i.e., the Fed receives the interest-bearing obligation on the full faith and credit of the United States and in return checks written by government agencies will be honored by the banking system. The accumulated deficits are identified as the national debt... It must be observed

the amount of money in circulation is increased by the amount of the principle (actually it is a line of credit that is generated) but the amount promised to be repaid is the principal and the interest. The interest is never created but it is promised to be repaid. It is impossible. The scheme will last only as long as more principle is generated to pay the interest. If all of the “dollars” in the world were used to buy back the bills, bonds, and notes, a national debt would still exist and be accumulating compound interest---but no “money” would exist outside of the Fed‘s vaults to repay the debt. The holders of federal debt would have a claim on the wealth of the United States citizens, but the citizens have no money to pay the debt. Confiscation of all real assets pledged as collateral would be in order. A feudal society with the Fed owners owning the land would be created.

To make the scheme appear legitimate, the Fed sells a large percentage of the bills, bonds, and notes, with the help of the U.S. Treasury, to remove much of the currency generated by the scheme (multiplied by fractional reserves) from circulation. Japan and China hold debentures for approximately 25% of the total U.S. debt. How much of this debt holding has been required by financial and government policies to gain approval of trade status for the past 40 years is unknown. It should be apparent that if Japan and China attempt to sell the obligations to support their economy, it would precipitate a world wide tsunami. How much purchase of the US debt is required of various other nations to gain favorable trade status is unknown, but it ties all nations into a global economy. The recent invasion of Iraq is theorized by some sources as retaliation for an economic policy designed to remove the dollar as the international reserve currency.As many have written, the new creation of money by deficit spending is

the source of inflation. Those closest to the money printing press will live better than those further away, and the farmers, as a class, are the most distant from the new money. This new money (VIDEO) is a way the wealth of the nation is confiscated from the people, and the people are for the greater part, completely unaware of their loss.

Some sources suggest the Fed has never been audited. That is not totally accurate. My 360 page copy of the 1996 Annual Report to Congress by the Board of Governors obtained after several calls to D.C., contains considerable information on the financial status and revenue transfers of the banks, branches, and the system, including interest earned from holdings of national debt. It is audited and signed by Price Waterhouse, LLP, page 275. All federal government entities are audited by the GAO, are they not? It is also known that

real estate owned by the Fed (including district branches) is subject to local property taxes and the tax bills can be verified at the county assessors office; real estate owned by the federal government is not subject to local property tax. Salaries of employees are, with few exceptions, set by the Fed with paychecks drawn on the Fed; they are not government civil service employees paid from the U.S. Treasury. The Fed also has their own private retirement program. The Fed is a privately owned, nationally incorporated for-profit business. The window-dressing of government appointed governors is from a pre-approved list.

No information is found that suggests an audit of any specie holdings, nor is there any information as to who owns controlling stock (Class A). Congressman McFadden went to his grave unsuccessful in his attempts to determine who owns the fed.When faced with litigation, the

Fed can choose, for their benefit, the mantle of a government agency or that of a private business. An entity that can select the most advantageous identification is not controlled by the law; it is above the law.

How long will the Fed be able to continue the Ponzi scheme? A common measure of the solvency of a corporation is the ratio of profit to the cost of debt service. A company that makes 30 times what they must pay for interest on long term debt is much more stable than one with a ratio of 3. Every year the US debt service cost increases, and the increase is exponential. Interest on the national debt now consumes 20 to 25% of the taxes collected by the federal government. It is only a matter of time before taxes will not be able to service the national debt.

National bankruptcy is inevitable. Of course, people who do not pay taxes, or terrorists, will be blamed for causing the problem just as the stock market collapse was blamed for causing the depression of the 30’s.

The Fed was pulling currency out of circulation in the late 1920’s and the stock market was the first to feel the impact with margin calls. Local banks were compelled to call notes that were normally rolled over from year to year to meet increased reserve requirements and the stock market was the most liquid. When the economy appeared to be stabilizing, the Fed repeatedly tightened the money supply to deepen the depression.

Gold backed currency was withdrawn. When the economy was expanded to pay for (the contrived) WW II, debt-bearing currency (with interest payable to the Fed) replaced the previous gold backed interest-free money. The Fed had installed their Ponzi scheme. Your grandfather who lost his farm during the depression probably never knew what hit him.

Today, the Fed is selling government debt at one to two percent. Is the government getting a bargain? Currency is available but demand is low. Major capital investments by businesses are being deferred as production facilities are being located overseasto escape oppressive taxation levied upon employees and operations, in addition to avoiding government regulations, restrictions and fines for variances. The price of a low interest rate for government debt is the destruction of the tax base. (In reality, congress does not care what interest rate is paid. Congress does not have to make a profit to stay in business---let the people pay whatever. However, interest earned by the Fed and financial institutes holding government debt is reduced.)

The economic rape of the public will be perpetuated as long as possible. Ever increasing deficits are necessary to pay the interest and make the economy look good. The increasing deficits will escalate the cost of debt service exponentially. Congress-critters will not complain of the system or threaten not to pay the interest---the Fed might not honor their pay checks. The Fed controls the testicles of congress.

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The Bailout, Fed, and the Business cycle.

Silentboom — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:10:17 EDT

By Me, Silentboom,

The business cycle is a term used by Austrian economic theorists. They determined that the business cycle is not a natural occurrence in the free market but rather a controlled and manufactured problem at the hands of central planners. Our Federal Reserve is that central planner and was never intended to exist by the founders. They believed the markets should set interest rates dependent on the individual conditions. The Federal Reserve has the power to print money (inflate) the money supply. As this new money is added to the money supply the people close to that new money (banks, wall street, government) get to use it at full value. As time passes that added money dilutes the value of everyone's money as the money supply grows. This reduces it's purchasing power and raises prices which most affect the elderly and others on fixed incomes. This is not the only inflation that occurs though, the fractional reserve banking system creates money by the wave of a pen when loans are given out, this is also added to the money supply further devaluing the dollar and causing more people to seek loans and not save. Why save when the value of the dollar is declining and the value of real world items is increasing in relation and also due to the bidding up by the spending of the new money. It's a system that grows more and more evil as the central planners (the fed) keep the interest rate artificially low and the credit expansion grows exponentially. This is exactly what has happened. Now we are facing the correction of the inflated prices which must be done. You cannot re-inflate this bubble once it leaks. The Bailout is an attempt to re-inflate this bubble and will fail and ultimately brings the destruction of the dollar as it is abandoned by the world market. Regulation is not the answer, for the best regulation is free market competition. The more you look into it, the more you see that the lack of competition in the market which allows companies like Freddie and Fannie to rise to power is due to manipulation(lobbying and such) of the regulations which should not exist in a truly free market with honest money. Free market, Free people, even wealth distribution with small rich and poor classes and honest banks bring the most efficient, fair, and prosperous results to us.

"From now on, depressions will be scientifically created."

-- Congressman Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. , 1913

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs

-Thomas Jefferson, Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin (1802)

Newt Gingrich? Another RAT That Has To Be Dealt With

MoorAmerican — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:29:32 EDT

10/2/2008 – 33 Days before Election Day - - - Gospeltales of American War Heroes, recorded for the Library of Congress 2008

0408 - - - President John Hanson considers the roll of Newt Gingrich and how much influence he has over the Congressional House “Republican Alqaeda Trickettes”… The Senate got the Economic Rescue Bill passed with 74 votes in a bipartisan effort. The bill is headed back to the House for a vote Friday. On Monday, Newt Gingrich was able to stop the bill with 60% of the RAT’s working in his political cell. The bill is better now with an additional 300 or more pages added to the 100 or more pages of the House version that was defeated on Monday.

How will it play out? Will the performance of the Vice President RAT in the debate be a determinant factor in how to Congressional House RAT’s further politicize the crisis? Newt Gingrich is making a shrewd move to wreck the trickette ticket and set up the Democrats for an Election Day Landslide… The economy will recess further, and economic activity will make it difficult for the Democrats to accomplish most of the campaign proposals. Very little is expected over the next 3 to 4 years due to an economic recession. In the mid-term election, he’ll lead the political insurgency of fiscal conservative RAT’s to seize majority control of the House using the Economic policy failure of the 44th Presidency as the major issue. The contention between the Democrats in the House and the RAT’s is obvious.

Newt Gingrich is the spoiler RAT in this election cycle… He probably is not the only one that has plans for the presidency in 2012. He’s gonna orchestrate an economic collapse by defeating this piece of legislation on Friday. The economic distress that follows will be devastating to the country. It may even dampen voter turn out and give the RAT’s ticket a long shot at winning the Election on November 4th. The RAT’s ticket for the presidency is in serious trouble as it stands now because the VP is not qualified evident of her recent performance in interviews which shows she’s a beautiful air head - - - So far she has not performed very well and reflects poor judgment by Cheney, Bush, and McCain to pick her for trickette ticket.

The American War Heroes focus in on Newt Gingrich… Hanson calls Mr. John Alson to the conference room to make a presentation of the Financial Prosperity Plan he prepared for the Economic Rescue of the American People.

Hanson { Ralph! Can you come to the War Room please? Bring a pack of White Owl smokes with you and another Electorial Map }… {Gentlemen let’s take another look at this General Election Battleground and revise the rules --- I think there’s another RAT we have to deal with now rather than later. }

Ralph comes in about 0500 with smokes for the members of the War Council and opens out another Electorial Map… { Here ya go gentlemen! --- Are you gonna tune into Morning Joe at 0600 mista President? }

Hanson replies { No doubt! } Ralph { Okay. I’ll order breakfast for everyone. I’ll have it served in here around 0800 }

Hanson { Will Martin be available around 1000 this morning? } Ralph { Your meeting is set for the south wing of the Library along with Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall… You’re good to go! }

Bush: "Take that Congress, thanks Mccain"

Nia "Hussein" J. — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:56:32 EDT

Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve will pump an additional $630 billion into the global financial system, flooding banks with cash to alleviate the worst banking crisis since the Great Depression.

The Fed increased its existing currency swaps with foreign central banks by $330 billion to $620 billion to make more dollars available worldwide. The Term Auction Facility, the Fed's emergency loan program, will expand by $300 billion to $450 billion. The European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan are among the participating authorities.

The Fed's expansion of liquidity, the biggest since credit markets seized up last year, came hours before the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a $700 billion bailout for the financial industry. The crisis is reverberating through the global economy, causing stocks to plunge and forcing European governments to rescue four banks over the past two days alone.

``Today's blast of term liquidity will settle the funding markets down, and allow trust to slowly be restored between borrowers and lenders,'' said Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. in New York. On the other hand, ``the Fed's balance sheet is about to explode.''

The MSCI World Index of stocks in 23 developed markets sank 6 percent, the most since its creation in 1970. Credit markets deteriorated further as authorities tried to save more financial institutions from collapse.

European Rescue

European governments have rescued four banks in two days and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said today it helped Citigroup Inc. buy the banking operations of Wachovia Corp. after its shares collapsed. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 3.8 percent and the cost of borrowing dollars for three months rose to the highest since January. The rate for euros hit a record.

``If people think the authorities may give in to fears, they are wrong,'' Financial Stability Forum Chairman Mario Draghi said today in Amsterdam, where the international group of regulators and finance officials is meeting. ``There is willingness and determination on winning the battle to restore confidence and stability.''

Banks and brokers have slowed lending as they struggle to restore their capital after $586 billion in credit losses and writedowns since the mortgage crisis began a year ago. The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. also sparked fears among banks they wouldn't be repaid by counterparties, driving up the cost of short-term loans between banks.

Funding Risk

``By committing to provide a very large quantity of term funding, the Federal Reserve actions should reassure financial market participants that financing will be available against good collateral, lessening concerns about funding and rollover risk,'' the central bank said.

The Bank of England and the ECB will each double the size of their dollar swap facilities with the Fed to as much as $80 billion and $240 billion, respectively. The Swiss National Bank and the Bank of Japan will also double their dollar swap lines, while the central banks in Australia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Canada tripled theirs.

All the banks extended their facilities until the end of April 2009.

The Fed is also increasing the size of its three 84-day TAF sales to $75 billion apiece, from $25 billion. That means the Fed will make a total of $225 billion available in 84-day loans. The central bank will keep the sales of 28-day credit at $75 billion.

Special Sales

In addition, the Fed will hold two special TAF sales in November totaling $150 billion so banks can have funding available for one or two weeks over year-end. The exact timing and terms will be determined later, the Fed said. The TAF program began in December, totaling $40 billion.

The bank-rescue plan being debated by Congress today would give the Fed more power over short-term interest rates by providing authority as of Oct. 1 to pay interest on reserves held at the central bank by financial institutions. That would make it easier for the Fed to pump funds into the banking system.

Paying interest on reserves puts a ``floor'' under the traded overnight rate, which would allow a central bank ``to provide liquidity during times of stress'' without affecting the rate, New York Fed economists said in a paper last month.

To contact the reporter on this story: Scott Lanman in Washington at slanman@bloomberg

* The story gets more intresting because it appears that McCain incoraged the whole thing*

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/30/mccain-urges-bush-to-spen_n_130729.html#postComment

Jed Lewison

John McCain today urged the Bush Administration -- on more than one occasion -- to immediately and uniliterally spend $1 trillion buying up home mortgages.

I was watching live when he made the proposal this morning, and it seemed like such a staggeringly insane idea that I assumed he couldn't be serious. He couldn't think that Bush should just spend $1 trillion without asking Congress for permission...could he?

But then I saw his economic adviser try to back the idea up, and then I saw McCain make the proposal again during the NBC Nightly newscast. So he's serious. He really thinks that Bush should just spend $1 trillion without talking to Congress, without seeking approval, without building any sort of consensus -- without getting any protections whatsoever for taxpayers.

This is the same John McCain who just a couple of days ago was railing on the $1 trillion price tag of the bailout (when it was actually $700 billion).

But just a few days after railing against the unbridled power of government, McCain now seems to envision the presidency as a dictatorship. He now thinks that Bush should just spend $1 trillion without allowing anyone to ask any questions -- and he supports doing it just one day after the House of Representatives voted down a $700 billion bailout.

This won't suprise anyone on the left. The question I have is this: when are conservatives going to wake up and realize that despite all his bluster about being a conservative, the Republican nominee for president has proposed the single largest expenditure in the history of this nation -- and that he's proposed that it be made without the approval of Congress?

No Bail out

March4health4All — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:47:29 EDT

Main street has voted over and over again for less government, more Reagan, more Bushes, well, there is a lesson to be learn in “be careful what you wish for..." The only reason FDR succeeded in implementing his social programs was because things got bad enough. Democracy is a responsibility American voters have ignored. They still thing gutting antitrust legislation is probably a great idea since Reagan did in. This bail out, is at best, like a parent enabling a lazy child. Let them want and appreciate the need for government, the good side of government spending. This time just say no. Another option, instead of being condescendingly benevolent, put this up for a referendum, with a choice, universal health care or the bail out. Government, after all, works for us, and this is our money. People in this country, misguidedly, go out on strike against the hand that feeds them over health care demands, instead of striking against the hands we feed. If you give away our money, it might be time to have a tax strike.

new undiscovered resources of helpful information

David from Sarasota, FL — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:46:35 EDT

I'm a concerned america who believes the entertainment sector makes too much money in film and hollywood and in sports each player makes more then the cost of life and in unknown research such NASA,CERNS,HAARP. we should limit there capital instead of giving these people so much money we should use that money for the business sector and the community. we need to limit all these industries and corporation capitals and they should'nt ask for more and be greedy. they should be graded and rewarded more for recognition and rewards. and lets give America money back and education back to the hard working and disabled and poor americans. so they can better enjoy their freedom here in America.

The right of all human beings.

Stopping the Republican's hijacking of Christianity — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:30:36 EDT

I had a discussion (maybe classified as an argument) with my Republican grandmother today. It disturbs me that she constantly says because she is older, she is smarter than me and her vote is made smarter than mine could be. I countered this with the explanation that having an informed vote doesn't include memorizing talking points from idiots like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levine, and Michael Savage. I can't even believe my grandmother would listen to any of them especially Michael Savage and call herself a Christian. These people slander everything Democrat, consistenly distort the facts, and dupe the public for their own personal gain. You know why they want Republicans in the White House and Senate/House? Because they will gain financially very greatly. They are money hungry, greed inftested, evil people who like to misinform my grandparents because they might get a tax cut for their corporations if a Republican is elected. My grandparents are middle class. I asked my grandmother why, if the Republicans cared so much, wouldn't they have done something to help her in the last twelve years while they controlled Congress and the last eight when they controlled Congress and the White House? She likes to blame the Democrats for everything bad, but like I pointed out that it is the Republican Greed Machine that has created this mess in America. They've insisted and started an unjust war that has cost me and my kids more than her; more than 600 Billion dollars. That is almost as much as the economic bailout. Which is quite ironic might I add that those numbers are so close. If the Republicans truly cared about any of us who aren't Bill Gates or anyone with Rockerfeller in our last name, wouldn't they have seen to it the little guy wasn't trampled on only to have them pay to fix the mess on Wall Street? How many people are losing a huge portion of their 401K? How many people are losing their houses? How many people have filed bankruptcy because of the economy? How many people have had to try to apply for Medicaid, food stamps, and energy assistance in the state of Wisconsin alone; because they have no resources left. The Republicans are quick to jump on the "deregulation" band wagon. The markets will fix everything, they say, but I ask in what way will they "fix" it. It is a fix, a huge fix. At my and my children's expense, possibly even my grandchldren or great-grandchildren. Republicans would rather see poor people or even those who fall on hard times die than maybe give a dollar to feed someone lunch. If they had their way they would commit mass murder to rid the country of all those poor or of pigmented skin tones. I cannot believe anyone would think the Republicans have any good answers at this point. I have a medical condition, I have to live with my mother while I go to school, my stepfather just had a heart attack, my children are in school and growing they need a lot; I am scared that tomorrow everything could get lost. What would happen if we had no food, no money, and no home. I don't see John McCain offering to put people up in one of his numerous houses. I don't see any of the Republicans trying to empathize. They want to blame everyone except where the blame should go-themselves. Let's hope and pray the American people see the truth before it is too late. I hope and pray to God they are aware enough to vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

I have a suggestion concerning the financial rescue plan

Brian from Stone Mountain, GA — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:14:12 EDT

I have a suggestion concerning the finical rescue plan that may relieve the strain from for the government from directly adsorbing all of the debt.
First of all, I think we need to immediately act before our economy implodes. Would it be feasible to allow the government the bail out banks by purchasing the shares (or debts in whatever form) first. Then, Instead of letting the government hold the blunt of the debt or letting the very elite private sector purchase the debt. (which may be sold to other countries or overseas private companies) How about letting U.S. Citizens purchase shares in the form of low cost Bonds. that way the government will not have to bear the entire blow of this debt, and if they are inexpensive and accessible, the government will be able to recover more of those funds by exposing it to the masses instead of the elite minority. If the people are paying for this mess, how about letting individuals Americans own a share of what we are trying to save.

Also, like many share holders, share ownership will create an initiative to purchase goods and services to those companies wich is also good for America.

*i reserve this idea*

BEWARE!!!: Fed Highway Robbery!!!

Maui — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:52:12 EDT

"let the market correct itself." - who originally said this?

Listen up people: I propose we go ahead and take the sage advice of letting the market correct itself and make the righteous decision to spend 700 billion of our tax dollars on bailing out the innocent victims in this surging economic crisis: the hard-working souls who didn't make the conscious decision to gamble on greed. Wall St. can pay the piper, our government needs to make a serious effort to take care of everyday working Americans, the small business owners, Main St. fixtures and especially our service providers; the people who serve us our food, fix our cars and cut our hair. Trickle down does not work. Subsidizing the average American will do much more to sustain us as opposed to giving more money to people who already lost their own, and who really don't respect money in the first place or what it can do for the people who desperately need just a small amount to survive. Some recent examples on Wall St. have been proven to be incompetent at best and are much less deserving of our tax dollars than a family who's only dream was to put a roof over their child's head. Speculation and greed took some Americans to the top and now it's time for them to fall flat on their okoles. Whether we like it or not, eventually we all end up accepting responsibility for our own actions, it's always better to own up to our faults ASAP rather than continue the lies and denial. We're only human, Wall St., but at the end of the day, Jesus is an Obama supporter. "I am my brother's keeper."

Iraq and Where's The Money

Russell from Hendersonville, NC — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:52:32 EDT

I haven't heard anymore about this screw up designed by an idiot in the Bush Administration. Let's not forget this is exactly how this Administration thinks on its feet and how frivolous they are with taxpayer money. First of all I do not condone the invasion of Iraq. However, in today's electronic age I can think of better ways of paying contractors for work done in Iraq. What a waste!! Thank you, Bush!! You are truly, without question, a genuine bonafide idiot!!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/feb/08/usa.iraq1

The US flew nearly $12bn in shrink-wrapped $100 bills into Iraq, then distributed the cash with no proper control over who was receiving it and how it was being spent.

The staggering scale of the biggest transfer of cash in the history of the Federal Reserve has been graphically laid bare by a US congressional committee.

In the year after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 nearly 281 million notes, weighing 363 tonnes, were sent from New York to Baghdad for disbursement to Iraqi ministries and US contractors. Using C-130 planes, the deliveries took place once or twice a month with the biggest of $2,401,600,000 on June 22 2004, six days before the handover.

Details of the shipments have emerged in a memorandum prepared for the meeting of the House committee on oversight and government reform which is examining Iraqi reconstruction. Its chairman, Henry Waxman, a fierce critic of the war, said the way the cash had been handled was mind-boggling. "The numbers are so large that it doesn't seem possible that they're true. Who in their right mind would send 363 tonnes of cash into a war zone?"

The memorandum details the casual manner in which the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority disbursed the money, which came from Iraqi oil sales, surplus funds from the UN oil-for-food programme and seized Iraqi assets.

"One CPA official described an environment awash in $100 bills," the memorandum says. "One contractor received a $2m payment in a duffel bag stuffed with shrink-wrapped bundles of currency. Auditors discovered that the key to a vault was kept in an unsecured backpack.

"They also found that $774,300 in cash had been stolen from one division's vault. Cash payments were made from the back of a pickup truck, and cash was stored in unguarded sacks in Iraqi ministry offices. One official was given $6.75m in cash, and was ordered to spend it in one week before the interim Iraqi government took control of Iraqi funds."

The minutes from a May 2004 CPA meeting reveal "a single disbursement of $500m in security funding labelled merely 'TBD', meaning 'to be determined'."

The memorandum concludes: "Many of the funds appear to have been lost to corruption and waste ... thousands of 'ghost employees' were receiving pay cheques from Iraqi ministries under the CPA's control. Some of the funds could have enriched both criminals and insurgents fighting the United States."

According to Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, the $8.8bn funds to Iraqi ministries were disbursed "without assurance the monies were properly used or accounted for". But, according to the memorandum, "he now believes that the lack of accountability and transparency extended to the entire $20bn expended by the CPA".

To oversee the expenditure the CPA was supposed to appoint an independent certified public accounting firm. "Instead the CPA hired an obscure consulting firm called North Star Consultants Inc. The firm was so small that it reportedly operates out of a private home in San Diego." Mr Bowen found that the company "did not perform a review of internal controls as required by the contract".

However, evidence before the committee suggests that senior American officials were unconcerned about the situation because the billions were not US taxpayers' money. Paul Bremer, the head of the CPA, reminded the committee that "the subject of today's hearing is the CPA's use and accounting for funds belonging to the Iraqi people held in the so-called Development Fund for Iraq. These are not appropriated American funds. They are Iraqi funds. I believe the CPA discharged its responsibilities to manage these Iraqi funds on behalf of the Iraqi people."

Bremer's financial adviser, retired Admiral David Oliver, is even more direct. The memorandum quotes an interview with the BBC World Service. Asked what had happened to the $8.8bn he replied: "I have no idea. I can't tell you whether or not the money went to the right things or didn't - nor do I actually think it's important."

Q: "But the fact is billions of dollars have disappeared without trace."

Oliver: "Of their money. Billions of dollars of their money, yeah I understand. I'm saying what difference does it make?"

Mr Bremer, whose disbanding of the Iraqi armed forces and de-Ba'athification programme have been blamed as contributing to the present chaos, told the committee: "I acknowledge that I made mistakes and that with the benefit of hindsight, I would have made some decisions differently. Our top priority was to get the economy moving again. The first step was to get money into the hands of the Iraqi people as quickly as possible."

Millions of civil service families had not received salaries or pensions for months and there was no effective banking system. "It was not a perfect solution," he said. "Delay might well have exacerbated the nascent insurgency and thereby increased the danger to Americans."

Liars, and the Lying Lies They Are Telling You

Paisano — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:19:26 EDT

http://yourmortgageoryourlife.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/liars-and-the-lying-lies-they-are-telling-you/

Excerpt:

"Like a lot of folks who are completely flabbergasted by the Government's repeated efforts to whitewash and gloss-over the all of the gross negligence, malpractice and criminality of this - The Worst Financial and Constitutional Crisis in Our Nation's History - I decided last night i would look up some of what the guys and gals at the Federal Reserve, Treasury, SEC, and FDIC were up to between 1997 and 2007, and how they could have not seen any of this coming until apparently this week.

I say apparently because the bureaucrats and sycophants are all maintaining that this whole fiasco is as big a surprise to them as it is to Mom-and-Pop getting foreclosed upon in their Golden Years.

I know they are lying, and you know they are lying.

So once again we will play the cat and mouse game of "who knew what and when" as the Crooks all disappear into retirement with their $Trillions of stolen loot, the Politicians will blowhard and achieve little, and the whole thing will fade away from the headlines with time and the advantage of a short American attention span.

But for now, while every is watching and mad as hell, I am going to try my best to do my little part in exposing the hypocrisy and bald-faced lies being spewed around Washington DC and the mainstream press. I was on-line all morning and found so much material that I had to abandon my original post and choose just one document to focus on today - the 2002 Annual FDIC Report..."

McCain No Friend to Armed Forces

Henry M — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:46:52 EDT

http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182008pt1 contains links to primary documents, which are useful in refuting knee-jerk arguments with people who can’t believe that “Maverick” McC would be the biggest hold-up on finding POW’s in the whole Congress.

McCain does not support and never has supported veterans, POW’s, MIA’s, or our currently enlisted armed forces; for example, he was against increased benefits for Iraq/Afghanistan vets unless they reenlist. He does support the Pentagon, but only when it asks for money to go to the companies that his lobbyist advisors represent.

It’s part of his general policy of money for the large companies of friends and lobbyists, but not for working or unemployed people, some of whom have unfortunately been fooled by his empty promises to help them. If anyone still thinks that McCain would be good for defense, show them:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xy8-QdHQFI&feature=related andhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGfGtC4Ldms&NR=1 Henry M

Information, Media, and Technology Management Consultant

Mortage Crisis Not Borrowers Faults!

Jeanette — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:05:19 EDT

Those in the media and many in Washington like to place the mortgage crisis blame on the "working class" people who acquired loans through what any sane economist knows to be a Classism Loan labeled Sub-Prime. Here is what the loan banks were not telling the borrower at the other side of their table: Sub-Prime is a discriminatory name and practice for you, the working class, and we're forced by the government to give you a loan, but what I'm going to do is throw your loan in a Russian Roulette POOL and sell it so it can resell again and again raising the payments higher and higher until your mortgage payments are impossible to meet, and I don't care. I'm going to treat you like a hot potato even though you were able to afford the original mortgage. I don't care because I'm a Republican and my goal is to make as much money off the only resource we have left.... the people. That's what sub-prime really means! Instead of being truthful what they do is try and make you feel guilty by labeling you risky. "Risky?" you ask yourself. "How can a mortgage of 675.00 be risky to me while I've been paying 800.00 in rent?" Your upset, but you take the loan because the system is set up to prevent you from acquiring a 5% loan. Too bad you didn't know your 9 percent loan was going to go up up up until your mortgage reached a whopping 1400.00 per month and sometimes more! Thanks to McCain's deregulation no one stopped the bond companies that took it off the bank hands from creating the mortgage crisis.

SharingHEARTS-LoveUnityNus

LoveUnity — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:04:25 EDT

The power of UNITY will bring "OUR" goal of 100K donors to fruition. Somehow Mrs. Palin is slowly fading......., This is my first time donating any MONEY for political reason and I'm soooooo excited and into this election. "YES WE CAN" is what GOD wants to show the American people !!!

LoveUnity

Manufacturing and Infrastructure -- a call to action

James Middleton — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:02:32 EDT

As Democrats, we need to ensure the prosperity of our workers. There is no better way to do this than to ensure the prosperity of our manufacturing base.

I was reading an article in the New York TImes:

In the closing weeks of the presidential race, Mr. Obama is urgently working to seize the economic issue, using the collapse of Wall Street firms to illustrate a need for greater regulation and stronger oversight in the financial sector. But he is facing a challenge on that front from Senator John McCain, who has adopted a populist reformer message in vowing to “clean up Wall Street.”

This is the perfect time to pivot to a new issue -- one that McCain won't even see coming. TALK ABOUT MANUFACTURING AND FARMING.

This election HAS to be about manufacturing. China has eclipsed our country as the world's most productive. But we CAN change that, and we had better -- because if we don't, what in the hell are we going to do? Sit around and blog all day long?

If Mr. Obama wants to talk about specifics, I suggest that he move to ratchet up the discussion on green energy products. WE CAN BUILD SOLAR PANELS, WINDMILLS, and GENERATORS -- RIGHT HERE in America! And moreover -- in addition to being energy-independent -- we can sell that technology to other countries, and make a fortune -- literally.

We must address this. If you read my blog post, send it to the Obama for America folks, by using the Contact form. If you agree with me that we need to do this, then support the idea by voting for it. By sending the story to Obama (and to others) you are casting your vote, and lending your support.

If I'm off-base, then I will know -- because this idea won't start popping up in Barack's daily speeches. But if it IS a good idea, then I'm relying on all of you to help the campaign out.

Look -- Senator Obama himself said that we "need to pay attention to Main Street as well as to Wall Street." I just can't think of a much better way to do that than by ensuring that millions of auto, farm, and textile manufacturing workers have a stake in this election. The stakes are too high to simply let the financial analysts grab all of the headlines.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Sammy James
http://www.sammyjames.com
sammy@sammyjames.com

Boston, MA

U.S. Economy, haven't we seen this before...

Mr.J0K3R — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:19:34 EDT

I am not only amazed, but completely dumbfounded at the lack of specific knowledge by the general populace. No, I'm not an extremist left wing conspiracy theorist. I'm just an average person, who does NOT accept the information main stream media presents, at it's face value. I can't really help the fact I like to investigate fully, before I come to my own personal conclusion. I know there are some who can easily accept the latest "NEWS" stories from CNN, Fox News, MSNBC as absolute fact. I'm sorry, but in this day of Sales & Marketing, everything seems to be a sales slogan to get you swept up in the momentum. It is our responsibility to dig deeper, to get the cold hard facts, before we can truly learn from our previous mistakes. Yes, this isn't the first time an economic failure has taken place within the United States.

The Revolutionary War was fought on the behalf of our founding fathers for the freedom of a better tomorrow. The primary force, unmentioned in the US public school textbooks, was the colonies started printing their own currency. There by creating a political turmoil with the Imperialist banks of England. The colonists quickly realized if they borrowed money from the imperial banks, it came with interest. If you always had to get your money from them, at interest, how would you ever be able to pay them back in full without borrowing more money from them to cover the initial interest? Not possible, & thus the revolutionary war. Now, we (the U.S. founders) may have won the war, but the battle had only just begun. Ben Franklin, "The colonies would gladly have borne the little tax on tea and other matters had it not been that England took away from the colonies their money, which created unemployment and dissatisfaction. The inability of colonists to get power to issue their own money permanently out of the hands of George the III and the international bankers was the PRIME reason for the Revolutionary War."

Feels eerily similar to the 1900's...
The greatest move ever played by the International Bankers in the early 1900's, and resulted in their greatest achievement. Fresh from a desk on Jekyll Island, drafted by international bankers - for international bankers - funded by the general population, came the Federal Reserve Act in 1907. As so the war had turned tides. The very thing our founding fathers had fought & died to protect, had now been completely undone. Then, in 1913 the final nail in the coffin was ratified to the 16th amendment a.k.a the Federal Income Tax Act. Three years after the initiation of the Federal Reserve, Woodrow Wilson said: "The growth of the nation ... and all our activities are in the hands of a few men ... We have come to be one of the worst ruled; one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world ... no longer a government of free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the free vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men." Congressman Charles August Lindbergh, Sr., father of the historic aviator, said on the floor of the Congress: "This Act establishes the most gigantic trust on Earth ... When the President signs this Act, the invisible government by the Money Power, proven to exist by the Money Trust investigation, will be legalized ... This is the Aldrich Bill in disguise ... The new law will create inflation whenever the Trusts want inflation ... From now on, depressions will be scientifically created ... The worst legislative crime of the ages is perpetrated by this banking and currency bill."

Please Make a Donation in Honor of Sarah Palin

Louisa Rigali — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:50:22 EDT

Instead of sending around e-mails about how horrible Sarah Palin is, let's all make donations to Planned Parenthood in her name! The best part: PP will send her a card telling her that a donation has been made in her honor!!

Falling Apart

Passive Aggressive Teen Speaker — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:00:04 EDT

As I watch the news and view the complete collapse of our economy I wonder of this is the moment I was wondering would eventually come. For the last few years we have seen this nation take a skydive from the legacy of the great American people once made. I have known that if the nation did not change its current course we would loose the title we earned as the greatest nation on the planet. Now through out my adult life I have none that of all the thinks the run government money and the economy is what drive it all. So with the third day of watching our economy plummet into the ground I can easily say that if we do not get the change this nation needs and deserves, we will collapse and fall apart like the empires of the past.

New Information Attack

Kevin M. from Norfolk, VA — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:57:17 EDT

I know that I am just a citizen, but this would be an excellent time for Senator Obama to begin dropping some hints to whom he would have in his cabinet as President while he is now on the offensive.

It is important that his cabinet is very diverse in political terms, gender, race, etc.. Show the American People what your cabinet would look like.

Who do you think should be in his cabinet?

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