Essential Viewing: The Money Masters
How International Bankers Gained Control of America
THE MONEY MASTERS is a 3 1/2 hour non-fiction, historical documentary that traces the origins of the political power structure that rules our nation and the world today. The modern political power structure has its roots in the hidden manipulation and accumulation of gold and other forms of money. The development of fractional reserve banking practices in the 17th century brought to a cunning sophistication the secret techniques initially used by goldsmiths fraudulently to accumulate wealth. With the formation of the privately-owned Bank of England in 1694, the yoke of economic slavery to a privately-owned "central" bank was first forced upon the backs of an entire nation, not removed but only made heavier with the passing of the three centuries to our day. Nation after nation, including America, has fallen prey to this cabal of international central bankers.
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If you've not seen this yet, please do. Made in 1996.
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essential viewing, nah!
i would not recommend this video.
there are 2 others that are much better:
fiat empire: http://www.dailypaul.com/...
and
money banking and the federal reserve: http://mises.org:88/Fed
He hasn't re-canted his opposition to a gold backed currency...
, at least as of January when I heard him speak in person. He made the same critique of gold as he does in the film FWIW.
Either way, the Federal Reserve is still the First Bank of Tyranny. I'd be willing to try either a greenback type currency or a precious metal currency, or both. At this point, some of the Mises orthodoxy being demanded here is a bit superfluous given the issue at hand. Transitioning from a greenback system to a competing or silver/gold backed currency works just fine for me.
This is Fantastic! - everyone should take the time to view it!
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No production values but a priceless history lesson
I always wondered about gold and with the population expanding whether they could produce enough.
I never really had anyone explain to me the concept of "token."
The tally stick worked in England.
The greenback worked fine.
I understand that the "value" is merely agreed upon. The token does not have to be worth anything. I have been unbrainwashed...yay.
The issue is war. Under a rule of peace there is never a currency "problem."
Just think a country would never got to war as the penalty would be the destruction of their currency and untold suffering of their people.
Talk about a deterrent.
What a f%$ing screw job..huh?
We could, on the internet, create our own currency. The issue would be centralizing the issuance and maintaining the float. Of course the storm troopers would kill us because we live in America.
Isn't it great to be free?
I still love the British guy who posted here. "You guys really are controlled by your government..."
My response..."England isn't even a country anymore! It is part of a f%$ing EU....at least Americans know we are slaves...you guys have been convinced you aren't"
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This was sent to Congress
I believe that this video was sent to every member of Congress--what better day could there be to call and ask if your Congressional representative has viewed this video than on the day when Treasury Secretary Paulson, former CEO of Goldman Sachs, (hello?????) will propose even broader power for the unconstitutional Federal Reserve that just used your federal tax dollars and mine to bail out his Wall Street buddies at Bear Stearns?
Tell him or her you're pissed off (say that in the nicest possible way ;) and expect a full explanation of their stance on this critical issue. People, we are in such trouble!!!! We want the Fed abolished!!! Tell them you expect their support of HR 2755, Dr. Paul's bill to abolish the Fed--for what it's worth...:(
Burn and give to a friend
Excellent video and required viewing anyone interested in getting a clue.
Where Liberty is, There is my Country - Ben Franklin
Hey, Look. A "Liberty Lobby" coin...
At 15:23, you will see a silver coin being turned over, one side with Andrew Jackson, the other side has the "Liberty Lobby"'s crest. Wonder who the Liberty Lobby is? Welcome to the dark, seedy underbelly of the "anti-Fed" movement, who somehow just can't shake their reputations for being, mmm....racist?
From Wikipedia:
Yeha, the pen thing
does get annoying. It's like he can't speak, or make a point without it. It does distract from the content, which is very good.
yes, that was really
yes, that was really annoying.... every single gesture was the same... for a while I was paying more attention to that than what he was talking about.
The Official Media Guide to Attacking Ron Paul"
Check this out and this web site. Its awesome !
Liberty Maven (dot) com
Watched it twice...
...but I have to say I watched it in pain. Anyone else out there distracted by the poor delivery of the speaker? The constant pointing and flicking of the guy's pen at the camera makes me crazy! I can't watch. Anyone else or is this just my problem? :)
He sure loves that pen of
He sure loves that pen of his. That was driving me nuts too. It's like the pen is some sort of communication device without which he couldn't form his words or something. Why does he need to hold that damn thing? And how about that ridiculous shot from Jekyll Island where he stands behind the fountain and we have to listen to the splashing of water for the whole shot.
No, production and presentation are not his strong suits.
wow.... but I thought we
wow....
but I thought we wanted a gold standard? This says it's bad...
About the Gold Standard....
RP being a Constitutionalist, his argument for going to the Gold/Silver Standard is consistent with his message. However, if all the gold is cornered by the World Bank, then a currency backed by Gold and silver is susceptible to manipulation as well.
IMHO, RP would require an audit of the Gold in Fort Knox and if the Gold is not there, he could make an argument to return to an interest free currency like Colonial Script, and push for a constitutional amendment that would outlaw Fractional Reserve Banking. Lets Face it, if the constitution made it illegal for the FED to charge interest on the money it printed and fractional reserve banking was also illegal, and eliminated, that could be enough to restrain the FED.
The part that really hit home with me was about the TALLY STICK that was excepted for over 700 years! Lets face it, what is currency anyway but a recording of the Value your labor in terms that everyone can identify with.
Here is a crazy thought, what if the People themselves REFUSED to except money from the FED, created their own Colonial Script currency, created our own black market economy?
Then we would be raided and
Then we would be raided and our assets stolen from us much like Liberty Services.
If the Dollar Crashes....
...that may happen anyway--in the guise of the "Transfer of Wealth."
Perhaps our solution lies with the People, not in Government that is acting against it's people.
“—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its power in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
The Declaration of Independence
Don't let FEAR stand in the way or your DREAMS.
Amazing, but not as amazing as this...
I was an administrator for the Democratic party for over 6 years and i am well educated in the nomination process, I left the party to support Dr. Paul so i know what i am talking about.
Our founding fathers set the system up like this to assure that there would not have false or fruadulent support for a candidate thus forcing THE PEOPLE to become involved in the election process and to show actual support for thier candidate.
They wanted to make sure they would protect us from VOTE FRAUD and to make sure that a candidate did not win a beauty contest but instead win an election.
Any candidate and thier supporters can do exactly what we are doing if they chose to do so and i am sure from the reports we have received that Mccain does not have real support or he would have the delegates he needs registered as delegates to vote for him in the up coming convention.
Every state is different and you should be educated on exactly how your delegate process works and you can do this by obtaining a copy of you bylaws in your county and your state if you are told you do not have bylaws obtain a copy of the party rules for your county and state for this is the first step to victory AFTER YOU BECOME A DELEGATE.
If you doubt my post go and research it yourself PLEASE here : http://www.gop.com/images...
PLEASE EVERYONE COPY AND SEND THIS TO THIER EMAIL LIST AND MEETUP HEADS AND ANY OTHER RON PAUL FORUM THERE IS.
If you can be a delegate because it is too late to register you can still help us at the convention.
Use these 2 links and help us win.
http://www.gopconvention....
link 2 : http://msp2008.com/volunt...
I know many of you are new to the election process but don't worry.
I am going to go into some depth of how this all works so read and then read again if you need to.
Did you know that the delegates can actually vote to unbind thier delegates that are bound by state rules? Did you know that delegates can actually overturn and previous vote? Did you know the delegates have control of the entire process?
The MSM is not reporting how to become the nominee in a situation like this so i will tell you to stop getting your info from the MSM.
I know many of you are bummed about Dr. Paul not getting more votes in the states popular vote BUT THAT IS BECAUSE YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE ELECTION SYSTEM WORKS : Let me explain to you the reality of how to become the nominee.
First stop looking at who wins each states popular vote for most of these states the vote by the people is really nothing but a straw poll and have no real bearing on who will become the nominee. The only way this matters is if 1 person receives 1191 delegates that are bound by state rules to be commited to that candidate. So if a candiate like Mccain now has 906 delegates now but he doesn't reach 1191 WHICH HE WILL NOT most of the delegates the state awarded him mean nothing and keep in mind in most of the states most of the people that represent the 906 for Mccain are actually Ron Paul supporters. NOW there is no possible way that anyone in the race can achieve this goal now because of the major split in state wins by the candidates.
Normally Convention Delegates do not matter because the convention is not brokered and we have a clear winner because someone has 1191 delegates. BUT THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT. This will be a brokered convention there is no way around it. Do you see how the ronpaul campaign strategy will work.
When a candidate wins delegates by winning a primary that does not mean there are actual people that won acting as delegates- these are virtual delegates.
What do I mean by virtual delegates: A virtual delegate is just a number - there are no actual people YET that will go and vote for the candidate who won the particular state at the national convention. We call these people convention delegates
The actual delegates are voted on (in most states) at a statewide delegate caucus after the Primary (which is just a giant preference poll) Who can be delegates? Anyone. In closed Primary states they must be registered Republicans, in Open Primary states they can be Republicans, Democrats, Independents.
View the hard count of actaul pledged delegates here : http://www.thegreenpapers...
And we have lots of delegates.
Out of the 2,380 delegates sent to Minneapolis St. Paul in September-
-463 delegates are bound all the way through the convention some of those 463 are Ron Pauls people.
- 565 delegates will be bound through one ballot. That is, they have to follow the results of the state election on the first ballot. After that, if no candidate has a majority of delegates, they are free to vote as they please and Mccain will not receive over 50% on the first ballot.
- 383 will be bound through two ballots then they are free to vote for whom they wish.
- 318 will be bound through three ballots then they are free to vote for whom they wish.
I am not going to list every state and what the break downs are, just do the math from these numbers or look for yourself here :
http://www.gop.com/Images...
Bottom line is less than 1/2 of the delegates are bound by state party rules. Now do you see how we can win this thing?
So what happens now you ask? You look at the number of delegates that Dr. Paul has that are uncommited to the other candidates and will support him. these delegates are not decided by the popular vote ie: straw poll of the people. Since no one will have enough delegates to skate them through to the nomination we now must look at how many delegates NOT VOTES but delegates Dr. Paul has that are 100% uncommited to the other candidates and will be 100% for Dr. Paul and are free to vote for whom they wish.
This race will go all the way to the convention for there is no other way for someone to receive the nomintaion untill the convention.
The RNC will convene its annual Winter Meeting - and voters will continue to cast their ballots in the nation's primaries and caucuses. Candidates for delegate and alternate delegate to the convention will be elected - and thousands of convention participants and guests will begin planning their trips to Minneapolis-Saint Paul The first week in September 2008
SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?
This means that all of the people that registered to become a deligate for Dr. Paul can go to the convention and cast thier vote for Dr. Paul, now think about what i just said : Do you think for one second that all the people that voted for Dr. Paul and filed to become a deligate will not show up at the convention to vote for the good Doctor? Of course they will just like they battled the rain and the sleet and the 15 below zero winter weather to knock on doors and wave signs spreading our message.
Now i assure you that even though we didn't win the popular vote in many states WE DID PICK UP THE MAJORITY OF DELEGATES THAN ALL THE OTHER CANDIDATES IN MOST EVERY STATE EXCEPT A FEW. So yes they won the straw poll and we won what counts which is delegates.
Doesn't Dr. Paul need to WIN 5 states to be on the ballot at the convention for the nomination?
NO THIS IS NOT TRUE for people were just confused on how it actually works.
We only need the majority of delegates from 5 states to be put on the ballot NOT THE POPULAR VOTE OF 5 STATES and i assure you we have picked up the majority of uncommitted delegates for Dr. Paul in more than 5 states.
Do any of you remember seeing posts by myself and many others that said BECOME A DELEGATE? There is still time in most states to become a delegate for the convention and we are picking up more of them every day.
So please STOP! you worry too much because you do not understand how the election system works and you thought we lost didn't you? I assure you we have not!
The fact is Dr. Paul is a genius in his strategy and we are further ahead in delegates than you think and we can win the nomination.
I hope this gives a better understanding of how we have been winning even though most of you thought we were not.
NOW LET'S KEEP WORKING FILE TODAY AND BECOME A DELEGATE BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!
Info on how to become a delegate here :
http://www3.webng.com/ron...
Dr. Steve Parent
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Remember: Debt is a form of slavery.
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The Secret of Money
The Secret of Money
To become debt free, read The Secret of Money and send it to10 people within the next 24 hours.
Are you in a situation that you don’t have enough money and have too much debt? Most people are. Do you know why? It is because, today, money is debt. All the money in circulation today except coins is made out of debt. If there is no debt, there will be no money. There is more. Money is created only for the principal part of the debt, but not the interest. Therefore, there is always shortage of money and to meet the shortage, new money must be created. In other words, new debt must be created. This is why people are constantly persuaded to go into debt. There is even more. As new debt (new money) is created, the value of the existing money goes down. This discourages people to save and coerces them to spend. Meanwhile, the shortage of money worsens as more money (more debt) is created. In the end, everyone will be in debt. There will be no winner except those who control the system at the top.
You would think this is a bad situation. How did we end up in this situation? Who controls the system? How can we get out of this? To answer these questions, you must, first, understand what money really is.
First of all, money is the certificate of ownership of the economy. The total money supply represents the total ownership of the economy. Money that individuals hold represents the ownership of their shares of the economy. In this way, money can become a store of value. The value of the economy is relatively stable or even grows over time, therefore, money that is the certificate of ownership of the economy can hold its value over time. People can store the value of their labor by exchanging their labor with money. Second, money is a very convenient medium of exchange that facilitates trade. Money, not only holds its value overtime, it is also easily carried and divisible into small units convenient for everyday transactions. Most people are familiar with these properties of money as a store of value and a medium of exchange, but most have forgotten or never realized that money holds these useful properties only because money is the certificate of ownership of the economy. These people never realize the vital importance of who holds the issuing power of money.
Thomas Jefferson warned:
“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, 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
In 1913, the government finally gave up the power to issue money to a group of wealthy men known as international bankers. The deceptive system called The Federal Reserve Bank System was created. Today, even the government must borrow money from the Federal Reserve.
The president who signed the 1913 Federal Reserve Act was Woodrow Wilson. A few years later, he wrote: “I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, 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 by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men.” -Woodrow Wilson
However, there is good news. The days of the Federal Reserve are numbered. The money issuing power will be again diversified among the people. There will be no more central control of the power to issue money. To do so, the secret of money must be understood. The more important power than the power to issue money is the power of information. TV, Radio, Newspapers and Magazines have already been bought out. They are now in the process of controlling the Internet. We must spread the secret of money while we still have time. Print this out and spread in addition to using the Internet. Meanwhile, we must also defend the free flow of information on the Internet. Continue your own research on these subjects.
grab a hold of yourself.
grab a hold of yourself. The video is incorrect, do some research instead of taking your info from a 13 year old documentary. only 1/4 of the worlds gold is in the hands of central banks and there is absolutely no proof that the rothchilds have that much gold.
HOW CAN YOU PROVE THIS 1/4 THING THEY DO NOT DISCLOSE
ANY TAX RETURNS AND THEY DO CONTROL 53% OF THE WORLDS ECONOMY AND 2/3 OF THE GOLD, SO GAB THIS .YOU DONT HAVE ANY EVIDENCE TO BACK YOU UP AND I HAVE EXAUSTIVLY RESEARCHED THE ROTHSCHILDS AND ALL THE INFO LINES UP !ARE YOU A REDSHIELD? HOW ABOUT5 THIS ONE THE ROTHSCHILDS ALSO OWN PALASTINE BECAUSE OF SOMETHING CALLED THE BALFOR DECLARATION ! OR THE OPEN DEVIL WORSHIP,SO YOU SHOULD GET A CLUE AND DO SOME RESEARCH OF YOU OWN THEN SHOW SOME FACTS TO SUPPORT YOU THEORY! TILL THEN PIPE DOWN IF I WANTED TO HEAR FROM AN A$$HOLE I WOULD FART!
Where is your evidence? All
Where is your evidence? All you did was watch a film that endorses more paper money. Listen you idiot, when I first saw this film I asked myself the same question. Why go back to gold if 2/3's is controlled by the bankers? The truth is that they don't, central banks control less than a third. You need to read the History of Money and Banking in the United States by Murray Rothbard. It's here free. http://www.mises.org/book...
Are you going to pick up a book or continue to watch conspiracy films and rant that everyone is cointelpro.
Learn the history of money and you will know that gold is the best form of money. Here is my reference which states 20-25% is controlled by central banks. Go down to who owns the gold. http://www.galmarley.com/...
Another thing if the Rothchilds control 2/3's of the gold, why did they push for a federal reserve system which they knew would result in paper money? They know they can control paper much easier than gold. Gold can't be printed up. Read Edward G Griffin opinion on this film here and read his book The Creature from Jekyll Island.
http://www.freedom-force....
DONT ASSUME SIR I READ
I HAVE A HUGE STACK OF BOOKS AND VIDIEOS WITH A INTERNET AND A COMPUTER THIS HAS BEEN MY LIFE TO BEAT THE BANK
I COULD GO INTO MY SUCCESS BUT I DONT FEEL THE NEED !OTHER THEN I OWN NO MORGAGE NO CAR NOTES OFF FIAT ,THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS THE VON MISES INS. OPENLY ADMITTED THEY DONT KNOW ABOUT THE GOLD FDR STOLE AND PUT IN FORT KNOX IF IT IS REALLY THERE.http://www.gata.org/node/wallstreetjournal
OR http://mail.python.org/pi...
OR http://www.amazon.com/Hou... LET ME KNOW WHEN YOUR DONE I HAVE ALOT MORE AND WAIT TILL YOU SEE THE DEVIL STUFF IT IS CRAZY!
LOOK UP JACOB SHIFF AND YOU WILL SEE HOW IT IS POSSIBLE
AND HOW DO YOU THINK SENT PAUL WARBURGS GUY(SENATOR ALDRICH,MORGANS,AND ROCAFELLER ARE ALL THE SAME PEOPLE!!! THE 13 FAMILIES OF THE ILLUMINATTI WITH ROTHSCHILDS AS THE LORD MAYOR OVER ALL AS A PROXY TO THE DEVIL HIMSELF RUNS THE VATICAN AND THE CITY STATE OF LONDON AND DC UNDER DEVIL LAW LEX FORRE! CITY OF THE EMPIRE OR RING OF POWER ARE MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT THE FACTS OTHER THEN THE NEW AGE STUFF! I EAT THE MEAT AND SPIT OUT THE BONES DO YOU KNOW THE 5 ARMS OF THE ROTHSCHILDS ARE AT THIS TIME AND FOR 200 YEARS BEEN THE RULERS OF THE EARTH AND REALLY ARE COPABLE FOR EVERY WAR FROM THE FRENCH AND AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND ALL SINCE WITH OUT THE FED RESERVE ACT THERE WAS NO WAY TO DRAW MONEY FROM THE PEOPLE SO ITS NOT EVER BEEN ABOUT MONEY NOT SINCE THEY STARTED TO PRINT IT ,GOLDS A BUBBLE AND YOU PROBABLY THINK IM CRACY BECAUSE THE 911 AND DEVIL THING! SO WHATEVER DUDE I AM SITTING PRETTY READY FOR WHATEVER WITH A GARDEN A VIEW AND A GREAT FAMILY WITH THE STREET EDUCATION IN THE WOODS OF AK BACK YARD IS 2 MILLION ACRES AND NO GRASS TO CUT JUST SMOKE SO FK OFF BLOAK
Cool it Mr. CAPS
your shouting is really making you lose credibility (as well as your theories of evil conspiracy).
hhhhhhhuuuuuuuu
CREDIBILITY WHO SAID I CARE? EVIL IS ATRICKPLAY AND I AINT FALLIN FOR IT JESUS RULES
Credibility is important
Credibility is important when dealing with other people. There is some truth to things you posted but when we go off the edge into conspiracy theory (not that "conspiracy theory" is bad, but going over the edge can be), and do it with a poor presentation of ourselves, it hurts the cause more than it helps. Think of it as walking into work at an office dressed in wrinkled smelly cloths with holes in them. You could be the best worker there, with all the answers to all of the problems, and you would never get the respect needed to get people to listen. What's more, if you were saying something that your ignorant coworkers already thought was nuts, you would be reinforcing their beliefs of the ideas, making it harder to "convert" them later on.
DID ANYONE CATCH THE PART ABOUT BEING WEARY OF ANYONE WANTING A
GOLD STANDARD BECAUSE ROTHSCHILDS OWN 2/3 OF THE GOLD ALREADY!!! i HAVE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE TO WATCH THIS AND OTHERS LIKE IT FOR ALONG TIME THANK GOODNESS SOMEONE ELSE POSTED IT BECAUSE I AM A TRUTHER AND WE DONT GET ANY RESPECT WE ARE KOOKS AND CRAZIES BUT I CANT TELL YOU THAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT ALL OF THIS BECAUSE OF 911
AND THE ROTHSCHILD WERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT ALSO
FOLLOW THE MONEY AND THE ROTHSCHILDS ARE UNDER EVERY ROCK!!! IM CRAZY BUT YET YOU LOSERS THINK WE ARE STUPID ,THIS IS WHY I NOLONGER CARE ABOUT YOU PEOPLE(RP PEOPLE)AND SEE YOU AS AGENTS I MEAN A GUY WONT EVEN LOOK AT THE PROOF ???DROP DEAD DISINFO AGENTS THE TRUTH CANNOT BE BROKEN NOW OR EVER 911 WILL COME OUT AND THEN ALL YOU PEOPLE WILL SAY YOU WERE TRUTHERS WHEN IN FACT YOU HELPED SUPPRESS THE TRUTH BUY RIDICULING US NOT EVEN LOOKING INTO 1000'S OF HOURS OF RESEARCH,I DONT KNOW WHAT DID HAPPEN BUT I KNOW WHAT DIDNT .ANYONE THAT HELPED COVER IT UP IS AN ACSESSERY AFTER THE FACT AND FULLY COMPLICENT IN THE CONSPIRACY ,HINT QUE BONO=
WHO HAD THE MOST TO GAIN ??GWB/DC LARRY S,BUZZY KRONGAURD ON AND ON
Remember the Alamo
The TTC has got to be stopped now !! I know Texans will fight. The battle ground is in Texas. Go to the rally in Austin April 5th. Get this stopped !!!!
Anyone read G. Edward
Anyone read G. Edward Griffin's essay on this film?
Just reading it now...starts off very hard-hitting
They are excellent productions with a great deal of history and professionally created images. They tell the story of our debauched monetary system based on fractional-reserve banking. There is just one problem. They offer a false solution – which is to say they offer no solution at all. The alleged solution is that we abandon our present fiat money system and adopt another one similar to it. Yes, they actually advocate FIAT money! The proposal is that we should take the power to create money-out-of-nothing away from big, bad bankers and turn it over to nice, trustworthy politicians.
Ouch for you Bill...
Link to Eddie's critique
FOR MORE INFORMATION>>>>
Go to http://del.icio.us/
search "easyhistory"
search all my saved bookmarks - its have stuff on propaganda, the CIA and petrodollar recycling, alot. Videos and reads
So no central money issuance
So the return of money to the people would be, no central money issuance and currency competition.
Wouldn't that be a bartering system?
Davy C Rockett
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If you seek the truth you MUST study history
I don't care what the GD video "advocates." The people who produced it did an effective job of researching, which is how truth is found.
We live in a world of controlled information and rewritten history. For this reason anyone who wants to know the truth must watch this video.
Dr. Paul is not on this thread to represent and back his potential approach, thus, saying he "thinks" this is or that is a waste of time.
In a general sense I have learned this from watching him in interviews.
-Dr. Paul is in favor of ending laws that protect the fed's monopoly on the issuance of currency.
-In other words, he has remarked to Cavuto that he is in favor of "competing currencies." This would be in line with his view on free markets. The market will decide on which currency is king and not Ron Paul, not the government or a video producer. I agree with this basic principle as a metals backed currency is still fraught with issues such as liquidity.
-A key aspect of this discussion is war. All currencies are destroyed by war spending. All governments fall to their creditors as a result of war debts. If you paid attention to the video that is what you learned. A war requires the central government to spend masses of money it does not have to field an army and kill as many 19 year old boys and innocent civilians as it can. All of our current issues with the dollar have to do with debt and war spending. We are ruled by madmen and this has been in place since ancient Rome.
-The video also teaches you that the bankers quickly learned that they could make masses of money on war. Ten minutes of the presentation dwells on the Rothschilds bragging about the obscene profits they made in a few years of war. So you think this technique would be abandoned after Napoleon? You think these f^%ing people are stupid?
-The issuance of currency and the control of the banking system is the seat of power over mankind. You can make it as complex as you want. It doesn't make any difference, it is how you control the world. Without control of the banking system you do not have control of the world. Get on board and figure out a small group of men control the world and have for a long GD time. They have a time tested technique to maintaining this control. Control the GD bank. To establish the banks control of a nation start a f%$ing war and get the nation to borrow money to fight it. Voila! The bank owns the nation.
-As learned in history with the tally stick and the colonial scrip you discover that money is merely an "agreed upon token." We have been brainwashed that gold and silver are the only stores of value. Wrong. In prison, cigarettes a a fantastically successful medium of exchange.
-In a drought water has value and in the dark ages salt was used in trade.
-We agree upon a paper token and once we do this it is established. The issuance of new tokens is managed in some way and it would work. The only way it wouldn't work would be if there was a war. The only way to prevent war is to take control of the world away from the handful of scum that starts them.
Not that complicated really. I'm sure Mises can kick my ass in a debate except, he does not want it to be simple. He needs it to take volumes as all great intellectuals do.
You establish the rule of peace on planet Earth. You agree on a paper token and trade with it. My customers pay me with the token, I pay my suppliers and the taxes with the token and all is well. It takes control of the currency OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE MAD MEN WHO WANT POWER and gives to us folks who want to live and raise our kids and run our businesses. I need some guy from Austria to tell me that?
A Simple Solution
Gold and Silver only have value because governments historically demanded their own gold/silver coins as a payment for taxes. Just as Lincoln accepted only his own greenbacks from men who wanted to avoid military service. That's why greenbacks had value.
Why does it take volumes to explain how currency works? Good question. My website proposes a currency based on one hour of community service. It's the only way to destroy the Fed.
http://www.geocities.com/...
Actually, the only way to destroy the FED
is to make fractional reserve banking illegal. I don't care if we use dogsh*t as currency, as long as interest cannot be charged on it.
That was the point of my thread that was flagged!
You wrote:
Ten minutes of the presentation dwells on the Rothschilds bragging about the obscene profits they made in a few years of war. So you think this technique would be abandoned after Napoleon? You think these f^%ing people are stupid?
-The issuance of currency and the control of the banking system is the seat of power over mankind. You can make it as complex as you want. It doesn't make any difference, it is how you control the world. Without control of the banking system you do not have control of the world. Get on board and figure out a small group of men control the world and have for a long GD time. They have a time tested technique to maintaining this control. Control the GD bank. To establish the banks control of a nation start a f%$ing war and get the nation to borrow money to fight it. Voila! The bank owns the nation.
LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT MONEY REALLY IS.
The very popular story of money goes something like people used to barter , but it was inconvenient, therefore, money was eventually invented . I think this story is totally bogus and it is extremely misleading.
I think that the origin of money was born when humans first learned to store food (if not even before). I think that by the time humans have had learned to store food, humans had been living together for quite sometime, and a group had dominant members who likely became in charge of the stored food. Then, I think that the dominant members made some vague promises to the rest of the group that the food would be shared later. These vague promises, in my opinion, were the origin of money. Then, most likely, ordinary members of the group, later, negotiated how much food they should get. This, I think, was the origin of market.
Eventually, humans evolved and I think that the vague promises were replaced by pictures on a cave wall, sea shells, some metals, etc and these were money at one point or another in human history. Then, perhaps, hundreds of thousands of years later, humans had evolved to a point that individuals became capable of producing enough foods or goods, and humans bartered for the very first time, and it was rather inconvenient since we were already used to using money for, perhaps, hundreds of thousands of years before that.
In any case, I think that a couple of important things to realize here are that the sum total of the money represented the entire economy and the money that individuals held represented their shares of the economy. Also, people exchanged their shares of the economy with some goods or services. When people expanded the economy by producing some goods or services, the money supply was also expanded and some shares of the expanded money supply were rewarded to those who expanded the economy.
However, by far the most important thing to realize here, in my opinion, is that those who controlled the issuance of money had the power to control the entire economy and these dominant members also had the power to control the entire group. In other words, those who controlled the issuance of money also controlled the government.
Today, the time has passed, but I don’t think the rules have changed, at all. The total money supply represents the entire economy of a country and the money that individuals hold represents their shares of the economy. Individuals exchange their shares of the economy with some goods and services. Individuals who expand the economy are still rewarded by money and the money supply is expanded as the economy expands. Those who control the issuance of money still hold the power to control the entire economy, and they still control the government.
In this line of thinking, I think we should all realize that if a world currency was established, it would mean that those who would control the issuance of the world currency would control the entire world economy and the entire world government. It does not matter if the money was backed by gold or it is fiat. Who has the power to issue whose money is by far the most important issue. Whoever would control the issuance of the world currency would control the world. Establishing a world currency means establishing a world government, in my opinion.
Also, in this line of thinking, I think we should also realize that an attack on a currency really is an attack on a sovereign nation. Some people may point out that a world currency is more desirable to solve exchange rate problems. However, in this line of thinking, exchange rate problems caused by manipulations really are indications of attacks on sovereign nations. In other words, the problems are not in the monetary system, but the true nature of the problems is the nations are being attacked. Then, to say a world currency would solve exchange rate problems is equivalent of saying, “if sovereign nations surrendered, they would not be attacked anymore.”
I think that a world currency means the world conquest by collectivists.
I think that diversification of money issuing power is by far the most important issue because the issue of who has power to issue whose money really is the issue of who controls whom. I think that what money is made of, gold or fiat, is a much less important technical detail. Diversified money issuing powers should mean less government powers and more individual sovereignty. I think that individualists should not only prefer money issued by sovereign nations, but also consider a possibility of giving individual states the power to issue their own money. In other words, more diversified money issuing power and more individual sovereignty. Of course, there will be exchange rate problems, but the exchange rate problems caused by manipulations are not the problems of monetary system. Collectivists who desire to gain control over sovereign nations, states and individuals would attack their money. That is the problem. We should diagnose the problem correctly. In terms of the accuracy of representing an economy by money, a money supply that represents a smaller unit of economy should be more accurate.
Finally, I think we should definitely preserve our right to barter. The right to barter really means individual sovereignty, in my opinion. Barter, in my opinion, is a very new concept in the history of money. As we evolve from being collectivists to individualists, money issuing power should eventually, perhaps hundreds of years from now, be further diversified in to each individuals.
Let me know what you think.
SUMMARY: LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT MONEY REALLY IS.
The primary function of money has always been to control a population. However, to make the population accept the control by money, money must provide some benefits to the people. First, the total money supply should represent the entire economy. Second, money that individuals hold should represent their shares of the economy. In this way, money becomes a store of value. By exchanging their labor with shares of the productive economy, people can store the value of their labor. Third, money should provide a unit of value. In other words, money should enable the value of individual goods and service to be expressed in terms of shares of the economy. Finally, with these functions of money, money should facilitate trade of goods and services. But, let's not forget. The primary function of money to the issure of money has always been to control a population. This is why I think it is so important to take back the issuing power of money.
If Government issued money
wouldn't it be like the Colonial Script, with no interest, and bankers wouldn't be in control.
or is the answer, money or currency competition (no monopoly).
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I don't quite understand how
I don't quite understand how a gold standard would work given that gold may be monopolized with the central bankers.
On one side, a gold standard is used to create a limit to money creation. It ensures a fixed amount of money that is circulated. The other part of this, though, is the value of gold. If the value of gold is relatively stable, then the currency will be as well. But if the gold is truly in the hands of the bankers, then they would control the value of gold, and thus still control our currency.
You don't need a central bank
All you need is a reliable source for your money, so you can trust the coins do contain the right amount of gold or silver and that they will change your paper money into the certificated amount of gold or silver. The source needs not to be a central bank, it can be any institution and you may even use foreign currencie. The gold or silver Maria-Theresien Thaler of the old Austrian Monarchy was used in the balkan states up into the 20th century! And to the question of value: even a central bank cannot devalue gold or silver on the long run and most important: they cannot devalue it absolutely like they can with fiat money.
I just start to get more into the matter. I have still more questions then answers and I do not yet advocate a gold or silver-based currency. But I am sure of one thing: You don't need a central bank!
Dr. Paul heilte meine Apathie
I wasn't advocating central
I wasn't advocating central banking. Just that if they own the gold that they have much influence on its price. I am completely opposed to central banking as it stands today. But, the power to control the value of a commodity is in the hands of the owners of that commodity based on the principle of supply and demand. If they, the bankers, wish to tighten supply they can increase its value, or vice versa. That's my main concern with gold backed currency.
I suppose in an open currency market, if this was to happen than people would choose a different form of money, one that can't be manipulated. What that is, though, I have no idea.
I understand you are afraid
that some group or institution (like a central bank) may own so much of the gold that they can manipulate the price. This, I think, is really one problem of a gold backed currency, especially since not only on a national but als on a worldwide scale the ownership and supply of gold differs. I think, that's why you had a silver backed dollar. Silver as a natural ressource is easier to find in your country then gold, and gold was hoarded in Europe until World War I.
I also think the solution may be, to allow for "competing currencies", especially since money has different functions. To save value, people may turn to one or more commodity (be it gold, silver, salt, whatever) backed currencies and for buying and selling goods and services they may use some kind of fiat-backed money that can be supplied appropriate to the growth of the economy (may be on a regiona level).
Anyway, there are a lot of options as soon as the state-backed monopoly on money supply is overturned.
I find this discussion very interesting. In the US, thanks to Ron Paul and the obvious crisis of your fincial system, you are much more forward in this discussion then we are in Europe (though we will face this problem too).
Dr. Paul cured my apathy
If gold is open to manipulation by central banks...
then why not use something else as money? Why do so many people assume that it has to be a gold standard? :-)
I agree completely with RP on the issue of money. Government should have no involvement and individuals should be free to choose what they want to use.
See the link I posted below for RP's position.
" individuals should be free to choose what they want to use"
Yes, I like the idea.
The reasoning is that gold
The reasoning is that gold is a very stable commodity, thus would ensure a stable currency. I haven't heard many options for an alternative to gold for a backed currency.
I agree that people should be able to choose what they want to use as money. I actually am quasi-anarchistic in that I think that people can govern themselves for the most part. But I have heard Ron Paul a thousand times endorse a gold standard. Of course, maybe the central bankers don't truly own all the gold.
When Paul gold standard he actually is referring...
to free-market money. It is just intellectual sloppiness on his part. See the link I pasted in one of my other comments here.
Yeah, I checked it out right
Yeah, I checked it out right after I posted my reply. You are right.
First by Inflation, then by Deflation...THE ISSUING POWER
If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, 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
I agree that the key is who owns the issuing power. Who owns gold today? If the same people who own the Fed also own most of the gold, I wonder what good it does us to start a gold standard?
Also, I think that it's not a big deal, today, to say to abolish the Federal Reserve because the days of the Fed are numbered anyway because we are reaching the limit of debt creation, as far as I can see. No debt=No money. This system is near the end as far as I can see, so it's not a big deal to say abolish the Fed.
This film is worth watching.
Why do people use this Jefferson quote?
It is statist to the core--advocating giving a government control of the supply of money.
Think for yourself people...
In addition, our man RP (as well as any consistent libertarian) completely disagrees with Jefferson's bumbling on this issue. See here.
Paul holds just the opposite view of Jefferson.
A)He wants no government involvement and,
B) he is perfectly fine with money being issued by private banks.