A new "TOOL" that works GREAT!!! X2
Posted July 21st, 2008 by takeaction
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As I have been waking people up about Ron Paul, I have come up with an amazing little "GEM" or "TOOL" that works 100% of the time in converting the average "Joe" to the Ron Paul way of thinking. It is so simple, yet so complex...but works. It really makes people think.
We all run into people everyday, and talk to people everyday, and I will bet that if you start talking about Politics, Economy, or Elections, most of the people you talk to get that "Glossy eyed" bored look in their eye because they just can't comprehend or understand what you are talking about.
Here is the trick to get them interested and intrigued.
Find a 1964 or prior dime, and keep it in a safe place in your wallet. When you start talking about the economy, or about Ron Paul, just pull out the dime along with a $1 bill.
Tell the person this.... while holding both up.
"Can I ask you a simple question?"
"I have a dime and a dollar here. Which one would you rather have?" (Don't mention it is a silver dime)
They will always choose the dollar, and at that point you say.....
"Why would you choose the lesser of the 2"?
They will be baffled.....then you say....
"This dime is worth $1.50, and you chose the $1.00 bill"?
Then you explain that the dime is 90% (Pre 1964) silver and has the buying power of $1.50.
With this visual.....the average person "GETS IT".
After the person understands that....then I do this...
I pull out of my wallet a pre-1964 quarter and say....
"This is a 1964 quarter. In 1964 this quarter bought a gallon of gas. Today, this same quarter will also buy a gallon of gas because it is worth close to $4 because of its silver content. When gas is $8 a gallon, this same quarter will buy a gallon of gas again."
Then you can take it from there. This is a very simple way to guide a conversation about how our money is no longer backed by anything, and the gov't just keeps printing it, and thus causing inflation.
In closing a conversation like this.....I always say this....
Gas is going up right? They will say "YES".
Food is going up right? They will say "YES"
All prices are going up right? They will say "Yeah"
Then you say....."No, the prices are not going up, it is the dollar that is going down in value, because they are printing so many!"
I hope this little bit of info helps. It sure works good for me when dealing with somebody that does not get it.
Tell me some of your stories on how you make a "SHEEP" get it fast without losing them.
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Since seeing this post I have used this several times and it really works! In line at convenience /grocery store...then I get the whole line listening and they say "wow thanks for the education!" It works! It works! try it!
Pe 1968 or 1964?
In Peter Schiff's book, "Crash Proof: How to Profit from the Coming Economic Collapse" he says it's a good idea to hold on to pennies and nickels minted before 1982, since the metal they are made of is worth more than their monetary value, and to hold on to quarters and dimes minted before 1968, since they are made of silver. In this article, it says the quarters and dimes minted before 1964 are silver. Which date is correct: 1968, or 1964? I've looked, but I can't seem to find much info on the internet. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
I use a 1964 quarter and
I use a 1964 quarter and dime.
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It made me feel good to see Mike put this on the front page. And it made me smile with all of your comments.
After reading all of the posts...I understand that I was not 100% accurate in the conversion rates...but you get the point I was making.
Every time I do this to somebody....It gets them thinking. Visuals always work to help convert people to the way of the JEDI (Ron Paul) .
Ron Paul is the "FORCE" in my life.
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Great one! I'm actually
Great one! I'm actually going to copy/paste/e-mail everyone on my list this concept!
Did you think of this one by yourself? Genius, pure genius!
-Rob
I did think of this
myself....and use it every day...but it stems from the "GOLD STORY".
Anybody that has invested in gold, knows this story.....and I just adapted it so you didn't have to carry an ounce of gold with you worth $1000.
The gold story is this....
In ancient Rome, a single one-ounce gold coin could buy a quality toga, a pair of sandals, and a belt. Today, the same is true: a single one-ounce gold coin is about $950, enough to buy a good quality suit, shoes, and a belt.
This will always remain true...
Damn G, that's phat!
U da bomb!
(sorry, I'm goofy tired)
I love it, thanks!
P.S. Can I borrow your dime, and quarter? :)
The battle today is not between conservatives and liberals or Republicans and Democrats. It is a battle between Americans and globalists. ~ Chuck Baldwin
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For about $5 Federal Reserve Notes you can LOL!!!!!
Good post
We can all buy old coins from the local coin dealers and in doing so we will have the current available price and they can also tell us the current price of silver coins if minted today.
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I think this is a great Idea!
Why not create a software application: The patriot vote test or something like that
Scenario:
User gets a set of questions: An image with the silver dime and the dollar, he has to pick up one, the one he thinks has the most value, if he answers correctly he gets points and an explication like above.
At the end of the test, he will get a score, may be he can win a RP t-shirt, book, .... or just a smile :)
If we can get a set of great informative questions, I will code it, I can create the application in a very short time ;)
we can have a thread dedicated to this set of questions?
I don't know, it's just an idea
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That is a great
idea...wish I was a programmer.
Have the site come up and ask the questions in the main post...linked to current spot on silver.
Or show what a Silver quarter will by
so many options!! Great Idea
ThePatriotTest.com
looks available
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As of Today
The silver Dime is $1.41
The quarter to buy is $3.52
from here
http://www.apmex.com/Prod...
excellent idea and great
excellent idea and great right-up. A great way to demonstrate what is happening to the average individual!
I like this idea.
This is a smooth little tactic to introduce the concept of fiat currency to the bewildered herd. So simple even an American high school graduate can understand it.
It reminds me of the dirty 5 penny joke told for decades by the 90+ year old owner of Marie's Riptide Lounge in Chicago:
She puts a penny on the bar and asks:
Smell anything?
-"Scent," she says.
(she adds another penny)
See any fruit here?
-"a pair," she says
(adds another penny)
See any snakes here?
-"Three copperheads," she says.
(adds another penny)
See any cars here?
- "Four Lincolns" she replies.
(adds another penny)
See any [substitute slang word for female genitalia] here?
-"And you won't, not for five cents."
It works every time after 3AM and a few beers.
Actually...
Actually, prices are going up. It is cost that is staying the same.
The biggest roadblock a lot of people have is differentiating between cost and price.
Good post, not new but still
Good post, not new but still great idea. if you want to take it a step further in educating folks check out this post: http://www.dailypaul.com/...
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Went at lunch today and
Went at lunch today and bought a 64' dime and quarter. Great idea! Plus, you can take them anywhere...they fit nicely in the pocketwatch pocket in most pants :D
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I have an oddity...
I have a silver certificate 1 dollar bill from the Kennedy years. Anyone know the actual value of that today?
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Sam,
I haven't been able to find a $1 sillver certificate dated after 1957, although I know there were $2 and $5 certificates after that.....they were outlawed altogether after JFK's death.....they are worth more than face value, but not by much.....except in mint condition....this site seems to have the best info on the certificates...
http://www.wscoin.com/ind...
Silver coin values
Silver Coin Value Snapshot
with price of silver @18.37 ....
Coin Oz. of Silver Value of Silver
(1942-1945) Silver War Nickel 0.0563 $1.03
(1916-1945) Mercury Dime 0.0723 $1.33
(1946-1964) Roosevelt Dime 0.0723 $1.33
(1932-1964) Washington Quarter 0.1808 $3.32
(1916-1947) Liberty Half Dollar 0.3617 $6.64
(1948-1963) Franklin Half Dollar 0.3617 $6.64
(1964) Kennedy Half Dollar 0.3617 $6.64
(1965-1970) Kennedy Half Dollar 0.1479 $2.72
(1878-1921) Morgan Dollar 0.7735 $14.21
(1921-1935) Peace Dollar 0.7735 $14.21
(1971-1976) Eisenhower Dollar 0.3162 $5.81
check with this site for current prices...
http://www.meltvalue.silv...
your local coin shop is a good source of information as well as the coins themselves....the best prices available over the years has been from here..
www.tulving.com/
excellent examples
excellent examples.....
glad I have been saving 1964 and earlier coins for 20 years!
*in 1964 they switched all coins to cheaper materials.
*claps* Bravo, bravo :D
*claps*
Bravo, bravo :D
Where can I get some of those Dimes and Quarters?
I love this idea. Simple enough even for my 13 year-old brother and maybe even a 33 year-old executive :)
We'll see.
Any help on where I can get those dimes and Quarters would be great!
Yours in Health and Freedom
Where you get the dimes and quarters
I have been using this example verbally for some time. Using a visual prop is a great idea (Ishould have thought of it myself).
You can buy this kind of "junk silver", as they call it, at most coin shops. You will pay a premium, typically 5%, on purchase, but not when you sell it back to the coin shop. Ask the dealer what he charges. If he charges more, or wants to charge on both buying and selling, go find another one.
I would urge everyone to buy as much of this junk silver as you can afford and stash it away at home someplace.
At $18/ounce silver (this mornings spot price), a "roosevelt" dime is valued at just over $1.30. I've been adjusting my example depending on the current prices, for example, a gallon of milk, a gallon of gas, a loaf of bread, etc. To illustrate, as I recall in the late fifties, a loaf of bread was 2 dimes (still is), a Pepsi was 6 cents, etc
brilliant
thanks for sharing that!
Hi see-thru I didn't know
Hi see-thru I didn't know you frequented this joint. I would buy you a drink but they don't have a bar
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Everybody needs to see this.
Well done!
Be careful
we need to be careful not to overstate things or else we will appear "crazy", and lose our credibility!
A pre 1964 quarter is worth around $3.30 when meted down and sold on the spot price of silver and nickel. Thats at least $1 under the price of a gallon of gas, or 23% under (using $4.30 a gallon). This is a great example but you will be more credible if you use real numbers to make your point. I believe in 1964 a gallon of gas was around $0.20-$0.23, 5-8% under the value of the quarter( now gas is over the value of the quarter). Thats a decent swing up the the price of gas beyond the depreciation in the buying power of the dollar.
Supply and demand has driven the price of oil and gas up; although a weak dollar is responsible for a very great deal of the price change, which your example points out very clearly. I have found that when I try and open the eyes of my friends with skewed facts they tend to be turned off very quickly when they check my facts and find my numbers to be off; even off by a little bit! Just my thoughts!
Gas
I remember gas being $0.16 a gallon in the 60's where I lived in Ky as a kid. By the time I got old enough to drive in the 70's, gas had gone up to about $0.45-$0.55 a gallon. Back then I could take 20 bucks, fill up my truck, go out to eat and go to a movie on Friday night and had money left over. I can't ever recall any lines to get gas where I lived back then. It was pretty much of a rural area back then too. If you made $120-$150 a week, you had a pretty good job. You need about $1000-$1500 a week net now to be considered a good job. I wonder if we were to go back to the gold and silver standard if our pay would have to be adjusted for that?
I would say your accuracy be
I would say your accuracy be saved for those that are detailed oriented. The average Joe would not care about your above stated details. However you're correct with pointing out that having those details would be useful. One can make statements that in 1964 this quarter paid for a gallon of gas and today it would just about do the same. It would open the dialog for those who want more detail and not be "sensational" for those who don't
amazing amazing amazing!
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Great Idea!
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KISS
This falls into the perfect KISS principle which is most effective with the zombie nation of MSM watchers. Keep It Simple Stupid. Tell them this is the number one reason to support Ron Paul. His completely dominant understanding of our monetary system and solutions to fix it.
I love it
Now I just hafta go find me some old coins... or, at least one! :-)
I'd been thinking just in the past few days that it would be interesting to offer my rental tenants the option of paying in silver. They probably wouldn't, at first, and maybe never, but over time as the "dollar" rent went up and the silver rent stayed about the same, the light might gradually begin to dawn for them. Problem is, it would take years -- or at least months -- for that to really have an impact. Your method removes the time factor. Very nice!
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This is brilliant
i totally agree, i've been using this angle of attack (for lack of better phrase) as well and it always works.
the media tells everyone that there's a credit crunch, mortgage bubble, bad investments etc - they're all true but they all stem from the fact that we have a system built on fake money!
Excellent!!
Seeing is believing. Way to go, Takeaction!
Very innovative conversion tool!!
Excellent story. Keep up the good fight!
What a great idea
It's the perfect example!
3 silver dimes....
I don't remember which one,but one of the speakers at the Capitol last week gave a similar analogy:
He said when he was young,he'd roll into the gas station and give the attendant three SILVER dimes for a gallon of gas : 30 cents. Today we pay $4.25 a gallon,but the difference is the currency. If you melt down the 3 silver dimes and cash in the silver,he estimated you'd get....$4.25 of Federal Reserve overinflated money...a gallon of gas.
Good idea!
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That is a great idea
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It is great to see your enthusiasm, keep posting, positive energy creates positive energy. I can see you are still holding on to the fire, that is what this is all about. Keep up the great work.
I'll second that
Just don't mix up your junk silver with the other coins in your wallet -- d'oh!!
That
is why I hide them in a little place in my wallet....so I don't lose them. LOL
This is a great tool to wake people up!
I have been using this and works great with just about anyone..especially at the stores..then you can lead into the fed peinting money out of thin air etc,,
Bumping for good response with the general public!