Who can afford what the public Unions demand, nobody today! BTW, they have a great deal of their funds vested in private enterprise, ie the stock market!! If it weren't for corporations they'd have nothing but your tax dollar.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > While I agree that the economic systems need change what he is proposing is > unworkable. The same people who are in charge now beginning to print and mint > money will simply result in more theft and corruption. > > I hate to sound like a new age-er or God Forbid, some wall-eyed Marshy Effect > mush brain, but the only way for things to change is for the PEOPLE who run > things to change and that is unlikely to happen as those in power got there, > with all its wealth and perks by using the existing systems. They are not > going to dismantle the system that made them rich and powerful to begin with, > and no amount of Domes with sleeping sidhas are going to change the > politicians and Wall Street bankers awareness. > > I also dislike it when people try to shore up their ideas by playing fast and > loose with the historical record. The truth is the monetary systems of > ancient Rome were much more complex and changed from time to time according > to the needs of the rulers. Do a little research and you will see that his > portrayal of ancient Rome as a fine, moral upstanding monetary system that > served the people is at least too simplistic and in fact wrong. The monetary > system of those times allowed whoever could acquire the most money to by > power, influence and protection from the army, just like today. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Bhairitu <noozguru@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 12:45 PM > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Detroit Files for Bankruptcy > > > > Â > That's why we want "a government of the people and for the people" not > "a government for the corporations and by the corporations." The latter > is what is happening and is known as "Neo-Liberalsim" or "corporate > communism". The main thing I liked about his documentary was tracing > through history how the rich keep wanting to control the populace > through money starting with Rome as an example. You might want to > check out his web site and his forum where these things are discussed. > http://secretofoz.billstill.com/ > > What is money after all other than a way to do trade conveniently. If > we were doing barter then you run into a situation where Bill has > something you want but Bill doesn't want what you have in trade but he > wants what Jim has to trade and Jim wants what you have. Gets > complicated so instead we give credits in terms of money to make these > exchanges easier. That's all money is. It doesn't need to be a > representation of some rare precious metal. You need some official > organization to make sure that money isn't counterfeit and that a good > role for government when run by the people and not the rich. I got a > kick out of that former gold trader saying that at the end of the week > the people at the gold trading office still wanted to be paid in paper. > > Here's a video where the host interviews a woman, Susanne Posel, who is > exposing what the banks are up to stealing people's homes. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VPR37kY_UQ > > Posel's web site: > http://www.occupycorporatism.com/ > > The big anti Agenda 21 activist is Rosa Koire, a liberal from Sonoma > (where Willy wants to move). > http://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/ > > Personally I always thought that Agenda 21 looked like a "cluster fuck" > that happens when a committee puts outrageous things in a report to see > if the other members of their organization actually reads it. > Apparently some cities are taking it seriously. > > BTW, Shemp was quite a character. He was elsewhere on the Internet under > his real name especially stirring things up in the comments sections on > HuffPo. He had a web site as a "financial advisor" and it sounded like > right before he split from FFL his home was underwater which would not > be good if you are trying to sell "financial advice." > > Personally I always found posting limits silly and a sign that TM wasn't > working for some people if they couldn't handle the traffic on FFL. > There were just some people who Twitter would have been a better format > (and probably still so). ;-) > > On 07/18/2013 07:26 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: > > Its an interesting documentary with a major flaw - he seems to think the > > answer to all problems is for the US government to start issuing our own > > money again, but as he points out in the film, its not how much money there > > is but who controls it - if we were to switch to the system he proposes, > > who would be in charge of the mint and the printing press - Al Greenspan? > > Tim Geitner? That bastard Hank Paulson? Think they would do a more ethical > > job if they were printing the money instead of borrowing it? > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Bhairitu <noozguru@...> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 9:31 PM > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Detroit Files for Bankruptcy > > > > > > > > > > On 07/18/2013 05:06 PM, John wrote: > >> This is probably unavoidable given the problems that the city has had for > >> many years. On the other hand, home prices over there are probably really > >> cheap as compared to the rest of the country, if anyone is willing to > >> invest. > >> > >> http://news.yahoo.com/detroit-files-for-bankruptcy-protection-202227106.html > > Only the beginning and coming to a city near you. Oops, forgot Vallejo > > just a few miles from here declared bankruptcy and so did Stockton over > > in the valley. The banksters don't like the commoners to own > > property. That's why you are hearing people losing their homes that > > they've even paid off. Take a look at that documentary I linked to earlier: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swkq2E8mswI > > > > Or it's the karma of a country that bombed and invaded sovereign > > countries. Karma is a bitch. > > > > > > >