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Originally posted by praxis
Originally posted by allclear
The PTB are not stupid folks. They know not to rock the boat such that revolutions break out across the world. They WILL maintain the status quo which consists of you continuing to pay more and more to the government so that the rich and elitists of the world maintain their status.
At one time, Louis XVI probably thought the same thing. The great unwashed masses disagreed and removed his head. Elegant solution to a 'taxing' problem.
Originally posted by DaddyBare
Stockpiling gold isn't going to do them one little bit of good if we have a total global melt down. you can't eat or drink gold.Staples like flour sugar and salt would be worth more gold than you could carry! Seed and a plot of ground to grow on is where the real wealth will be then... Let the Germans hoard their gold, Me I'm already halfway through building the green house for a few winter veggies.
If they get hungry later... sorry gold is useless to me... lets talk about trading in chickens...
[edit on 7-9-2009 by DaddyBare]
UN Says New Currency Is Needed to Fix Broken ‘Confidence Game’
Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar’s role in international trade should be reduced by establishing a new currency to protect emerging markets from the “confidence game” of financial speculation, the United Nations said.
UN countries should agree on the creation of a global reserve bank to issue the currency and to monitor the national exchange rates of its members, the Geneva-based UN Conference on Trade and Development said today in a report.
Originally posted by Psychoses
Let us subject the entire planetary economy to the same legal counterfeiting system that ruined the United States?