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Originally posted by charles1952
It just dawned on me, I have no idea what you are talking about. What, in America, is slavery? Say they made me lose my home, then I'm homeless, not a slave. Say television is full of lies, I turn it off and I am not a slave. Say they drain my bank account, then I'm poor, not a slave. Say I'm kidnapped and thrown in a camp, then I'm a prisoner, not a slave. Say they kill me, then I'm a corpse, not a slave.
What is this slavery we are supposed to be avoiding? And how?
Originally posted by charles1952
It just dawned on me, I have no idea what you are talking about. What, in America, is slavery? Say they made me lose my home, then I'm homeless, not a slave. Say television is full of lies, I turn it off and I am not a slave. Say they drain my bank account, then I'm poor, not a slave. Say I'm kidnapped and thrown in a camp, then I'm a prisoner, not a slave. Say they kill me, then I'm a corpse, not a slave.
What is this slavery we are supposed to be avoiding? And how?
Originally posted by charles1952
Say I'm kidnapped and thrown in a camp, then I'm a prisoner, not a slave. Say they kill me, then I'm a corpse, not a slave.
Originally posted by jiggerj
Originally posted by charles1952
It just dawned on me, I have no idea what you are talking about. What, in America, is slavery? Say they made me lose my home, then I'm homeless, not a slave. Say television is full of lies, I turn it off and I am not a slave. Say they drain my bank account, then I'm poor, not a slave. Say I'm kidnapped and thrown in a camp, then I'm a prisoner, not a slave. Say they kill me, then I'm a corpse, not a slave.
What is this slavery we are supposed to be avoiding? And how?
When you have no food and tptb offer you food for work (just food), you will do it. Slave!
Me? I'm not that easy. It'll cost em' a cigarette too!
Originally posted by daaskapital
Originally posted by jiggerj
Originally posted by charles1952
It just dawned on me, I have no idea what you are talking about. What, in America, is slavery? Say they made me lose my home, then I'm homeless, not a slave. Say television is full of lies, I turn it off and I am not a slave. Say they drain my bank account, then I'm poor, not a slave. Say I'm kidnapped and thrown in a camp, then I'm a prisoner, not a slave. Say they kill me, then I'm a corpse, not a slave.
What is this slavery we are supposed to be avoiding? And how?
When you have no food and tptb offer you food for work (just food), you will do it. Slave!
Me? I'm not that easy. It'll cost em' a cigarette too!
Try hard
If someone is starving and is deprived of food and other substances then anyone will do it, even you!
Originally posted by jiggerj
Originally posted by daaskapital
Originally posted by jiggerj
Originally posted by charles1952
It just dawned on me, I have no idea what you are talking about. What, in America, is slavery? Say they made me lose my home, then I'm homeless, not a slave. Say television is full of lies, I turn it off and I am not a slave. Say they drain my bank account, then I'm poor, not a slave. Say I'm kidnapped and thrown in a camp, then I'm a prisoner, not a slave. Say they kill me, then I'm a corpse, not a slave.
What is this slavery we are supposed to be avoiding? And how?
When you have no food and tptb offer you food for work (just food), you will do it. Slave!
Me? I'm not that easy. It'll cost em' a cigarette too!
Try hard
If someone is starving and is deprived of food and other substances then anyone will do it, even you!
Yup. That was my point with the cigarette. Keep me in smokes and food, shelter, shower, and a bed...that's all I really need at this point in my life.
An attorney named Jerome Daly was a defendant in a civil case in Credit River Township, Scott County, Minnesota, heard on December 9, 1968.
Daly based his defense on the argument that the bank had not actually loaned him any money but had simply created credit on its books. Daly argued that the bank had thus not given him anything of value and was not entitled to the property that secured the loan.
The jury and the justice of the peace, Martin V. Mahoney, agreed with this argument. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant, and the Justice of the Peace declared that the mortgage was “null and void” and that the bank was not entitled to possession of the property. The Justice admitted in his order that his decision might run counter to provisions in the Minnesota Constitution and some Minnesota statutes, but contended that such provisions were “repugnant” to the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights in the Minnesota Constitution.
Official Summary
National Emergency Employment Defense Act of 2011 - Replaces Federal Reserve notes with United States Money. Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to originate United States Money to address any negative fund balances resulting from a shortfall in available government receipts to fund government appropriations. Subjects to criminal and civil penalties any person who creates or originates United States Money by lending against deposits through "fractional reserve banking." Prohibits borrowing by the Secretary or by any federal agency or department, independent establishment of the executive branch, or any other instrumentality of the United States (other than a national bank, federal savings association, or federal credit union) from any source other than the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to begin to retire all outstanding instruments of U.S. indebtedness by payment in full of the amount legally due the bearer in United States Money. Prescribes requirements for the entry of United States Money into circulation. Directs the Secretary to purchase all net assets in the Federal Reserve System, including the Federal reserve banks. Requires return to any member bank in the form of United States Money of any reserves held by any Federal reserve bank. Establishes: (1) the Monetary Authority to establish monetary supply policy and monitor the nation's monetary status, (2) the Bureau of the Federal Reserve to administer the origination and entry into circulation of United States Money, (3) the Emergency Board to recommend to Congress when a national emergency requires the President to issue a certification of emergency for the exercise of authority by the Monetary Authority as lender of last resort, and (4) a revolving loan fund in the Treasury for relending to banking institutions. Sets forth a conversion process to replace fractional reserve banking with the lending of United States Money. Sets a ceiling on interest rates. Requires the Monetary Authority to instruct the Secretary to disperse monetary grants to states for public infrastructure, education, health care and rehabilitation, pensions, and paying for unfunded federal mandates.Directs the Secretary to make recommendations to Congress for payment of a tax-free Citizens Dividend to all U.S. citizens residing in the United States in order to provide liquidity to the banking system at the commencement of this Act, before governmental infrastructure expenditures have had a chance to work into circulation. Prescribes requirements for federal funding of education programs, coverage of any deficits in Social Security Trust Fund account, a universal health care plan, resolution of aspects of the mortgage crisis, and a program of interest-free lending of United States Money to state and local governmental entities.