In Nothing We Trust: Part 3/5

by | Dec 21, 2008 | 6 comments

Part three in the on-going saga of posting a paper no one wants to read.

PART THREE: THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM – THE MAGICAL MONEY MAKING MACHINE

“The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by
those who are not behind the scenes.”   – Benjamin Disraeli, English Statesman 1844.

In the preceding pages, a quick sojourn through time has shown the many seemingly innocuous and worthless items that have been used as money.  We have also taken a brief jaunt alongside the continued attempts to build a centralized banking regime in America and the subsequent fall of each. In this section, that basic framework becomes the context with which the merits of the Federal Reserve System are called into question. The question was posed in the opening paragraphs of whether or not there should be an all-mighty arbiter that controls the creation and flow of money. That is precisely what the Federal Reserve is.

Llewellyn Rockwell, Dean of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, has a less flattering view: “It’s no different from a burglar in your home wanting to steal your money – that’s what the Federal Reserve does. It depreciates your savings, it takes away your economic security and it ought to be treated as an institution that does that rather than something of alleged benefit.”

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Money vs. Obedience

by | Dec 21, 2008 | 24 comments

Edward BurkeAs you know if you’ve been reading this website for a while, the men and women calling themselves the “City of Keene” attacked me and my family because my tenants had a couch in their yard. I offered to move the couch if the complaining party (who was later revealed to be a city bureaucrat) would just come and talk to me like an adult, she refused, the government people continued to prosecute, and I continued to refuse to obey to see how far they would push it. It all culminated in their courtroom with me being thrown in jail on a sentence of 93 days – three days for the couch and 90 days on three charges of “contempt of court”. After a weekend in jail, I asked “Justice” Burke for mercy and was released with the stipulation that even though I had spent three days in jail I still somehow owe the $120 fine, or alternatively 10 hours of “community service”. Neither option was particularly attractive to me in that I’m certainly not interested in giving my money to the “STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE” and also do not have time for volunteering at the moment, so I made them a final offer. This was my opportunity to test how greedy the government people truly are. (more…)

Liberty Activists Call WKBK’s “Talkback” 2008-12-20

by | Dec 21, 2008 | 5 comments

Radio TowerLiberty activists called WKBK’s Talkback on Saturday and discussed education funding, power company monopoly, deregulation, and the real parasite.

The unfortunate fact is, the authoritarians are still the bulk of call load on this show. We could really use your help! Please join us in calling the program with a pro-liberty viewpoint. Get details and discuss on this Free Keene forum thread.

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