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A Brief Rumination on the Coming Cashless Society
Today, I hired an independent researcher to do some legal consulting for me. We agreed on a $100 "detainer". Since I began checking out of the system in 2009, and mainly to avoid any more contact with the IRS, I stopped doing business with all banks. I don't have any bank accounts of any kind, no credit cards, and I don't even have a debit card through services like PayPal because they're all tied in to the same corrupt banking system, and the IRS can (and most likely will) find you or at least your money by data mining your banking records. So to eliminate this attack vector I primarily operate with United States Notes (better known to the sheep as Federal Reserve Notes), i.e. cash. So to pay the detainer should have been a simple matter of running over and depositing a $100 note into my researcher's account at my local Chase Bank branch. Nope.
When I got there, the teller informed me that Chase does not accept cash deposits. The funds had to be in the form of a check or they could do a debit or an advance on a debit/credit card. I told her I thought that was a very silly policy and she gave me one of those, "Oh well, fuck you" smiles. This was actually in the news last year, and Chase's official policy is here. The reason they give for this is: "We’re trying to do more to combat money laundering and other criminal activities", which is banker euphemism for "We're slowly phasing out cash from society to make it easier to control and manipulate all of you serfs MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" I inquired if Chase would accept a post office money order, and she replied in the affirmative. Haha, bitch, the day is mine!
In the years since I went all cash, I've learned a few tricks and "backdoors" to still get paid for the particular expertise I dispense for money and to also pay for services where a check is required. Of course there are gift cards issued by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, etc., which act in most cases like normal credit cards. But in fact once you register the card you have opened a bank account with the issuing bank. The fact that you had to provide a Social Security Number to register the card should have clued you in (read the fine print on the bottom of the page here; note "Green Dot Bank ... Member FDIC"). You can use these cards for up to 2 weeks as a straight debit card without registering (at least that was the case when I experimented with a WalMart MoneyCard using the Green Dot Bank network). After that, you won't be able to use it until you register it (with a SSN) or else you can return it and have the balance refunded. If you are going to use a gift card, I suggest getting one of the above mentioned and using it up within the registration grace period, or get a speficially non-reloadable gift card (edit: which do not require registration with SSN) that expires once it's depleted (i.e. it's more like actual cash, and if you lose it, you lost it). However, unless I want to order something online or make a reservation that requires some sort of credit card, I prefer to stay away from the banks altogether and use US Postal Service Money Orders.
First of all, the post office has an interesting history in the United States, and although the modern United States Postal Service is officially "an independent establishment of the executive branch" (see 39 U.S.C. § 201) it actually rests in its own jurisdiction. I can't get into the intricacies of what this all means (primarily because I haven't researched it all out myself), but I do know that USPS Money Orders are not governed by the same laws that govern, say, national banks, or even money orders issued by independent operators. For example, I can walk into a post office and purchase a money order up to a denomination of $2,000.00 for a fee of $1.60 (or up to $500.00 for $1.25). I don't have to present anything other than the order and the cash. No ID is required. The clerk takes the money and your fee, makes up the money order, and hands it back to you, blank except for the imprinted amount. Whereas, if you were to purchase a money order from e.g. a grocery store, as of a few years ago you are now required to present ID, which is recorded in some fashion (to prevent fraud and thwart terrorism, of course). In other words, it's still tied in with the banking system, and subject to banking laws.
As mentioned, the USPS money order is blank and it's up to you to fill it out. If you want you can just leave it blank and hold it indefinitely as cash; when you want to spend it you fill it out to yourself and cash it. Or you can spend it as cash with anyone who will accept it (think precious metals dealers, people). You can fill it out, or just hand it to them and let them fill it out, and get any change coming back in cash. The best part is you don't need a bank account to cash them; you can simply go to any post office, present it for payment (with ID), and you get handed back a pile of notes and coins. Now, this isn't always fullproof: sometimes the teller doesn't have the cash at hand to cash out your entire money order if it's particularly large, so you will either have to go at the end of the day when their coffers are filled or find a post office that does more volume and therefore will have more cash on hand. It's a pain when they don't have enough money to cover the instrument; to me that's fraud, or more specifically check-kiting (try using the "Oh well, sorry!" excuse yourself when you bounce a check and see what happens). I've tried yelling at the staff and complaining to the Postmaster General, but there's really not much you can do other than sue in court...an interesting proposition, and one I would like to research some other time when I don't have so many fires already raging. At any rate, it's a reasonable trade-off for being free from the banksters and their shitty, almost arbitrary and capricious anonimity-assaulting rules. Also, there's never a fee to cash the money order, whereas most banks charge a $5-$10 fee for cashing a check drawn on the bank for non-account holders.
So continuing my saga, off I went to the post office to exchange the piece of paper I had in my pocket for another piece of paper that Chase bank would be happy to accept (after having to wait in line for half an hour; ironically I had a $900 money order waiting for me at my mail pick-up but I wasn't able to cash it on the spot because it was still too early in the day :\). I then went back over to Chase and handed them the money order, my anonimity and freedom preserved, and my researcher paid. My time wasted.
I wanted to write about this in the same way I wrote about the shantytowns popping up in Stockton, California. It's one thing to talk about it, and in the case of the looming cashless society, to piss and moan over it, but when it actually arrives in the form of a small incremental move like the above, and it confronts you, it is prudent to take heed. This is a harbinger of the cashless society that is slowly creeping over us. The clock is ticking. Take advantage of it while you can, because once it's gone, so is another aspect of our freedom. And unless an alternative currency not controlled by any particular government comes to the fore, or precious metals make a big comeback as currency, or barter returns to local communities as a big aspect of our local economies again, or perhaps some new currency spontaneously pops up in some part of the country or world that takes off organically, unless something replaces the relatively free currency we have presently, we will have lost forever a fundamental aspect of our freedom. If even our petit spending money on things like a quick snack at the gas station on the way home or an eighth of weed from your local dealer is controlled by international banksters, how free can you really be? If you don't have the credits to even pay for a drink because the government cut you off for not being patriotic enough--if you don't have the mark--what will you do?
I am Chumbawamba.
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Mish has several articles on bitgold. He promotes it b/c he thinks it a good investment and its owners ethical.
However, I don't know how you would translate it into cash without a bank account, and your bank account, even if it is with a credit union, has the problem of also 'agreeing' to all government rules as well, which may eventually be used to confiscate, criminalise, or track your investment. I may be misunderstanding how it works but I think to translate it into paper cash, you would need a bank account, and the same with bitcoin. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Since bitcoin IS cash (just digital) translating it into cash sounds cubersome. If you mean how to translate it into FRNs, you can just find a local dude willing to do the opposite trade on localbitcoins.com
I did mean that. Thanks for the correction; accuracy is important. Will look into localbits.com.
I commend the author for functioning outside the system, I do it as well as much as possible.
I am not young any moreand this invasion into our affairs and finances is scaring me, for a number of reasons. I don't trust government or law enforcement. I have personally observed why they cannot be trusted. They have the guns and jails.
Cherry, I appreciate your candor. What I will say is that we, collectively have more guns. If the SHTF, jails wouldn't matter. Government has never been on the side of the people. Our votes every two/four/six years are just symbolic of a perceived freedom. It is the banking cartels that rule the roost and they are not going anywhere. Good luck and God speed.
dg
Mucho Thanko Senior Chubs.
I suppose this is the place to remind everyone that silver [and gold] coins and rounds are excellent for anonymous barter (buying and selling).
I suppose this is also the place to repeat my experiment of ~4 years ago before I moved to the southern hemisphere. I ran an experiment to see how much of the goods, goodies and services I needed and wanted I could buy with silver [and sometimes gold] coins.
It was slow going at first. But as the days and weeks passed I convinced more and more individuals and stores to accept silver [and gold] coins. At stores and businesses, it was always necessary to have a conversation with the owner or general manager. If the store was important to me, I'd invite and treat them to a nice lunch where we could discuss the issue.
To make a long (6 month) story short, eventually I was able to pay for about 95% of my expenses with silver [and gold] coins. The easiest were individuals... like the home owners I rented from. The next easiest were small businesses where I could talk to the owner or operating manager. As it turns out, all natural food/grocery stores were quite cooperative and even supportive, both small local ones and also large chains. The most difficult were huge corporations, but eventually I convinced most of them.
And just to be clear, payment was based upon the price of the silver [or gold] coin on the day of the transaction, based upon the APMEX website. So I wasn't getting screwed (for example, getting the $50 face value for a gold buffalo or something like that).
PS: I also found people happy to give me cash or pay my bills with a check in exchange for silver [or gold] coins. But I don't count that in my calculation, only direct trade of silver [or gold] coins for goods, goodies or services I needed or wanted.
Incidentally, the hassle is only at the beginning. Once individuals and businesses agree to accept silver [and gold] coins, from then on, they accept it without thought, and tell their cashiers how to accept it (from me as well as anyone else who asks).
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I find it extremely odd that people stuggle so much to find some paper substitute for the banking system, when the solution is so obvious, and has been for thousands of years.
Good for you.
I see it working just like that for most all producers. Not just with the metals food,booze,fuel all should work fine.
That is a very instructive comment, honestann. Thanks for that.
It never occurred to me to attempt to pay in real money with local retailers, but based on the relationships I already have (I know all the managers at the local Grocery Outlet, for example) but that's because I've been waiting in vane for $70/ozt silver before I spend any of my horde (which I lost in a terrible boating accident, see http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/02/15618990-masked-men-hijack-11-million-in-gold-from-fishing-boat-in-curacao).
So I really like your model, but I could not in good conscience spend away any silver right now, certainly not at the market low.
Waiting...
-Chumblez.
Chum and honestann both:
I'd like your thoughts on www.bitgold.com as a potential alternative currency.
I'll give my stock answer here: if your gold is not in your (ideally secure) physical possession then you don't own gold, merely a tenuous claim on some (or none).
Ok, that's my modified stock answer.
I don't like any of these "digital gold" schemes. If I want to spend my gold I'll do it directly, not through an intermediary that holds it for me.
-Chumblez.
I agree. But if someone just can't stomach holding their own savings, I'd definitely prefer "digital gold" over "digital fiat debt".
I understand and agree. I was extremely lucky and fortunate. I performed that experiment roughly in early 2011 or thereabouts.
Then in mid-to-late 2011 luck struck me again as I liquidated about 95% of my savings (which was virtually all physical silver and gold) to pay for all the components of my self-sufficient digs in the southern hemisphere, which I have enjoyed ever since.
At that time, I had no freaking idea the predators-that-be would start a massive campaign to manipulate gold and silver downward for the following ~5 years and counting. In retrospect, given my understanding of the predators-that-be and fiat scams, perhaps we all should have expected this. But I didn't foresee the manipulation in PMs, so my timing was just very, very, extremely lucky.
At this point, the smartest move is "buy, hold, wait".
Thanks, Chumba, for the excellent read. I just wanted to chime in on Ann's comment per PMs: "buy, hold, wait."
I'm in a situation right now in which I have more silver than cash, and am buying a vehicle (got a great deal on a '93 chevy g-20 van, $1300). So, I guess I lucked out.
I'm not taking delivery until Dec. 20, so I offered the seller a downpayment in silver. Being that he turned out to be an intelligent sort, he took 10 oz. as money down, the rest to be in cash.
I contacted a friend who agree to lend me $700 in exchange for 5 10 oz. silver bars. The rest, I will pay in cash on hand.
My point is that if you don't want to part with your silver and/or gold, consider leasing it or using it as collateral. There are a variety of ways to do so, either, at current market rates, locked in, or with a measure of interest, or, with appreciable price (like that will ever happen) over time upon redemption.
I'm just buying mine back for cash, exactly what I was lent, no interest. That, above all, proves the vlaue of good friends.
Best wishes ot all for Happy Holidays and beyond.
Naw, you just lucked out at the cycle high. I'm waiting for the next one. Hopefully it won't be before too long.
-Chumblez.
amen to that
in tyler we trust
It seems so surreal to look out at the landscape we have always seen and yet realize that everything has changed-- and not for the better.
I often find myself questioning my own sanity. Is it me? Am I imagining all this? Am I missing out on something that everyone else is savoring? Oh lord, when will I know for sure?
Yet I always come back to the same conclusion, perhaps best summed up by this poem from Lieutenant Henry Lee, one of the lost defenders of Bataan...
I see no gleam of victory alluring
No chance of splendid booty or of gain
If I endure — I must go on enduring
And my reward for bearing pain — is pain
Yet, though the thrill, the zest, the hope are gone
Something within me keeps me fighting on
I have NO idea why anybody would downvote you. You are not alone - I'm with you.
NFP
And fuck you, NSA
Nope, this is it, your glorious future. Savor it.
-Chumblez.
I'm just about to the point of saying bring on ww3 and take my fucking chances.
Other thoughts, barter is overrated and can't be looked at like a future savior. You can use it for stuff, but you can't pay your mortgage or electric bill with it! It would be limited.
Also, 'the mark' talk is getting old. We're already marked. Birth certificates, social security numbers, DL's, etc. They just keep getting more advanced is all.
I downvoted you becaouse you are limiting yourself, if TSHTF, you don't have to give a shit about the mortgage or electric bill. You want WWIII asshole. Do you think the mortgage payments or electric bill will mean a shit? Really? You are not thinking it through. Barter will be fucking most everything. You won't have to worry about your electric bill after WW III because you will not have any electricity, much less mortgage banks.
Get a grip and think it through.
And so we are marked. WIll there be a government after WWIII that can follow up? NO.
And if they show up at my place, unlikely, they will die.
On your remark that comments about the "mark" are getting old, so what? I'm sure people said the same thing during the 120 years or so it took for Noah to build the ark, he warned them throughout the entire time. No, we aren't marked yet, it just seems that way. You see, people have to ask you to produce all of those said documents you mentioned. When the day comes that THEY NO LONGER HAVE TO ASK YOU TO PRODUCE THEM, that will be when you are truly marked. That is a huge difference.
Don't get a mortgage and make your own electricity if you need it.
Correct. We'll go back to the old way of buying houses with cash saved up over generations, with multiple generations of a family living in one house. In a way, that is already happening, with millenials moving back into their parents' houses--they may inherit these houses rather than buy their own.
And as for barter for electricity--it is definitely possible to barter for services. Some ways:
1) barter to get gasoline for your generator
2) barter to tap into your neighbor's solar panel setup
3) barter for your own solar panel setup
Of course, you're not going to get megawatts of electricity with barter alone, but with good planning and engineering, it should be possible to live well on very little electricity (especially if you move into a house that is designed to consume very little electricity).
Thanks for this. Also seeking a way to cease and desist from bank scrutiny. But the hurdles are placed high. And Postal orders will not work when it is legislated to declare all assets including family jewels, bullion and cash under your mattress. Bitcoin? Bankers and gov. will get that too.
Bitgold? OR the simple alternative that most people cannot take due to living in urban areas. Just be self sufficient. Stockpile items both food and hardware related. Have cans of paint, garden stuff, car related parts, dog/cat food, oil products for cars and tools. Have double what you need. Nails. sandpaper, nuts and bolts, sewing supplies, ropes, bungies, all manner of every damn thing you are going to need for many years out. Vacuum cleaner bags and belts...spare tires, towels, soap, batteries, twist ties, garbage bags.
May not happen in every bank but coming to a reality near you. PAY ATTENTION FOLKS. You are being contracted with quotes of X$/hour for your labour and now being corralled into an inability to control the fruits of YOUR labour.
About self-sufficiency WW. I've been way rural for over 40 years now (grew up rural, did the city for ~10 years, left), and it is harder than you think. My deal turned to (very) local self-sufficiency. Off the grid is relatively easy, solar panels on the roof, gravity water, largish garden and maybe a reasonable caliber gun or two for wild critters and home protection, but what about wildfires, if you are in the woods? You should be able to handle any fire on your homestead, but what about a big one coming in on you? And what happens if you fall of the roof and break something serious? I'm an ex-paramedic, but it can be hard to treat yoursef if you are really hurt. (Been there.)
I've basically spent a lot of the last 40 years trying to build a cohesive community that could be self-sufficient in the long run if TSHTF.
Don't know how well I have done, hope I never have to find out, but there is a good basis for self-sufficency locally.
Saw a so-called reality TV show about some of the way-the-fuck-out-there folks living off the land and their wits and 100 pounds of hardtack (more or less). Yeah, there are a (very) few individuals and families living like that, and the TV feeds the fantasies of thousands of city folks, but it is entertainment bullshit. First and obviously, this type of life is 100% dependent on a strong and healthy body. Break an arm or a leg - you are screwed. Get seriously ill, ditto. Plus, it can be boring, unlesss you really hate other people. There are very few people wired to live this way, or even want to. We tend to be social dudes and dudettes.
Bottom line, wherever you are: know your neighbors, make them freinds, educate them, if you want to survive.
Unless we are all fitted with electronic collars that maim or kill us when we engage in cash trades or barter then The dream of a cashless society is a pipe dream.
Even when I worked for the USSA corp. on a Navy ship I procured most supplies with a few cans of flat black spray paint. I had a locker full when everyone else couldn't requisition any. There will always be opportunities to trade in the black or grey markets. The Al CIA Duh (IS) depend on black markets. They just don't want competition.
Thanks,Mr. Chumba.
"what will you do?"
I aim to misbehave.
Misbehave meant get the word out to the people about how the government was screwing them over and trying to cover it up.
Very dangerous misbehaving - like Chumba's article here...
(Big kudos for the Serenity reference, XS.)
If "misbehave" means armed resistance, then I will be misbehaving as well.
Bitcoin is the spearhead in the war on cash.
Indeed. Of course I would expect an asshole like you to be so astute. Bravo.
I forgot to mention that I have successfully cashed checks in excess of $10,000 without providing the bank with a SSN. Not because I'm special, but because they cannot demand it by law. All they can require is "reasonable identification", which for most banks these days is usually two forms of current government identification. The reason? Your reporting to the IRS is voluntary, and it's only if you elect to tell them about your affairs that you have to. I once schooled a bank manager on this. Could have been a dick about it but I was happy to get my pile of brand spanking new $100 Benjis.
You gotta be informed and know your shit. The first thing you need to know about is the IRS Form W-8BEN. Study that, know what it means, but don't rely on the official IRS FAQ to tell you. You have a right to declare yourself to be foreign to the District of Columbia, because the state in which you live is a foreign nation--a nation in its own right (each state is a nation) foreign to the District of Columbia, which is not a state, but a district, the seat of federal government. It's appropriate to submit a W-8BEN when someone asks you for something like a W4. Now, you can submit it without writing in an SSN, or lining through it, but that in my opinion gets you more grief. What I did is make my own Substitute W-8BEN form, which is totally legit (see https://www.irs.gov/instructions/iw8/ch02.html#d0e564). My substitute form contains my name (the way I want to write it) and my address (the way I want to write it) and my status (individual) and that's it. No SSN. Just name, address, status. It also includes an IRS approved averment. Sign and date it, hand it over. If the recipient balks, tell them you can't give them legal advice because you're not their attorney and they should have their legal counsel review it as it's a perfectly acceptable document and the IRS explains it in detail on their website (see above). They cannot refuse it. It is not their place to do so. All they need is a piece of paper from you for the IRS. Once they've collected that, they've done their duty, and it's up to the IRS to decide if they think you're full of shit and are going to challenge your declaration.
Oh, look, I already uploaded a template to share with others, how fortuitous:
http://www.4shared.com/web/preview/pdf/JmjztJeFce
Don't just hand this out willy nilly unless you know what it means to NOT be a U.S. citizen. Ask.
-Chumblez.
Now the Irwin Schiff has died, I hear there's an empty cell with your name on it.
Oh its not empty. Filled immediately. Make enough laws and you can pick and choose who you want in there. For profit prisons need to maintain high occupancy for max utilization. Turns out that is a growth industry. Elegantly stalinesque
Now the Irwin Schiff has died, I hear there's an empty cell with your name on it.
Question, not a challenge, Chum. That form says you're affirming that you're not a Citizen or Resident of the U.S. for income tax purposes. Your comment about being foreign to the District of Columbia seems right up there with the claims that we don't have to pay income tax because there's no law that says we do, except that people who make that argument end up in prison. Assuming you were born in one of the 50 states, how is it you can legitimately affirm to not being a citizen or resident of the United States? This doens't *seem* like a trick...
Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizensof the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
A perfectly valid question, one that took me years to understand its answer.
It's all in the definitions, which are (purposely) convoluted.
There are three official definitions of the United States:
Read this:
http://deoxy.org/lib/3us.htm
And then this:
http://www.supremelaw.org/fedzone11/htm/chapter4.htm
Then come back with more questions.
-Chumblez.
Chumba, i have seen this before. You are misunderstanding something.
Youre linking to a statute. That statute is long. It has a definitions section.
I'm feel like its pointless you are so convinced - a corporation is nothing but a legal fiction granted and receiving rights from a sovereign.
Statute definitions saying us means ''a federal corporation" means a corporation the feds (so in theory the american people oen).
It does not not not mean that our country is a corporation or that the government is - an assertion which makes no sense. And no we are not still british.
Before you doubt me, why not email a few constituitional law professors or just a lawyer.
You are fundamentally misunderstanding why they will say 'united states' means'X'
- its so that within the long ass statute they dont have to keep specifying that 'united states' liability or whatever applies to a federal employee, the post office, or whatever.
I also fail to see why anyone misunderstanding the statutory rhetoric would believe that this is a deep difference making secret.
But fwiw ask around on the statute thing. Very common for contracts and statutes to set out definitions.
The us government like the british crown owns and controls corporations (legal entities granted rights and duties at law by the sovereign, state sovereign ir federal)
Alrifht that all. I did a year of law school once but went a different way.
Anyway....
I don't agree with your interpretation. All governments are corporations by definition. They are fictitious entities. The present US government was incorporated in the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871. All states, counties, and cities are also now incorporated. I doubt anyone who pays attention hasn't heard of the concept of an "unincorporated part of the county".
All states are now officially titled "State of...". So in California, when you contact the government you are dealing with the "State of California" (a corporation). Within California are some 52 counties. Each county is incorporated as "County of ...". Within each county are cities. Every city that is officially titled "City of ..." is a corporation.
It's all corporations. All government is corporations. And now all citizens are corporations as well. This has to be because fictions (corporations) can only act on other fictions. Hence, the Birth Certificate, to create a corporate fiction upon your birth that you then unwittingly act as for the rest of your life.
The rabbit hole is deep.
-Chumblez.
Johnny, thanks for bringing some debate to the table. You haven't been around here long but I always look forward to your comments. When you say "in theory the American people own", I think this may be the point that you are missing, although I am no expert and may be wrong. In theory owned by the people -- whose theory? And does contract law governing our business support this ownership theory?
I think you are correct that the country is not a corporation per se, but I believe there is a corporate government in place. The problem for most of us is avoiding fraudulent or undisclosed (adhesion) contracts. The fact that we are obliged by law to transact in FRNs, which are debt instruments issued by a corporation (the Federal Reserve), which the government is increasingly enforcing as digital and controlled by a few corporate entities (banks) that further limit our powers by their contracts, which they change frequently and unilaterally, means we are becoming locked into an economy that is run through contracts, the full terms of which are set by a few and are secretive. As one small example: the signature line on our cheques is actually legal language in very fine font, obscuring the words "authorised signature" -- 'authorised' by whom, for whom, and how many people even know that language is there? Why is an individual autograph line changed to an authorisation line anyway? Magnify the signature line on a cheque and you will see this. That small point is just to illustrate the lack of disclosure -- I still don't know if it means anything much, can't seem to verify EXACTLY what it means, and even that is a problem on a signed contract.
When I open a bank account, or use it to transact, I agree to abide by ALL the many and ever-changing financial statutes of both the government, an unequal contract. What happens to my bank account if I accidentally break one? (e.g., the 'structuring' rule) What happens if the government passes unjust banking laws? It is no longer a simple one-to-one entity relationship, but suddenly we are in a compliance relationship with huge institutions who change their terms AFTER signature, for their own reasons unrelated to my small business. A quote from a recent contract: "THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE, FROM TIME TO TIME IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION." (caps are theirs) I think it is impossible to miss the corporate power that has taken over our governments -- which are supposed to be about protecting borders and property, not influencing services -- via the banks, in the form of government-mandated service contracts. Then there is the birth certificate matter: what does registration of a birth certificate mean? Can anyone in authority (the government) tell me in plain, binding, and inclusive language? Why has the government mandated registration of births since the 1930s? Cambridge English Dictionary:a. To enter in an official register.b. To enroll officially or formally, especially in order to vote or attend classes. Who are these births registered to, and into what are we enrolling? An official list, of what, owned by whom, specifically for what? What exactly are we agreeing to when we sign, and why is a 'voluntary' registration enforced at hospital? (Try not signing, and they'll keep your baby.) Only definitions answer these questions.
The Federal Reserve is a private corporation, but it is mandated by the government to tax and the government enforces this with guns and emprisonment. As a private corporation, it is governed by contracts and has a tremendous effect on the economy; and enforcement is via contract too. So the definitions of these contracts are very meaningful, who owns what, because their many terms are enforced by guns and prison. That they are unilateral and changeable is very dangerous to the powerless party (the one who can't change the terms and must comply, 'voluntarily', unless one is able to subsist on the fringe economy that is NOT subject to government contract). ACA might be another example of this.
When people say they are still British, I think they mean that this network of banks is ultimately run by the City of London, by following up the definition of who owns what. I cannot say if that is true or not, but I can say that I have been made party to many service contracts that I have no interest or power in, simply because the government enforces a fiat issued by those banks, and in this way it has taken over most of our free-market economy. These service contracts supersede constitutional law, because as a party to a contract you are subject to its terms first, constitution second. (In signing a contract you voluntarily waive rights or redress you may otherwise have.) Do you think what I have said is correct or my questions on point? Is there a big picture I'm missing? Honest question because I am still seeking satisfactory and verified answers myself.
No followup questions. I read them, and some related resources, and my initial reaction is to appreciate why it would have taken you years to understand. Can't help but think that it's very remiscent of Peter Schiff's dad. He may have been "right," but he died in prison. All that said, I do wish you well and sincerely appreciate the references and recommendations.
The reason he was targeted is because he made himself a target. I'm doing similar here by even discussing this stuff, but as long as you don't put yourself out there as some public guru taking on the IRS then you're small potatoes. Peter Schiff went to jail because a) he didn't fully get the argument and b) he was too public in his crusade. The loose nail gets the hammer.
-Chumblez.
Peter Schiff didn't go to jail. His father, Irwin Schiff, did. You obviously don't know your Schiff.
Touche'. Yes, I meant the old man, Irwin, may he rest in peace.
-Chumblez.
Now, after all the years of flying under the radar I find that I want some slight credit exposure. Reason being that thus I am not a loose nail in need of hammering. Just another mostly unbanked (with an oddly excellent credit rating - little use but always on time). I figure that my tiny, mostly invisible decades will go "poof" in the face of more tasty morsels, when the big confiscation/reorg comes.
But I have never thought otherwise.
Somewhere in the future, I do believe, one should have the option of using the system for one's own devices - however minimally.
Fantastic piece, btw. Wonderful to see this kind of work on ZH. More please.
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And as fas as the averment goes, it's harmless. I vetted it. Read it yourself. But you have to know the language.
United States - what is that?
United States person - what is that?
citizen or resident of the United States as determined for U.S. federal tax purposes - what is that?
All these terms have meanings. The meanings do not include most people. There's a trick. It's called language. It's called definition. It's called conditioning. It's called government (govern = to control / ment = mind). Drop all pretense and read those words as if you are coming across them for the first time. Look for their definitions.
A United States citizen is one who either resides in the District of Columbia or claims to be a non-resident citizen of the District of Columbia. Me, for the purposes of the IRS, in their lingo, I am a non-resident (live in California) alien (I am a citizen of California), without the jurisdiction of the United States and therefore not a taxable entity. You can declare yourself to be a citizen of the United States if you want, and pay the tax voluntarily. It's up to you.
-Chumblez.