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"How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver!" - Proverbs 16:16
"Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud." - Proverbs 16:19
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When you fully understand the boast made by Amschel and its significance,
you will begin to see the world from a different perspective, granting you a rare glimpse.
Your Financial Education Has Begun!
How to learn from this website:
- Start on this page, reading top to bottom, consuming video and external links as published, as you would a book.
- Read the definitions at the external links for a contextual insight into the subject and various meanings of words.
- Consume the message with an objective point of view and consider there are more than two sides to a story.
- Ask questions when confused or lost or if you desire to challenge the validity of a source, theory or controversy.
Some interesting quotes from some influential people regarding money, economics and politics:
"The government should create, issue, and circulate all the currency and credits needed to satisfy the spending power of the government and the buying power of consumers. By adoption of these principles, the taxpayers will be saved immense sums of interest. Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity."
-- Abraham Lincoln
"Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take away from them the power to create money and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create money."
-- Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, Director Bank of England
"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."
-- Henry Ford
Recent Historical Relevance of Money's Attributes and 'Lawful Mutation'
Throughout history, money has come in various shapes, sizes and forms. Depending on the era, region and economy, sea shells, beads, grain and wooden sticks have been used as money.
Money has a simple definition, yet it is the understanding of what and how it is / comes into existence is a major issue ( ignorance ).
The following is the Constitutional definition of money conceived and mutually agreed upon to be used in the U.S. of A since the writing of the Constitution.
Article. II. Section. 10. Clause 1:
"No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility." - Source
Looking at the specific line with definitions from Article. II:
The words "make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts" describe the characteristics of what the 'money' in circulation is to have. What has occurred in empires past has occurred today with the tolerance of a fiat currency with the risk of greed and mismanagement.
But, the description found on the money we use today says this: "this Note is Legal Tender for all Debts, public and private."
Legal Tender, Constitutionally, is supposed to be in the form of gold or silver coin or something of nominal and stable value.
Can you identify the Constitutional Legal Tender and what is counterfeit ( or not Constitutionally lawful money ) below?
Click on the images for a closer look and to read what they say ( the paper currencies ).
Over time, what money was agreed to be ( whether by private individuals or decreed by government ) has changed. When the money is honest and equitable for everyone involved, it works and all things are fair. When its volume and management can be manipulated, trust and equity breaks down and master / slave or king / serf relationships arise.
Historically speaking, this is why Napoleon mustered the support of the military and beheaded the king of France, because the king began to print money ( fiat ) to fund his purchases and when that money infiltrated the commoner's fixed supply, the money they were holding became worth-less, and every purchasable item and service became more expensive ( the definition of inflation ).
The Secret of Oz is a comprehensive and exhaustive historical documentary by Bill Still.
Bill Still is an author who has researched what money is and isn't and showcases a clear perspective of the world's illusions with money. Watch this for the ultimate Money 101 lesson. The answer to many fiscal dilemmas is found herein.
Bill Still is an author who has researched what money is and isn't and showcases a clear perspective of the world's illusions with money. Watch this for the ultimate Money 101 lesson. The answer to many fiscal dilemmas is found herein.
The Lord detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please Him. Proverbs 20:23
After viewing The Secret of Oz, you'll know why I included the above bible reference.
The informative production found below will give you a peek into the how this system of passing the debt on to others is a system of debt-service, which is actually paying tribute ( by definition ). In the video, you will see the consequence of using / borrowing debt money and how this debt is now the tool used for conquest and enslavement ( today's modern form of colonization and slavery ). The documentary also clearly points the finger at who is perpetuating this method of modern-day slavery ( economic slavery ), but you don't have to take my word for it. Allow this award-winning reporter and documentary film-maker best explain this stark reality.
