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2nd Smartest Guy in the World's avatar

Typos (mostly) edited.

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Arcanus Aethereal's avatar

Reposted. He'll get the message.

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Viking's avatar

And go back to Gold backed dollars 💸

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Kurt Taylor's avatar

My fear is that Fort Knox is an empty shell! Maybe that’s why foreign banks are shipping gold to the U.S.? Perhaps they see the writing on the way. Something big is about to happen. Martin Armstrong’s prediction model shows 2025 as a pivotal year and it’s never been wrong.

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Just Comment's avatar

Why would it encourage foreign banks to ship their gold to the US ?

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IMO's avatar

Truth, but the enemy will go scorched earth before they let that happen

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Bassehound's avatar

Big Tech “Far-Right” Billionaires want to Eliminate Politicians and “Democracy” as They Believe They can Run the World Better by Themselves

https://healthimpactnews.com/2024/big-tech-far-right-billionaires-want-to-eliminate-politicians-and-democracy-as-they-believe-they-can-run-the-world-better-by-themselves/

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Commoncents's avatar

They can, but the bar is set kind of low.

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Bassehound's avatar

Bar is low, but the process is being done now.

The history we are living.

10 Feb 2025

Vote conservative, get technocrat

https://open.substack.com/pub/thinkingcoalition/p/vote-conservative-get-technocrat?r=k6gro&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

A conversation about monarchy - by Curtis Yarvin

https://graymirror.substack.com/p/a-conversation-about-monarchy

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Dee's avatar

End this corruption and replace it with a very intrusive AI.

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Paul  Barbara's avatar

I strongly suspect AI is Satanic. And the Devil is the 'Prince of this world ' (that is not a suspicion, but Jesus' words).

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Bassehound's avatar

07 Feb 2025

Reach of Musk, DOGE’s federal data access sets off privacy, security alarms | Biometric Update

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202502/reach-of-musk-doges-federal-data-access-sets-off-privacy-security-alarms

10 Feb 2025

Trump deregulation is re-shaping the future of biometric surveillance in policing | Biometric Update

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202502/trump-deregulation-is-re-shaping-the-future-of-biometric-surveillance-in-policing

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John Oliver's avatar

I’ve met Ron several times in and around Galveston county when he was our representative in congress. He was always very clear about our liberty and support less restrictive government. Here is a gentleman that puts rights of freedom in first place. I can only hope he could become the chairman.

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The Macro Explorer's avatar

Ron Paul is 89 years old and (seemingly) had a stroke in 2020 on his broadcast.

We need fresher blood to carry his torch now, and for years to come.

Put him in as a high-level consultant instead. His time to lead the Fed (and end it) has passed.

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2nd Smartest Guy in the World's avatar

He still seems pretty sharp, and it would be all about what kind of team he puts together to do the grunt work on his behalf.

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The Macro Explorer's avatar

My point still stands though. He can do all of that while in a high-level consultancy position. And if he passes in, say, 2026 (reminder that he'll be 90 years old) the core team can carry on. The continuity of the team stays relatively intact, instead of losing much of its direction via the leader's departure. Same happens in ad hoc business groups setup to tackle problems.

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dude 01's avatar

Don’t forget, his son, Rand, seems to have proudly followed in his Dad’s footsteps. Rand is young, and intelligent. He’s an alumnus of ‘Paul’ University. In a time of controversial, medical “crises” like what we are experiencing with covid, bird flu, monkey pox, etc, the fact that both of the Paul’s are MD’s is an added asset.

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The Macro Explorer's avatar

He's not as charismatic as his dad unfortunately. I agree with his positions largely though.

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Kalinda's avatar

What does it say when we think 62 years old is young..... :)

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Monica's avatar

There are speculations Trump might introduce a parallel system of constitutional money. Let's remember, when Nixon went off gold in 1971, he specified "temporarily".

Basically, we are still in that "temporarily" phase

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Janet's avatar

Saw an image this morning the last 2 presidents who tried to end the fed were Lincoln and JFK. What happened to them?

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Stacy's avatar

I think the Federal Reserve was spawned in 1913, but you’re on the right track.

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Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

Absolutely, THOSE two criminal orgs. need to be ended for good. They go hand in hand with enslaving Americans. If there is to be a new Golden Age for America they MUST be abolished.

I do think this has been one of Trump's goals from the very beginning, but he knew it would take time and clever maneuvering to reach that end. It is happening.

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nancy roberts's avatar

Not my own thoughts, but a good summation!

"This is certainly the biggest Superbowl game. The Patriots against the Stealers."

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Roman S Shapoval's avatar

Then who replaces it? Will cash then be replaced by digital stablecoins pumped out by Musk and his cronies?

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shibumi's avatar

There are several states that don't have state taxes, and they survive because it comes from other means.

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Renee Marie's avatar

States must stop taking Federal funds to be truly free.

The government should be seen, not heard. CONgress should meet once a year.

It never ends…

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Sid's avatar
Feb 12Edited

The way it is if you take the average of tax revenues vs borrowing as cash inflows it is 79% of cash inflows is taxes and 21% of inflows is "borrowing". The peak borrowing was in 2009 where 55% of federal cash inflows was borrowing was after the 2008 "financial crisis" , while in the early 2000s borrowing were near zero.

Either way it is a tax, borrowing is a hidden tax as are tariffs as the result is increasing the cash supply diluting the US dollar and reducing its buying power and driving inflation as has been the case since 1933.

However, a privately owned entity should never. be in control of borrowing and should be controlled by we the people and the elected government. Ideally the department of the Treasury and not "Musk and his cronies" or any other private group.

As DOGE unearths trillions (!) in fraud and corruption, the privacy destroying and intrusive IRS could concievably be replaced by "borrowing" only as a cash inflow. Just like in business it is perfectly acceptable to borrow more if the cash borrowed is invested in accretive earnings activities.

For example economic unions with Greenland and Canada and Mexico that are mutually benenficial to all involved is an example of accretive investing. I do not advocate for violations of sovereignty (51st state etc) but for example having a single currency is an example of an approach that benefits all sides where a better currency for one side and better access to valuable resources to the other side.

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2nd Smartest Guy in the World's avatar

The current tax revenues and borrowing are predicated on Big Government which is nothing more than a giant grifting operation; therefore, when you shrink government such that it is only upholding the Constitution all of your cited %ages and data become instantly moot, and the small government requires absolutely no "income" taxes and radically less borrowing, at which point you can run the numbers and realize that the current model of thievery is unrelated to the requisite funding of a Constitutional Republic.

In terms of currency, a small government may only concern itself with the currency of its own nation, and not Mexico, Canada or any other sovereign.

As soon as the illegitimate Federal government is reigned in by 80%+, the need for "income" taxes disappears overnight, and budgets become easy to balance.

Of course, the Uniparty Marxists want gov to continue metastasizing, along with taxes and borrowing and debt....

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Bassehound's avatar

Definitely need a smaller government, but the current process appears a little too close to what Curtis Yarvin pushes. What is going on may be why Trump told Christians to get out and vote, won’t have to vote again, it will all be fixed.

Michael Anton who has a significant spot in the trump admin, both rounds appears to be fond of Yarvin’s ideals.

The history we are living.

10 Feb 2025

Vote conservative, get technocrat

https://open.substack.com/pub/thinkingcoalition/p/vote-conservative-get-technocrat?r=k6gro&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

A conversation about monarchy - by Curtis Yarvin

https://graymirror.substack.com/p/a-conversation-about-monarchy

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Stan's avatar

This would be the best two things that Trump and his administration could do, which is abolish the IRS and the Fed. Both of these entities are a direct and dire threat to the United States and our survival. That’s why we should expect that the “deep state“ will fight back viciously to prevent this from happening.

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Dean B's avatar

Ron Paul would make a great choice as Fed Chairman but it won't happen because the powers that should not be will not allow it. I saw a video a while back where he is holding a 1 Oz. solid Silver American Eagle citing it was sound money. He then talked about 90% silver coins which is half dollars, quarters, and dimes pre-1964 and he basically said what ever it would buy when it was minted that it would still do the same today. This was before Bidenomic's came to crush the middle class but I went and looked and he was right. In many cases depending on one's choices these coins still hold same purchasing power. Like a silver dime is worth $2.32 right now and one could buy a generic loaf of bread, like Kroger for the value of that dime. Here is chart with these coin values. I remember in the 1990's I could buy silver coins 4 times face and those days are gone. Gold has also went up ten fold it seems. https://www.coinflation.com/silver_coin_values.html

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Renee Marie's avatar

Great site!👍💜Thank you!

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Dean B's avatar

You are welcome. The prices show fluctuate with the movement in silver so it can go either way. All indicators are up, up, up!

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Renee Marie's avatar

I check Kitco daily!🌟

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Renee Marie's avatar

I’ve been very interested for a few years Dean!

I wish I had understood this when I was younger, I’m 61, going on 20 🤣🥳.

I find the subject absolutely amazing, and discovered it before being fired in 2021 for CONvid 🙃.

Have you seen any of Mark Dice’s clips? Hilarious!

https://youtu.be/GUHHKWqr-xU?si=Wk-ObWnv8lHfC6TM

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Dean B's avatar

I worked for TCF Bank and we had self service coin counters that would count the coins and the customers would bring the receipt to the teller. One man did this on an almost daily basis and unfortunately the machine was next to my department which was Mortgage Lending. I asked him why. He said he would buy pre-rolled halves from banks and credit unions and would go through them to pick out the silver halves. I said to him that would be like picking out a needle in the hay stack. He would do $500 a day and said every time he did this he would get a handful of silver halves and one time got lucky getting a full roll of 1964 Kennedy Halves that were BU. He said the coin shop he would sell them to would give him at least the melt and if it had any Numismatic value he would get that as well. He said he was retired and it gave him something to do. They were bought out by Huntington and the machines were removed. Now any financial institution that accepts loose coin often wants a fee, sometimes as much as 10%. I'm sure he stopped doing that. Dollar coins would not go through the machine and an older woman had 7 and showed them to me. I told her they were silver and worth way more. She said she didn't care. I grabbed those from the teller once she left. These were all pre 1900's.

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Renee Marie's avatar

I remember the story that if you buried 30 bucks of silver/gold a hundred years ago, and buried 30 bucks of fiat next to it, and dug it up today…😱🤯💰💵💸🤑

There’s THE STORY!

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Renee Marie's avatar

Awesome! 😎

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Laureen Mattick's avatar

How delightful to witness Ron Paul, a long time Champion for the American people, being embraced for his accumulated years of daring commitment and acumen regarding the truth of these diabolical corrupt systems. Systems that allowed those with select morals and ethics to brutalize those very people who performed the needed poorly paying jobs that would facilitate this continued lifestyle of disrespect for those who toiled all their lives in hopeless, abject poverty. No Way Out! Let’s remember the additional credit card interest rate for unpaid balances of approximately 30% compounded. The reason for this atrocious insult? You already understand.

Bring forth an honest, well developed and wise plan now, Ron Paul. Not as an aggressive take down of one class ‘against’ another. But rather a loving redistribution and fairness that allows all people the opportunity to succeed in their God given gifts to create lives well lived. AI will likely provide some of the tools for so doing. With great gratitude for your persistent efforts to ‘Change this World’.

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