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The War on Cash

Posted by LibertyPen 3 days, 5 hours ago to Politics
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  • Posted by mccannon01 3 days ago
    Well said, LibertyPen. I adhere to cash transactions whenever possible, but I have to admit most of my wealth is in digital form already. IRAs and bank accounts are all cyber-stuff until I go to the bank and get cash. The house I live in was paid off years ago, but it still belongs to the government allowing me to use it as long as I pay the "royal rent", nowadays called property and school tax. Cash is the last thing left for convenient bartering. One big electro-magnetic pulse and all the cyber stuff goes away.
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  • Posted by Commander 2 days, 22 hours ago
    I paid for a service that accepted silver today.
    I bought at around $23 spot a couple years ago.
    $60 in quarters left my hand today at $38.52 spot.
    A good deal to get the receiver started in metals and maybe other commodities in the future.
    It's all education.
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    • Posted by tutor-turtle 2 days, 5 hours ago
      We need to (must) pressure all the states to allow direct purchase and redemption of gold/silver.

      I think there are five or six states already on board.
      My state, New Hampshire, has voted it down two years in-a-row, but it's up again this year.
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    • Posted by CaptainKirk 2 days, 5 hours ago
      Yeah, I feel ya. I start as an education.
      And boy do you get one. When I first bout Silver, the fee was about $3-5/oz. And I did not realize I would pay that fee in both directions.
      Imagine paying $15/oz + $5/oz = $20/oz.

      And when it its $30/oz you get hit with a $7 or $10oz fee, and find out a doubling of price paid the dealer and not you.

      So, I refuse to sell. And the fees keep going up. Also, in many cases, you cannot buy near spot and certain cannot sell there (because they just change the fees).

      On the other hand. It's a real asset. SO I have no problem holding it.

      Also, now I understand why my buddy sold me his at market price years ago ($36/oz, he felt it was going to drop, I Figured I would save the premium, he would save the discount).

      I am finally green on that transaction, but NOT BY ENOUGH to sell it, though... LOL.

      Again, nor do I want to. Leaving it to my family.
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      • Posted by Commander 1 day, 22 hours ago
        I only deal with 7 or 9% buyers premium. No seller premium. I only buy minimum of $300 face or 400oz at a time. I get the 7% rate on purchase.
        Wis ended sales tax of 7.5% about 2 years ago.

        A couple years ago I handled 1/4 mill pickup and delivery for a friend as I was in an area where sales tax was not collected. That may have made an interesting traffic stop.
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  • Posted by tutor-turtle 2 days, 5 hours ago
    Digital transactions are how you get tracked.
    If you don't want the Deep Swamp, Big Brother, NWO, Suck-A-Bucks following your every purchase, use cash at every opportunity.

    Watch any old movie going back 50 years, they tracked the subject by their credit card purchases.
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    • Posted by CaptainKirk 1 day, 22 hours ago
      My buddy is working with police on the LPRs (License Plate Readers). In fact, he is giving me a couple to test with.

      I want our HOA to install them on all ingress/egress out of our neighborhood.
      We get these "groups" of people who are dropped off on one side and walk through stealing whatever they can out of cars. And meeting up with the car on the other end, and driving away.
      In the cover of night. I have 4 cameras. I caught poor quality images.

      We are now adding a WiFi auto-detect, and looking into a Cellular detector (fake connection to a tower). So every phone that passes by can be tracked, linked to a photo if walking, a LPN if driving, and sent up to a server.

      My goal is to identify and coordinate these break-ins with enough details that we can finally nail these groups.

      personally, my cars are parked in the garage. Always will be. I Told the wife. If the cars stop fitting in the garage. We get rid of a car, and it starts with hers, and I won't let her use mine!

      Amazing how empty/clean the garage is after 30 years!!!
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  • Posted by CaptainKirk 2 days, 5 hours ago
    When were growing up in the 1980s, we called $20 bills "Yuppie Food Stamps"

    Now it feels like a $100 bill is a food stamp.

    every time I go shopping for food it's like $200

    CRAZY.

    While I am all in on Crypto. I mean the kind that is NOT CONTROLLED like CBDCs. or the kind that cannot be restricted, which I fear the USDC and USDT will be. So they will function LIKE a CBDC in the end.

    I am not for that.

    I am for a form of cash, that we can transact in WITHOUT the government or bank involvement.

    It has risks, to be sure.

    But banks create money out of thin air.
    That's not right, considering how hard we have to work to earn money!
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    • Posted by Commander 1 day, 22 hours ago
      Bitcoin and other crypto are "Cryptonite" to the present banking system.
      Are you familiar with the term Allodial? These are allodial monies; you/we own them.
      I've secured enough physical commodities, now I'm moving toward crypto currency. Maybe a little late in the "game", but worthwhile pursuing, and as an investor in a server farm with a guy I know from years ago.
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      • Posted by CaptainKirk 1 day, 22 hours ago
        Exactly. 99% of the people here cannot see it.
        I want my "Wealth" to be held in a form that cannot be taken from me, and cannot be devalued by criminal bankers.

        Allodial Title... Just looked it up.
        Yeah, this is important.
        Dr. Martenson recently had a guy on from Texas. They are suing because they found the counties are BANKRUPT, and adjust the valuations of the homes to raise the tax revenue to cover the payments. They literally have caught them doing this, and then telling the adjusters how much things need to go up to support the #s they need.

        We should NEVER pay tax on unearned asset inflation. (If I should pay an annual property tax, it must be charged against ONLY the purchase price). THIS fixes homestead exemptions, etc. etc.

        Glad you got it. You are still early.
        Just figure out where to store you keys.
        AND WHERE NOT TO! LOL (Found a lady whose cleaning lady apparently found her backup printout, took a photo. And right after she was gone to the wind, this lady finds she has ZERO BTC)... Store things safely.
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        • Posted by Commander 1 day, 20 hours ago
          Can you provide me a link to Martenson? I need to look up case file and cross with WI law. I know I can file allodial on my land. My land is now unencumbered ..... no "consideration" owed. I must go through the records since Louisiana Purchase to show provenance. There are then Declarations, if made properly are not rebuttable. That which is not or cannot be rebutted in commerce stands as the truth or law. This is a maxim still observed, even by the corporate courts.

          We're in the same book .... different pages ... kindasorta .....

          Finally, in the context of property tax. Capital gains are not pre-taxable. Homestead Land is an investment. Ergo .... Also, School Boards initiate levies through bonds. There are supposedly people finding that these bonds have never been cured. A lot to unravel right now, but the rate of awareness and actions is increasing daily.
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          • Posted by CaptainKirk 1 day, 20 hours ago
            PeakProsperity.com
            But you can find him on YT.
            Here is the public side of that interview.
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4ryT...
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            • Posted by Commander 1 day, 18 hours ago
              I'm settling into home after 2-1/2 years of being on the road every other week.
              I've already gained infamy with the school board by challenging them under Fed and State law felonious activity. Now I have the time to get into their knickers on this bonding issue. I haven't had so much fun since mom cut holes in my pockets.
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              • Posted by CaptainKirk 1 day, 17 hours ago
                Nice. (and lol with the pockets).
                You will be a great addition to comprehend the criminality and fraud these counties have perpetrated. DeSantis found that a lot of these counties/cities have been DONATING their money to LIBERAL causes.
                FWIW, this is why he is threatening the Property Tax. It goes to the county, not to the state!

                It's like people might be waking up!
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                • Posted by Commander 1 day, 15 hours ago
                  So, let's step back just a little bit. The vast majority of the elected populous is not qualified to make any real financial decisions. They are taught, as they conscientiously take office, this is the way we've done it .... ad infinitum. They are comfortable within their respective "congregation". Remember Shakespeare; The Ghost of Christmas Present:

                  "They are Man's," said the Spirit, looking down upon them. "And they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased. Deny it!" cried the Spirit, stretching out its hand towards the city. "Slander those who tell it ye! Admit it for your factious purposes, and make it worse! And bide the end!"

                  And so, is the ignorance malignant or malicious? There is malice within a few. The majority need to see the error of their belief and have an equitable opportunity to correct the behavior. But I pull no punches when I illustrate what penalties may be imposed. My County Board and School Board are not bonded. Their estates are at risk for malfeasance.
                  Self interest governs everything.
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                  • Posted by CaptainKirk 1 day, 7 hours ago
                    I suppose I could be considered "More Aware" than most (because I see the "meta" of the game while watching the game).
                    I watched as Prayer was removed from school.
                    As spanking/discipline was banned.
                    As vocational schools shut down, shop classes removed. (Anything that taught ACTUAL Skills) was removed. [High Schools had Night School for Adults to learn typing, operating an adding machine. I know I was a student who helped teach Word Processing when it first became available on TRS-80s (Trash-80s)]

                    As I progressed through school, behind me the students were setup to fail as curriculums were watered down. (Comp Sci. We wrote our own Compiler, Our Own Assembler. Future classes would learn that they could be written, but leave it for the experts, only theory covered). Literally the 1-5 years behind me. I was an undergrad Representative on the "board" for those decisions, and I fought them.

                    Their answer: "We cannot fill the classes for Computer Science. it's one of the hardest degrees. If we don't do this we will have to close the program down, or literally join another department!"

                    Back in the day, it was part of the Math/Physics Departments. It spun out of there.

                    And then I watched all manner of "Man on the street" interviews, where everyone was dumber than a box of rocks. AND I REALIZED. They are NORMALIZING Stupidity, by making morons ACCEPT that "Nobody can name the first 3 presidents of the USA, or 5 countries, or the number of continents".

                    Our high school also had a "Store" run by the students. You learned how to run a store. Take inventory. Set Prices, buy supplies/inventory. Haggle/Negotiate. In Real-Time (we wrote the software they would use for Inventory Management until the program ended and a "vendor" took over).

                    And I watch it continue. Everyone is focusing on the Naughty Books/Horrendous Topics in school. But not why Common Core should be banned (or taken over by Government, and handed to someone like MUSK). Instead Gates is busy dumbing people down, making sure WINDOWS is the O/S in every school.
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                    • Posted by Commander 1 day, 1 hour ago
                      I watched my dad struggle with the schooling system for 37 years as an "educator".
                      John Gatto (I know I have the reference correct .... LOL) wrote Dumbing Us Down in 1995, subtitled, The Hidden Curriculum In Compulsory Education. Everything about the present social decay is related to learning.
                      My dad would speak, sometimes, in the progressive lingo of the day, but actions were always classic Liberal (definitely not Liberal in the present context).

                      In keeping with this posting, Pop did not understand monies or their origins. And then I dropped Creature From Jekyll on him. I have his copy with notes, cross-reference, bookmarks and his lived insights. After the first reading he stared at me for a few moments, took a deep breath .... "now, regarding chapter ...." and away we went. He was not afraid of dispelling belief. There was no social or financial stake at risk. The present School Board members are 6 to 1 vocational school teachers/admin. Determining what they know of this financial world will determine malignancy or malice. The vid you presented is one of the paths to look at the actual cases being processed and the relevance under my State as well as Fed law.
                      I also have input of three former board members and five from my County Board that are open to sharing/learning.
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                  • Posted by mccannon01 1 day, 9 hours ago
                    Not to be picky, but it was Dickens, not Shakespeare, who wrote "A Christmas Carol" with the three ghosts. My favorite movie of it was the George C. Scott rendition with his famous voice growling out, "Mr. Cratchet!"
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                    • Posted by Commander 1 day, 3 hours ago
                      I can't believe I misquoted so poorly. I sure hope I don;t cross Marx and Rand like that in the future.
                      Thank you for bringing this to attention.
                      My preference was 1951 with Alastair Sim, though really bias toward black and white format.
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                      • Posted by mccannon01 23 hours, 46 minutes ago
                        I know you know your stuff, Commander, but for the life of me I don't understand why folks (including me) suffer some rather funny brain slips. I couldn't help pointing this out.

                        I will have to look for the Alistair Sim version as I have a love for the old time B&W movies. Hard to pick a favorite. Maybe "Dr. Strangelove" ranks pretty high along with "Casablanca" or a good ol' time western.
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                        • Posted by Commander 17 hours, 26 minutes ago
                          I've taken a serious look and some tentative actions toward Parts-heimer's.
                          Free recall has been suffering for a few years ... pre-60. Methylene Blue seems to sharpen memory, yet I had onset of muscle stiffness after two weeks. Let it run for four weeks and discontinued two weeks ago. Muscles relaxed and memory .... damn, back to basics.... and then, it could be distractions of all the materials I'm reading.
                          Have taken on jurisdictional research of all branches of the military. Read entire USMCA Treaty of 2020, as it pertains to jurisdictions. Canon Law, half way through, also pertains to origins of law and jurisdiction. Aaaaand I'm getting ready to market a repair for heavy trailer axles, continental first, then international.

                          This is retirement. I challenge all 20 to 30 y/o to train for the occasion.
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                          • Posted by CaptainKirk 3 hours, 37 minutes ago
                            Hey, I hope you are not on a statin.
                            If so, read up on statin induced "temporary" dementia. YES, removing the statin, after a while, the brains start working again.
                            Side note: Current Alzheimer's rates have a STRONG Correlation to the explosion of Statin Rx writing. (Yes corr. is not causation).

                            But when they can repeat the studies easily.
                            Take people off, dementia clearly reduces.
                            Put them back on, it comes back.
                            That's starting to look like causation.
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                            • Posted by Commander 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
                              No allopathic pharma here.
                              Within the consortium we have 35 years each allopathic/homeopathic husband/wife team. They are strongly connected to physicians and nurses that are of our mindset. A text or call gets me answers within 48 hours if it is pressing.
                              Eastern Wis. is a living cornucopia of natural medicines. The fruits and fungi available are extraordinary. Yesterday was the first batch of Apricots for juice and jam. Peaches and sometimes Nectarines are available home grown. We have the most profuse growth of Elderberry and Aronia I have ever heard of. These are loaded with Quercetin and C .... best extracted with shine ..... local pharmacy ... kindasorta ..... Good BP meds.
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                          • Posted by mccannon01 9 hours, 24 minutes ago
                            Sounds like tough reading to say the least. I don't know if I could read legal documents without my brain shutting down. I've tried to read the "I Agree" or "I Accept" documents from various companies and just end up flipping pages to see how long they are. My recent brain food habit, which I do like, is to try to solve YouTube math problems in my head before watching the video. I do fairly well most of the time. Some are really tricky.

                            Edit add: I do read legal documents that pertain to me. For example, as a process controls programmer contractor (now retired), I read carefully any contract before signing on to the job. One document had a hidden clause that anything I invented (essentially for the rest of my life) belonged to them. I refused to come on board until that was removed. They did remove it.
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