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« Last post by Admin on December 29, 2018, 06:18:04 pm »
Monetary Sovereignty – Mitchell
https://mythfighter.com

The most important problems in economics involve the excessive income/wealth/power Gaps between the have-mores and the have-less.
Wide Gaps negatively affect poverty, health and longevity, education, housing, law and crime, war, leadership, ownership, bigotry, supply and demand, taxation, GDP, international relations, scientific advancement, the environment, human motivation and well-being, and virtually every other issue in economics.
Implementation of The Ten Steps To Prosperity can narrow the Gaps:

Ten Steps To Prosperity:
1. ELIMINATE FICA (Ten Reasons to Eliminate FICA https://mythfighter.com/2009/09/08/ten-reasons-to-eliminate-fica/ )
Although the article lists 10 reasons to eliminate FICA, there are two fundamental reasons:
*FICA is the most regressive tax in American history, widening the Gap by punishing the low and middle-income groups, while leaving the rich untouched, and
*The federal government, being Monetarily Sovereign, neither needs nor uses FICA to support Social Security and Medicare.
2. FEDERALLY FUNDED MEDICARE — PARTS A, B & D, PLUS LONG TERM CARE — FOR EVERYONE (H.R. 676, Medicare for All https://mythfighter.com/2013/06/18/how-one-of-the-best-bills-in-history-h-r-676-medicare-for-all-is-spoiled/ )
This article addresses the questions:
*Does the economy benefit when the rich can afford better health care than can the rest of Americans?
*Aside from improved health care, what are the other economic effects of “Medicare for everyone?”
*How much would it cost taxpayers?
*Who opposes it?”
3. PROVIDE A MONTHLY ECONOMIC BONUS TO EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN AMERICA (similar to Social Security for All) (The JG (Jobs Guarantee) vs the GI (Guaranteed Income) vs the EB (Economic Bonus) https://mythfighter.com/2014/01/25/the-jg-jobs-guarantee-vs-the-gi-guaranteed-income-vs-the-eb/ ) Or institute a reverse income tax ( https://mythfighter.com/2013/12/30/are-you-for-or-against-raising-the-minimum-wage-a-reverse-income-tax/ ).
This article is the fifth in a series about direct financial assistance to Americans:
Why Modern Monetary Theory’s Employer of Last Resort is a bad idea. Sunday, Jan 1 2012
https://mythfighter.com/2012/01/01/why-modern-monetary-theorys-employer-of-last-resort-is-a-bad-idea/
MMT’s Job Guarantee (JG) — “Another crazy, rightwing, Austrian nutjob?” Thursday, Jan 12 2012
https://mythfighter.com/2012/01/12/mmts-job-guarantee-jg-another-crazy-rightwing-austrian-nutjob/
Why Modern Monetary Theory’s Jobs Guarantee is like the EU’s euro: A beloved solution to the wrong problem. Tuesday, May 29 2012
https://mythfighter.com/2012/05/29/why-modern-monetary-theorys-jobs-guarantee-is-like-the-eus-euro-a-beloved-solution-to-the-wrong-problem/
“You can’t fire me. I’m on JG” Saturday, Jun 2 2012
https://mythfighter.com/2012/06/02/you-cant-fire-me-im-on-jg/
Economic growth should include the “bottom” 99.9%, not just the .1%, the only question being, how best to accomplish that. Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) favors giving everyone a job. Monetary Sovereignty (MS) favors giving everyone money. The five articles describe the pros and cons of each approach.
4. FREE EDUCATION (INCLUDING POST-GRAD) FOR EVERYONE Five reasons why we should eliminate school loans
Monetarily non-sovereign State and local governments, despite their limited finances, support grades K-12. That level of education may have been sufficient for a largely agrarian economy, but not for our currently more technical economy that demands greater numbers of highly educated workers.
Because state and local funding is so limited, grades K-12 receive short shrift, especially those schools whose populations come from the lowest economic groups. And college is too costly for most families.
An educated populace benefits a nation, and benefitting the nation is the purpose of the federal government, which has the unlimited ability to pay for K-16 and beyond.
5. SALARY FOR ATTENDING SCHOOL
Even were schooling to be completely free, many young people cannot attend, because they and their families cannot afford to support non-workers. In a foundering boat, everyone needs to bail, and no one can take time off for study.
If a young person’s “job” is to learn and be productive, he/she should be paid to do that job, especially since that job is one of America’s most important.
6. ELIMINATE FEDERAL TAXES ON BUSINESS
Businesses are dollar-transferring machines. They transfer dollars from customers to employees, suppliers, shareholders and the federal government (the later having no use for those dollars). Any tax on businesses reduces the amount going to employees, suppliers and shareholders, which diminishes the economy. Ultimately, all business taxes reduce your personal income.
7. INCREASE THE STANDARD INCOME TAX DEDUCTION, ANNUALLY. (Refer to this.) Federal taxes punish taxpayers and harm the economy. The federal government has no need for those punishing and harmful tax dollars. There are several ways to reduce taxes, and we should evaluate and choose the most progressive approaches.
Cutting FICA and business taxes would be a good early step, as both dramatically affect the 99%. Annual increases in the standard income tax deduction, and a reverse income tax also would provide benefits from the bottom up. Both would narrow the Gap.
8. TAX THE VERY RICH (THE “.1%) MORE, WITH HIGHER PROGRESSIVE TAX RATES ON ALL FORMS OF INCOME. (TROPHIC CASCADE)
There was a time when I argued against increasing anyone’s federal taxes. After all, the federal government has no need for tax dollars, and all taxes reduce Gross Domestic Product, thereby negatively affecting the entire economy, including the 99.9%.
But I have come to realize that narrowing the Gap requires trimming the top. It simply would not be possible to provide the 99.9% with enough benefits to narrow the Gap in any meaningful way. Bill Gates reportedly owns $70 billion. To get to that level, he must have been earning $10 billion a year. Pick any acceptable Gap (1000 to 1?), and the lowest paid American would have to receive $10 million a year. Unreasonable.
9. FEDERAL OWNERSHIP OF ALL BANKS (Click The end of private banking and How should America decide “who-gets-money”?)
Banks have created all the dollars that exist. Even dollars created at the direction of the federal government, actually come into being when banks increase the numbers in checking accounts. This gives the banks enormous financial power, and as we all know, power corrupts — especially when multiplied by a profit motive.
Although the federal government also is powerful and corrupted, it does not suffer from a profit motive, the world’s most corrupting influence.
10. INCREASE FEDERAL SPENDING ON THE MYRIAD INITIATIVES THAT BENEFIT AMERICA’S 99.9% (Federal agencies)Browse the agencies. See how many agencies benefit the lower- and middle-income/wealth/ power groups, by adding dollars to the economy and/or by actions more beneficial to the 99.9% than to the .1%.
Save this reference as your primer to current economics. Sadly, much of the material is not being taught in American schools, which is all the more reason for you to use it.
The Ten Steps will grow the economy, and narrow the income/wealth/power Gap between the rich and you.

MS
The really, really, really simple arguments for Monetary Sovereignty
https://mythfighter.com/2018/04/30/the-really-really-really-simple-arguments-for-monetary-sovereignty/

The “myth” of Monetary Sovereignty
https://mythfighter.com/2018/11/16/the-myth-of-monetary-sovereignty/

About not using our Monetary Sovereignty: Postal edition
https://mythfighter.com/2018/11/17/about-not-using-our-monetary-sovereignty-postal-edition/

When does a dollar become a dollar? The federal black box.
https://mythfighter.com/2018/04/25/when-does-a-dollar-become-a-dollar-the-federal-black-box/

MMT
The MMT Jobs Guarantee con job
https://mythfighter.com/2018/05/02/the-mmt-jobs-guarantee-con-job/

One more reason why the MMT Jobs Guarantee is a con job
https://mythfighter.com/2018/05/09/one-more-reason-why-the-mmt-jobs-guarantee-is-a-con-job/

MMT’s “Jobs Guarantee”: The final nail in the coffin of this naive, foolish program
https://mythfighter.com/2018/09/06/mmts-jobs-guarantee-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-of-this-naive-foolish-program/

How the MMT “Jobs Guarantee” ignores humanity.
https://mythfighter.com/2018/10/04/how-the-mmt-jobs-guarantee-ignores-humanity/

The stunning differences between MMT and MS
https://mythfighter.com/2018/10/07/the-stunning-differences-between-mmt-and-ms/

ECONOMICS
Economics and a tin foil hat
https://mythfighter.com/2017/12/06/economics-and-a-tin-foil-hat/

When should a nation buy or sell gold?
https://mythfighter.com/2018/04/20/when-should-a-nation-buy-or-sell-gold/

Regarding the economy, what is the Fed’s most important job?
https://mythfighter.com/2018/01/15/regarding-the-economy-what-is-the-feds-most-important-job/

Why Trickle-up Economics?
https://mythfighter.com/2017/12/04/why-trickle-up-economics/

How false economic ideas are disseminated: Terry Savage edition
https://mythfighter.com/2018/06/18/how-false-economic-ideas-are-disseminated-terry-savage-edition/

Do you know more than a university economist?
https://mythfighter.com/2018/07/06/do-you-know-more-than-a-university-economist/


SOCIAL SECURITY
Your Social Security and Medicare will be cut. You’ve been warned.
https://mythfighter.com/2018/02/04/your-social-security-and-medicare-will-be-cut-youve-been-warned/

Yet another article that relies on you being ignorant about federal finances and Social Security
https://mythfighter.com/2018/03/11/yet-another-article-that-relies-on-you-being-ignorant-about-federal-finances-and-social-security/

The end of social security?
https://mythfighter.com/2018/05/30/the-end-of-social-security/

How you can help protect Medicare and Social Security
https://mythfighter.com/2018/06/22/how-you-can-help-protect-medicare-and-social-security/

Trump’s Larry Kudlow: The Social Security killer. Are you outraged?
https://mythfighter.com/2018/09/20/trumps-larry-kudlow-the-social-security-killer-are-you-outraged/

AARP spreads the usual Social Security myths
https://mythfighter.com/2018/11/25/aarp-spreads-the-usual-social-security-myths/


CHILDREN
Message to America: Torture the Children
https://mythfighter.com/2018/05/16/message-to-america-torture-the-children/

The final solution to the immigration problem. Torture the Children.
https://mythfighter.com/2018/06/17/the-final-solution-to-the-immigration-problem-torture-the-children/

Cruelty to children; your government’s official policy
https://mythfighter.com/2018/09/07/cruelty-to-children-your-governments-official-policy/

Do immigrant children take money from our children?
https://mythfighter.com/2018/09/22/do-immigrant-children-take-money-from-our-children/

Are your children important enough to you?
https://mythfighter.com/2018/11/10/are-your-children-important-enough-to-you/


POVERTY
America’s long-term care. Suffer in illness, then die early in poverty
https://mythfighter.com/2018/02/25/americas-long-term-care-suffer-in-illness-then-die-early-in-poverty/

Evidence anti-poverty programs work. So why not?
https://mythfighter.com/2018/05/12/evidence-anti-poverty-programs-work-so-why-not/


DEBT
How to cut the fake “national debt”
https://mythfighter.com/2017/12/16/how-to-cut-the-fake-national-debt/

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis admits federal “debt” is not a real problem
https://mythfighter.com/2017/12/22/federal-reserve-bank-of-st-louis-admits-federal-debt-is-not-a-real-problem/

Federal debt is too high; no it’s not; oops, yes it is . . . uh, wait.
https://mythfighter.com/2018/01/01/federal-debt-is-too-high-no-its-not-oops-yes-it-is-uh-wait/

The persistence of myths: The federal “debt” myth
https://mythfighter.com/2018/04/10/the-persistence-of-myths-the-federal-debt-myth/

The debt “bomb” and Rachel Maddow. Not you too? Say it isn’t so
https://mythfighter.com/2018/04/12/the-debt-bomb-and-rachel-maddow-not-you-too-say-it-isnt-so/

Enough already, with the Debt/GDP ratio
https://mythfighter.com/2018/05/21/enough-already-with-the-debt-gdp-ratio/

The fake “debt time-bomb,” still ticking after 78 years
https://mythfighter.com/2018/08/01/the-fake-debt-time-bomb-still-ticking-after-78-years/

That ol’ debt crisis, it just keeps loomin’, it keeps on loomin’ along.
https://mythfighter.com/2018/09/29/that-ol-debt-crisis-it-just-keeps-loomin-it-keeps-on-loomin-along/

The debt lies just keep on coming.
https://mythfighter.com/2018/11/14/the-debt-lies-just-keep-on-coming/

A debt question from Quora, asked and answered
https://mythfighter.com/2018/12/12/a-debt-question-from-quora-asked-and-answered/


RECESSION
Sorry for the hiatus. The Trump recession is coming
https://mythfighter.com/2018/10/30/sorry-for-the-hiatus-the-trump-recession-is-coming/


DEFICIT
Liberals, conservatives and gold bugs talking past each other.
https://mythfighter.com/2018/03/01/liberals-conservatives-and-gold-bugs-talking-past-each-other/

What is the complex relationship among inflation, deficits, interest rates, oil prices, tax cuts, and GDP?
https://mythfighter.com/2018/03/17/what-is-the-complex-relationship-among-inflation-deficits-interest-rates-oil-prices-tax-cuts-and-gdp/

The great trade-deficit hoax
https://mythfighter.com/2018/04/06/the-great-trade-deficit-hoax/

That horrible, terrible, frightening trade deficit
https://mythfighter.com/2018/06/09/that-horrible-terrible-frightening-trade-deficit/

Finally, a faint ray of hope about the federal deficit
https://mythfighter.com/2018/12/07/finally-a-faint-ray-of-hope-about-the-federal-deficit/

Questions about the trade deficit illusion. Do we even have a trade deficit?
https://mythfighter.com/2018/12/10/questions-about-the-trade-deficit-illusion-do-we-even-have-one/


TARRIFS
Ignore the most misleading words in economics and the reasons for Trump’s import duties.
https://mythfighter.com/2018/03/10/ignore-the-most-misleading-words-in-economics-and-the-reasons-for-trumps-import-duties/

Are you paying for Trump’s tariffs?
https://mythfighter.com/2018/06/02/are-you-paying-for-trumps-tariffs/

When ego meets ignorance: Who pays for tariffs? You do.
https://mythfighter.com/2018/06/16/when-ego-meets-ignorance-who-pays-for-tariffs-you-do/

The tariff nose-cutting, pissing contest
https://mythfighter.com/2018/12/05/the-tariff-nose-cutting-pissing-contest/

More on tariffs. Moron tariffs
https://mythfighter.com/2018/12/13/more-on-tariffs-moron-tariffs/

Tariffs vs. spending
https://mythfighter.com/2018/12/19/tariffs-vs-spending/



Ten answers that are contrary to popular wisdom
https://mythfighter.com/2018/08/27/ten-answers-that-are-contrary-to-popular-wisdom/

Do you believe the single worst lie in the entire spectrum of government/media lies?
https://mythfighter.com/2018/09/01/do-you-believe-the-single-worst-lie-in-the-entire-spectrum-of-government-media-lies/



Excerpts from Maya MacGuineas completely wrong testimony to Congress
Questions for the Supreme Court — and for you.
America lost
Who are these men?
The biased hypocrite twist
Self-immolation by the Dems
The great “bad” news and the bad “great” news. The boy who cried “wolf”!
No kidding: Trump says the world will end by 2100, so no use trying to save it.
“Good comes from bad,” Trump version
Our counterfeit reality
Black is white. Up is down. Income is outgo.
Serena Williams and the “f” word
The “law and order” party objects to illegality — by brown-skinned people.

Who will speak for the Republican Party?
The doofus science
Who is the “crazed, crying, lowlife dog”?
The shame and horror of America
A false defense of income inequality
The great “socialism” fakeout
Absolute proof that H.L. Mencken was right — in 3 articles.
What is the greatest threat to America? We teeter on the edge.
Kenahora: Why there is no “business cycle”
As I told you, two years ago . . .
The fake trade and NATO wars
A new idea about U.S. border protection



Translating the code in a news article
Law without compassion is tyranny
God Bless America
The disaster that is named “Cruelty”
Who says Trump doesn’t have a plan?
Fake federal trust funds and fake concerns
Why the Democrats need new leadership
I could not help writing this article, and you cannot help reading it.
*The secret of marketing. How the Democrats again will blow a 20-point lead with only 1 second remaining
*The Job Guarantee and the “dignity of work”
What is the real purpose of money? Gap Psychology and fairness. You may never have thought of it this way.
No need for you to visit Hungary
Macron spoke. The contrast is stunning.
Great News! Wells Fargo to pay $1B penalty . . . uh, wait . . .
Lie with the pig. Embrace the pig. Muddy like the pig.
A perfect example of deception — by ignorance or by intent?
The CRFB myth machine keeps on rolling
As we march toward a “Terminator” world
How does Gap Psychology affect you?
Interest rates going up: Should you be concerned?
Credentials: The perfect excuse for a bad hiring decision.
Gap Psychology is everywhere in your life
In the World of President Bullfrog
How can something be frightening, infuriating, and hilarious all at once?

The Power of the Partial Solution
The damn fools and greedy bastards who run America
We all are doomed — again. What will it take for us to understand?
News!! Trump does something right (but he doesn’t know it).
Parental leave: A good idea. Congress: First ignore, then screw up.
Good is bad. Up is down. Other “truths” the authorities are telling you
When all life is interim, what next? What is “The Plan”?
Fake News comes at us from all sides
Ignorance or Treachery?
Treating the 99% like dogs: The “crumb” theory.”
A visit to the Holocaust museum through the golden door.
The monster conspiracy of deceit in Washinton. What you can do.
On making America great, again
What will cause the end of the bull market
Why you should care abut this question: “Should Amazon’s postal rates be increased?”
Slowly the noose tightens on us
Time for a laugh
Big Lie on display: Jack Lew, a “broke” America, and the “ticking time bomb.”
Yes, there is a simple, straightforward way to reduce violent crime. Really.
Voting for the GOP? You either are rich or a fool – or both. No exceptions.
Quora question about Congressional will
What happens when Gap Psychology dominates Decency?
“Lügenpresse”: Hitler’s “fake news.” We’re making the same mistake, again.
Get the best of President Bannon
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Local Improvement Network / LOCAL SOVEREIGNTY
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Outdated / 2 Future of Govt Services
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Outdated / 2 Media Abuse
« Last post by Admin on January 21, 2015, 02:58:37 pm »
MEDIA ABU$E
CRIMINAL JOURNALISM 101 ! (los angeles)
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/ant/vnn/4827229926.html

Subject: Re: NBC Universal Archives: , Los Angeles ,Through the Decades; 36 years and STILL NO CLOSURE !

My true story; Expose the Media's dirty Little Secret !

I recently heard a TV news , reporter state, "We must be very careful what we say about people or we can be sued."This is the Media's mantra and it is BS!

The Media routinely and casually publish and broadcast unsubstantiated accusations about innocent "suspects" (WHOM THE MEDIA CREATES! ) which does irreparable harm to them and their families BECAUSE LAWSUITS AGAINST THE MEDIA ARE TOO EXPENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING FOR VICTIMS OF MEDIA ABUSE TO PURSUE. My "WINNING" lawsuit against ABC TV News took 10 years and cost me AND MY FAMILY $35,000 and THE DAY BEFORE MY LIBEL, DEFAMATION AND SLANDER TRIAL WAS TO BEGIN, ABC'S army of high-priced lawyers informed us that if we did not accept their meager settlement NOW , (only 1/10 of the amount we sued for) THEY WOULD APPEAL AND DRAG OUT THE TRIAL ANOTHER TEN YEARS! KNOWING , I COULD NOT AFFORD TO FIGHT THE MEDIA LEGALLY any longer, I TOOK THEIR SETTLEMENT VOWING TO GET A NO-NAME LAW passed that would protect the public from MEDIA ABUSE. I actually lost $$$ after my lawyer took his fee! The definition of a criminal is one who KNOWINGLY harms an innocent person for profit or personal gain; THAT IS WHAT THE NEWS MEDIA and Mike Taibbi DID TO ME AND CONTINUE to ruin peoples' lives for $$$ and promotions !

The Media bosses know they can use FALSE ACCUSATIONS to increase ratings and profits ( one point in ratings =one million dollars profit for TV networks!) with impunity because most VICTIMS OF MEDIA ABUSE cannot afford to sue them. THIS IS CRIMINAL and life is tough enough without your career, reputation and future being ruined because a scamming reporter wanted a promotion and his bosses more PROFITS!
Media Abuse MUST be outlawed and THE PUBLIC protected NOW with a "NO-NAME UNTIL LEGALLY CHARGED WITH A CRIME LAW" .

The Police are eager to provide these UNVERIFIED accusations to THE MEDIA to make themselves look good and the TV networks and newspapers repeat them without investigation to increase ratings and make more $$$.The more sensational; the more profits!

Everyone PROFITS except the innocent, "DISPOSABLE SUSPECTS" and their families who must endure and suffer YEARS of irreparable harm to their reputations, careers and lives ( TAIBBI'S LIES THAT I WAS THE HILLSIDE STRANGLER KILLED MY MOTHER!) while the ambitious, UNETHICAL,"UN-investigative REPORTERS" get pay raises and promotions!

Peoples' lives and privacy should not be entertainment for the consuming masses who watch TV NEWS commercials and read ads .We need a NO-NAME LAW for US, THAT FORBIDS THE POLICE AND MEDIA FROM MAKING PUBLIC A "SUSPECTS" IDENTITY UNTIL LEGALLY CHARGED WITH A CRIME AND PROTECTS PEOPLE FROM FALSE ACCUSATIONS IN THE MEDIA BECAUSE; ANYONE CAN ACCUSE ANYBODY OF ANYTHING, ANYTIME, for any reason AND IT SHOULD NOT BE NEWS!

WALTER CRONKITE (like hundreds of other" Investigative" reporters) repeated the harmful, false accusations on National TV that implied I was the "HILLSIDE STRANGLER" WITHOUT checking the facts! They created "the most hated man in America" whom the LAPD told to leave Los Angeles because vigilantes were looking for ME!

No reporter EVER contacted me for my side of the story.They just read the script the Network gave them! My family and friends tried calling the News stations to give them the FACTS but nobody was interested in the truth.

Boston's WCVB "INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER" Mike Taibbi, (now with NBC News) first broadcast these sensational accusations without verifying them. A couple of phone calls would of proved his jailhouse informer was a liar when he stated "He and I were boyhood friends who grew up together." FACT; I am 10 years older than this career criminal and never lived in the same city as him! But why ruin a good scoop with the truth? I HAD NEVER BEEN ARRESTED BEFORE AND SHOULD OF BEEN GIVEN THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT OVER THIS 'PATHOLOGICAL LIAR" AS THE BOSTON POLICE CALLED HIM!

NOBODY BOTHERED TO SUBSTANTIATE THE ACCUSATIONS MADE AGAINST ME BY TAIBBI'S JAILHOUSE INFORMER. Hundreds of "investigative" reporters are encouraged TODAY by their Corporate CEO's to broadcast and print unsubstantiated ,accusations of ****, murder, assault etc. because there is NO LAW against it and slim chance of a Libel Lawsuit . THIS PROFITABLE /CRIMINAL PRACTICE OF MEDIA ABUSE MUST STOP NOW! I have been trying for 36 years to get a NO-NAME UNTIL LEGALLY CHARGED LAW passed somewhere in the US but the POWERFUL media lobby always opposes it and prevents a fair law that would protect innocent people from the irreparable harm of MEDIA ABU$E;

Sometimes the enormity of the injustice breeds normalcy and acceptance, precluding comprehension, thus prosecution of the crime. However the intent is still criminal; harming innocent people for $$$/profits !
The Media portrays itself as a benevolent, public service and revealing famous and revered, well coiffed, smiling, broadcasters as criminals (intentional or not) is a monumental task of cognitive, deduction for society to comprehend; but it is "what it is", the TRUTH and WRONG ; Media Abuse must STOP NOW!

PETER MARK JONES
VictimsOfMediaAbuse.wordpress.com

ps. There is a lot more to my story; betrayal by F. LEE Bailey's law firm and the LAPD's refusal to investigate the informer's older brother, a notorious women beater, Sam Shamshak, who was rumored to have killed prostitutes.

I can send my complete, true story to you if you want.
PMJ
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Outdated / 2 SPLC Spreads Fear & Hate
« Last post by Admin on January 12, 2015, 02:52:30 pm »
http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=162288.0
Topic: SPLC's California "Patriot" group list, or: Crying Wolf Makes Everyone a Wolf  (Read 2289 times)

SPLC's California "Patriot" group list, or: Crying Wolf Makes Everyone a Wolf
« on: March 05, 2010, 07:40:39 am »

SoCal Martial Law Alerts

Lucky for you and me, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a self-proclaimed "non-profit" civil rights organization "fighting hate and bigotry," has decided to keep it's nefarious eye on what it considers to be (gasp) "Patriot" groups. Included in this year's list are a rather benign assortment of organizations that the SPLC considers to be on the "radical right." (Notably absent is a similar treatment of the "radical left.") What's most disturbing, though, is the SPLC's sloppy tendency to lump all of its so-called "Hate" groups together with "Patriots," "tea parties" and anyone even vaguely leaning toward the right side of the false left-right paradigm (see: Rage on the Right).

Talk about demonization by association.

But before we go into specifics, let us study the SPLC's 501(c)3 "non-profit" status for a moment, shall we?

Check out the SPLC's "Assets" and "Income" columns on MelissaData.com:

http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/np.asp?zip=36101

Just scroll down, it's not hard to find the SPLC's numbers -- they fairly leap off the page at you, they are so large. It seems "non-profits" are quite the profitable business to be in these days, because, as you can see, the SPLC has "Assets" and "Income" into the hundreds of millions of dollars. That's right: Hundreds of millions of dollars.


Southern Poverty Law Center's "Assets" and "Income" as of March 5, 2010. (Source: MelissaData.com)

That's one heck of a lot of 10 and 25 dollar donations ... Oh, but wait a minute. When you click on MelissaData's SPLC link:

http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/np.asp?ein=630598743

You find a notation indicating that the SPLC is an:

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    "Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public." (emphasis added)

Hmm. Where do you suppose those hundreds of millions of dollars came from? The brokeback "general public," or some flush "governmental unit?"

You decide.

With that in mind, let us return now to the SPLC's dubious need to track all the nation's "Patriot" groups all the time. Here's what the SPLC has to say about them:

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    "Patriot groups define themselves as opposed to the "New World Order," engage in groundless conspiracy theorizing, or advocate or adhere to extreme antigovernment [sic] doctrines ... The list was compiled from field reports, Patriot publications, the Internet, law enforcement sources and news reports."

Since the SPLC's "Patriot" group list for California includes peaceful groups such as: the John Birch Society, Oath Keepers and We Are Change (Northern California only; sorry SoCal, apparently you're not "radical" enough), one has to wonder what all the fuss and bother is about, especially when the SPLC admits that:

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    "Listing here does not imply that the groups themselves advocate or engage in violence or other criminal activities, or are racist."

Maybe the SPLC hopes to demonize such groups by the mere act of listing them? (Hey, they've got to spend that hundred mil somehow ... And how are they going to keep the funds flowing if they don't grow their lists by leaps and bounds year after year? There must be a constant threat / a continual boogey man, or they lose their reason for being.)

But such a "Grimm" strategy (pun intended) is bound to backfire as more and more innocuous groups find themselves on the SPLC's ever-growing list. Uh oh. It might even one day become a "badge of honor" to "make the list." And maybe it already has, as some -- such as Frank Falcon of We Are Change San Francisco -- so eloquently point out:

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    "Congratulations to all the We Are Changers. We Are Change is now on the Southern Poverty Law Center's "list" of Patriot groups, along with the Oath Keepers and a number of other groups of people that (Gasp!) care about America. I'm glad to stand with all of you as a believer in justice and our Constitution."

Oops.

Because when you continually cry demon, SPLC, it won't be long before everyone discerns who the real demon is.

Active "Patriot" Groups in California in 2009, according to the SPLC: CALIFORNIA (22)

American Armenian Militia * Los Angeles/San Fernando Valley Area
American Independent Party Vacaville
Constitution Party Riverside
Freedom Force International Thousand Oaks
Freedom Law School Phelan
Free Enterprise Society Fresno
John Birch Society Chula Vista Roseville San Luis Obispo County
Northern California State Militia * Falcon Creek Sunnyvale
Oath Keepers High Desert Northern California San Diego Southern California
Second Amendment Committee Hanford
State of California Unorganized Militia * Monrovia
Truth Radio Delano
We Are Change Chico Oakland Sacramento San Francisco Bay Area
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    Re: Economics (Video: Banned TED Talk? on Fixing Money)

This doesn't look quite like an ordinary TED talk, but it claims it is. Regardless, it's a very interesting talk about how to fix the money system, using simple computer, internet and software engineering:
youtube.com/watch?v=NZBRJU6YLtY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZBRJU6YLtY
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Family Constellation Therapy: Behavioral Genetics, Mental Health, http://GailCloud.com, DC, St. Louis
youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vWZjn6QMwfk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWZjn6QMwfk&list=PLQG4O3wUZ4f9rMKBO_XIDKydUHY8jawrZ&index=12
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Entice property owners to grow crops: http://farmscapegardens.com/blog/ab-551
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Successful Economics
The next link discusses the criteria for a successful economic system and proposes that the Mondragon system is among the best proven successes, while the similar ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) are also very successful. The website has other info on Mondragon etc too.
http://www.progressiveliving.org/economics_frameset.htm

Job Guarantee
The next article link discusses MMT's (Modern Money Theory's) Job Guarantee program, which would permit local non-profits and members of the community and the unemployed to make grant proposals for any government to pay non-profits to hire the unemployed to do local work requested by the community.
http://neweconomicperspectives.org/2012/02/alternative-fiscal-policies-why-job.html

I also read on the MMT website that the Job Guarantee (JG) program would work with any govt, even local govt. I had previously thought that it should be possible for any city or county govt, which are mostly all corporations, to include similar Job Guarantees in its bylaws or constitution. But, after reading about MMT's JG idea, I thought that might be better to try first. If it were successful, the local govt might be persuaded to write it into the bylaws.

National Debt = Public Assets
MMT also says the national debt is not a problem now or in the future, since govt debt is assets for the non-govt sectors. Economist Michael Hudson pointed out that the economy did poorly under Clinton, when the national debt was greatly reduced, and that Germany's hyperinflation period was not due to internal problems of printing money, but to external regulation of Germany's economy.

Highlights of MODERN MONEY THEORY: THE BASICS
http://forum.freestateproject.org/index.php?topic=18325.msg295354#msg295354

Michael Hudson — No to currency slavery
http://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.com/2014/07/michael-hudson-no-to-currency-slavery.html

Mike Norman Economics
An MMT site bringing you dogma-free economics without the pleadings of self interest
Dylan Matthews — A guaranteed income for every American would eliminate poverty — and it wouldn't destroy the economy
http://www.vox.com/2014/7/23/5925041/guaranteed-income-basic-poverty-gobry-labor-supply

Toward Greater Economic Equality
Wealth is power and everyone who can deserves to have fairly equal power, but not via abuse of power.
This explains a way to increase economic equality properly.
http://neweconomicperspectives.org/2014/10/equality-mmt-real-fiscal-responsibility-re-inventing-democracy.html
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« Last post by Admin on December 30, 2014, 12:47:10 am »
Weekly or Monthly Chat Room
I created a chat room here: http://us21.chatzy.com/62501912158796

Please say what day/s and time/s are best for you for weekly or monthly chats.

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How to Organize our Consulting Group

I started by putting out messages on the Craigslist Nonprofit forum.

I suggest that others interested contact others who may be interested, if you like.

I also suggest joining Unity in Diversity at http://www.idealist.org/team/our/action-groups.

I hope to keep this updated and to reorganize it.

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Our Purpose

Starting Nonprofit Govt Consulting Group < lkindr > 10/06 08:51

Forming a group of advisers to local governments. Advisers should know "Modern Money Theory" basics, including the Job Guarantee, which guarantee local governments can provide their residents via non-profit organizations. Non-profits would discuss with local people, including the unemployed, to determine what jobs are most needed or wanted, then write grant proposals to local govt and the govt would then fund those jobs via the non-profits.

It should be possible for any city or county govt, which are mostly all corporations, to include Job Guarantees in its bylaws or constitution. But they are more likely to want to do that after giving the above method a try first.

Group will also advise how to reduce violent crime and theft, improve ecology, reduce wasteful energy consumption, improve education and human relationships, reduce or end abusive taxes, beautify the community, counter desertification, improve science and health care etc.

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Introductions

We can have introductions in the area below.
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