You do not have to raise taxes to increase spending because money is created out of nothing and has no value being backed by nothing. The real purpose of taxation is not to raise funds for spending but to raise debt through fraud to create slavery.
Copyright Carl Janssen 2018 November 2
Zeitgeist Addendum - Money Creation and Fractional Reserve Banking
It is not enough to go to work but you must appreciate employment and want to work, not because you are forced to by a system of regulations which carry the threat of violence, but because wanting to be employed is the only morally sound attitude.
Bullying was not just endemic, it was structural, with younger boys acting as servants for older ones, carrying out menial tasks and enduring whatever punishments their teen overlords could dream up, in the knowledge that eventually they would get to mete it out themselves. They went on to demand similar submissiveness and loyalty from the native populations they were sent out to rule, having been taught to regard them as unruly children in need of discipline.
A taste for violence and an obsession with hierarchy also work quite well to prepare boys for the military, and to this day the vast majority of teenagers enrolled as cadets in Britain attend private schools.
Workplace bullying is a persistent pattern of mistreatment from others in the workplace that causes either physical or emotional harm.[1]It can include such tactics as verbal, nonverbal, psychological, physical abuse and humiliation. This type of workplace aggression is particularly difficult because, unlike the typical school bully, workplace bullies often operate within the established rules and policies of their organization and their society. In the majority of cases, bullying in the workplace is reported as having been by someone who has authority over their victim. However, bullies can also be peers, and occasionally subordinates.[2] Research has also investigated the impact of the larger organizational context on bullying as well as the group-level processes that impact on the incidence and maintenance of bullying behaviour.[3] Bullying can be covert or overt. It may be missed by superiors; it may be known by many throughout the organization. Negative effects are not limited to the targeted individuals, and may lead to a decline in employee moraleand a change in organizational culture.[4] It can also take place as overbearing supervision, constant criticism, and blocking promotions.[5]
Lateral violence is displaced violence directed against one's peers rather than adversaries. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_violence Near-synonyms include horizontal violence, intra-racial conflict, and internalized colonialism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_violence Outside the racial context, the term is also used in explanation of workplace bullying, though in that case the circumstances are much different. Some consider this an inappropriate definition.[1]Sexism in medicine has been identified as one environment in which lateral violence exists in the workplace and experienced by nurses who are men. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_violence https://web.archive.org/web/20181102081822/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_violence
Adults think just because they have jobs and a height advantage that they can do whatever they want. When I'm an adult, I'm not going to be an adult! Oh, you think it's a choice? When people become adults something changes. They stop being fun, they start worrying about rules, and they all get boring jobs working for the Man. [THUNDER BREAKING] Who is this "The Man?" No one's ever seen him, but trust me, one day he's coming for all of us. Wow, thanks for bumming us out, Raven.
I'm going to be an adult forever. We all had fun. But you should turn back before The Man, whoever he is, finds you and forces you to get a job. Yeah, well, maybe a job wouldn't be so bad. The other parts of being an adult seem awesome. [YAWNS] Indeed. But for now, I believe it is time for the hitting of the hay. - Tasty dreams, everyone. - Not for me. I'm staying up all night to do cool grown up stuff. See you babies in the "A. M. " [SOFTLY] Adults are the coolest. [MUSIC] The good morning. Would you care to join me in a bowl of extra sugary marshmallow crumbles? [SCREAMING] Uh, no. Too many calories. Got to watch my weight. [EXCLAIMS] Beast Boy, why are you still an adult? Ugh! Because someone around here has to make a living. Oh, would you look at the time, I'm late for work. The Man is going to come down on me. Hey, listen, why don't you just transform back and we'll No! You listen, young man! If you kids don't have all your chores done by the time I get home from work, consider your butts grounded! You hear me?! It's just as I thought. Beast Boy has gone over to the dad side. The Man must have gotten to him while he was out. Then we'd better follow him. [BLUES MUSIC PLAYING] CYBORG: Look! There goes Beast Boy. Why would the Beast Boy find employment here? It is the bland and the boring. RAVEN: Like moths to a flame, adults are drawn to soul crushing office buildings. - It is the will of The Man. - Quick, before we lose him. [BEEPS] [GAGS] [PUNCHES LANDING] - CYBORG: Ow, watch it! - ROBIN: What are you doing? CYBORG: Move forward. [RAVEN GASPS] [ALL TALKING INDISTINCTLY] [ALL GASPING] ROBIN: It's like Beast Boy is being mind-controlled. RAVEN: Oh, he is, by The Man. Yes, feed me. Market reports, actionable items. Push the envelope. Grow the business. [EVIL LAUGHTER] - We got to bust him out of here. - As long as he's under The Man's control, he won't come willingly. Perhaps if he were to be engulfed in the flames. Burn him to death. I like it! - Okay, she means get him fired. - Also a good plan. [BEEPING] Ugh! Blech! [ALARM BLARING] Unit 052, this work is unacceptable! I'm afraid, I'm going to have to fire you Yes, it worked. with real fire. I understand. Thank you for the opportunity. Not so fast, The Man. Hey! What are you kids doing here? I'm in the middle of a very important meeting. Well, it's about to be rescheduled. Titans, go! [GRUNTS] This is a place of business, not some cool internet skateboard cafe. I summon the Guardians of the Status Quo. [ALL YELLING] Ugh! How can a few teenagers fight such a mature and fiscally responsible foe? By doing what teens do best! [POP MUSIC PLAYING] Hey, you there! What are you doing? [GROANS] Are you loitering? Look at me when I'm talking to you, young man. [VOLUME INCREASES] Oh, my God. She was all like, "What?" And I'm all like, "duh" and she was like, "duh?" and I was like, "shuh!" You two! Stop with the inane conversation of words. You! Stop reading that gook and listen to me. Don't you want to do something with your life? Whatever. [ALARM BLARING] Ugh! What is this stuff? [GRUNTING] [STATIC] [DISTORTED] Who's that? Who's not [SCREAMING] [EXPLOSIONS] [ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING] I'm free! [LAUGHS] - And I have my hair again! - We thought we lost you for good, buddy. Man, being an adult is terrible. - I'm never going to be one again. - Speaking of the adults, what are we supposed to do with all of them? We inspire their hearts and change their lives. Attention, hardworking citizens. The Man has been defeated! You're all free to return to your homes and families. The time of leading terrible, unfulfilling lives is over! Now, go and enjoy the gift of life! But, Robin, how will they provide for their families? Mmm-mm-mmm. I'm just a kid, not my problem.
I do not think the big issue is CO2 emissions but there is a problem with using fussel fuels and non renewable energy for numerous other reasons. And consumerism will destroy the world if it is not dealt with properly. I don't think it will be from climate change by carbon dioxide that the world will be destroyed but simply from depleting non renewable resources and causing extinction of plants and animals and possibly nukes or genetic engineering mistakes.
Exercise is the most natural source of work and it produces carbon dioxide and water. If people were to abolish all power plants and non renewable energy then power would come with a larger carbon footprint, as people would use physical labour as their only source of work but this might be cleaner than some other options with a lower carbon footprint.
Copyright Carl Janssen 2018 October 31
The treadmill's dark and twisted past - Conor Heffernan
My question is does that mean the value of the dollar is different every day based on the last days stock market results or is it constant based on the stock market results on that specific day, thirty days after the passing of the bill as a one time event? If the Bill is passed.
Effective 30 months after the date of enactment of this Act—
(1) the Secretary of the Treasury (in this Act referred to as the “Secretary”) shall define the dollar in terms of a fixed weight of gold, based on that day’s closing market price of gold; and
(2) Federal Reserve Banks shall make Federal Reserve notes exchangeable with gold at the statutory gold definition of the dollar.
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Shown Here: Introduced in House (03/22/2018)
[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.R. 5404 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5404
To define the dollar as a fixed weight of gold.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 22, 2018
Mr. Mooney of West Virginia introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Financial Services
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A BILL
To define the dollar as a fixed weight of gold.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States dollar has lost 30 percent of its
purchasing power since 2000, and 96 percent of its purchasing
power since the end of the gold standard in 1913.
(2) Under the Federal Reserve's 2 percent inflation
objective, the dollar loses half of its purchasing power every
generation, or 35 years.
(3) American families need long-term price stability to
meet their household spending needs, save money, and plan for
retirement.
(4) The Federal Reserve policy of long-term inflation has
made American manufacturing uncompetitive, raising the cost of
United States manufactured goods by more than 40 percent since
2000, compared to less than 20 percent in Germany and France.
(5) Between 2000 and 2010, United States manufacturing
employment shrunk by one-third after holding steady for 30
years at nearly 20,000,000 jobs.
(6) The American economy needs a stable dollar, fixed
exchange rates, and money supply controlled by the market not
the government.
(7) The gold standard puts control of the money supply with
the market instead of the Federal Reserve.
(8) The gold standard means legal tender defined by and
convertible into a certain quantity of gold.
(9) Under the gold standard through 1913 the United States
economy grew at an annual average of four percent, one-third
larger than the growth rate since then and twice the level
since 2000.
(10) The international gold exchange standard from 1914 to
1971 did not provide for a United States dollar convertible
into gold, and therefore helped cause the Great Depression and
stagflation.
(11) The Federal Reserve's trickle down policy of expanding
the money supply with no demand for it has enriched the owners
of financial assets but endangered the jobs, wages, and savings
of blue collar workers.
(12) Restoring American middle-class prosperity requires
change in monetary policy authorized to Congress in Article I,
Section 8, Clause 5 of the Constitution.
SEC. 2. DEFINE THE DOLLAR IN TERMS OF GOLD.
Effective 30 months after the date of enactment of this Act--
(1) the Secretary of the Treasury (in this Act referred to
as the ``Secretary'') shall define the dollar in terms of a
fixed weight of gold, based on that day's closing market price
of gold; and
(2) Federal Reserve Banks shall make Federal Reserve notes
exchangeable with gold at the statutory gold definition of the
dollar.
SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE OF HOLDING.
During the 30-month period following the date of enactment of this
Act, the United States Government shall take timely and reasonable
steps to disclose all of its holdings of gold, together with a
contemporaneous report of any United States governmental purchases or
sales, thus enhancing the ability of the market and of market
participants to arrive at the fixed dollar-gold parity in an orderly
fashion.
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Do we really need to answer who will build the roads if we do not like roads? People ask me "Who will build the roads?" And they could have just Google searched it if they were even remotely serious about understanding the Libertarian viewpoint before attempting to refute it. But honestly I do not like roads. I really do not want to persuade them on how to build the roads to corporate work camps for employees that destroy the environment and are more expensive than having emergency helicopters for the hospitals and drones for package delivery. I hate insurance and pumping gasoline and having to be vigilant to drive safely with dangerous machinery that no one should be driving faster than average running speed to buy junk food to stuff their face and to get to work to pay car loans or rental fees so they can get to work and would rather get some good exercise walking Copyright Carl Janssen 2018 October 24
The key problem with "anarcho capitalists" (ancaps) claiming businesses have rights to do such and such is a lot of their moral claims could be true if you start with their moral axioms in a theoretical world where the state does not favor corporations and bankers and landlords and other crony capitalists but holds no validity in the present world where the state gives such people special priveleges enabling businesses to violate the very moral axioms ancaps claim with immunity from punishment by the same States that would punish non elites for doing likewise.