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    How PrivatizedBankingReally Works

    The Sound Money Solution

    1. Link outstanding Dollars to Gold: Creates propertyrights to unit weight of gold All Banks solvent --100% Reserve Banking -

    --No more Inflation!

    2. Privatize Banking: Government money monopoly abolished

    3. Close Central Bank: Size and Expense of Gov t decrease,

    taxes go way down, savings --- which fuel investment, go up!

    L. Carlos LaraRobert P. Murphy, Ph.D.

    [email protected]

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    CONTENTS

    PARTONETheQuandary

    Chapter1:Introduction

    PARTTWO

    PARTTHREE

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    Noonecanfindasafewayoutforhimself

    if societyissweepingtowardsdestruction.

    Therefore everyone, in his own interests,

    must thrust himself vigorously into the

    intellectual battle. None can stand aside

    with unconcern; the interests of everyone

    hangontheresults.

    LudwigvonMises

    Chapter1:Introduction

    Whydowehavetohavemoney?

    As the late economics Professor Clarence Carson explained, this is the type of

    questionyouaremostlikelytohearfromayoungchild.However,whenachild

    asksaquestionlikethisthereisnorealinterestinknowinganythingaboutthe

    origin of money, or how it functions, or even about the fact that it is only a

    mediumofexchange.Actually,thequestionstemsentirelyfromtheideathatthe

    things the child wants cost money and he does not have enough of it. So in

    essence,thechildsrealquestioniswhyhecanthavewhateverhewants,when

    hewantsit,withouttherebeingacostattachedtoit.(1.)

    Now,whenwestepbackandseriouslythinkaboutit,thisisaverygoodquestion

    andnotonlyofchildren,butalsoofadults.Itisaquestionthatdoesnotpresson

    us too much, so long as things are going well economically and we all have

    sufficient incomes to pay for the things we want and need, butwhathappens

    whenallofthatchanges,asinthetypeofchangesweareallexperiencingtoday?

    Allofasuddenthealarmbellsstarttogooffandeveryonestartsclamoringfor

    answersaboutmoney.

    It was actually the widespread clamor for these answers that was one of the

    principlemotivationsforthewritingofthisbook.Itallbeganwiththealarming

    panicthatspreadthroughouttheworldintheearlyfallof2008.HereintheU.S.

    itwasevidenteverywhere.Everyday,forweeksonend,peopleweretransfixed________________________________________________________________

    (1)AgoodquestionputforthbyClarenceB.Carson,Textbook:BasicEconomicswithStudyGuidebyPaulCleveland,Ph.D.,

    AmericanTextbookCommittee,3105FourthAvenue,PhenixCity,AL368673309

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    totheirTVsetsastheylistenedtothingstheyhaddifficultycomprehending,but

    knewalltoowellthattheywereexperiencingahorrificfinancialmeltdownunlike

    any other they had ever witnessed. The uncertainty the crisis created for

    everyonewasimpossibletohideanditwasapparentineverydayconversations.

    Most notably was the fear it generated among schoolchildren from simply

    observingthestateofanxietyinthefacesoftheirparents.Americans,almostin

    unison, came torealize inaverypersonalway how fragileourentireeconomic

    systemhadbecomeastheywitnessedgiantfinancialstructurescrumble.Infact,

    collapseoftheentireU.S.financialsystemdidnotescapeanyonesmind,even

    themindsofthemostsophisticatedeconomicexperts.

    Todayweareleftwiththeaftermathoftheearlyphasesofourpresentfinancial

    fiasco with many Americans now having lost their businesses, their jobs and

    entirelifesavings.Thedramaticcrashofthestockmarketanditserraticbehavior

    since, coupled with the collapse of the real estate market, has left people

    everywhere asking:where in the world do you put your money now? No one,

    however,is,orcanbe,confidentinhisanswer.Fearofdoubledigitinflation,even

    hyperinflation,isonthemindsofmany.Goldandguns,growingstatisticallyhigh

    indemand,areevidenceoftheuncertaintyofourfuture.Asournationstruggles

    with these problems, as it attempts to redefine, or create a new sense of

    direction,manyhavealreadylostallhopeintheeconomicprinciplesthatonce

    madethiscountrygreat.Theentireideaandhopeofafreemarketeconomyisin

    crisis.ArecentBritishBroadcastingCorporationpollacross27differentcountries

    showed 89% of the 29,000 individuals questioned were disillusioned with

    capitalism.Thisiswhythoseofuswhostillbelieveinthemarketandwantnopart

    of socialismare demanding reliableanswerstohelp unravel all of the financial

    confusion!

    Of course, this is not a new problem. As new as it may seem to our present

    generationin2010,thestruggleforthecontrolovermoneyisasoldasmankind,

    butone sureplace tobeginthequeryaboutmoneywithin theUnitedStatesis

    with this stark and paramount realization: OURMONEY IS NOT FULLY IN OUR

    CONTROL.TheCentralBankoftheUnitedStatestheFederalReservehasa

    completemonopolyonourmoneyandthiscontrolismandatedbyourfederal

    government. This domination of our entire monetary system has had severe

    economic andmoral ramifications. The effectsof this monopoly are the prime

    reason why the value of our money has fallen some 95% since the Federal

    Reservesfoundingin1913anditisthedirectcauseofourcurrentfinancialcrisis.

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    We cannot ever hope to begin to think and seemoney with clarity until this

    realization is exposed and fully understood. To begin talking about the free

    market, money, savings, interest, credit, investments or banking without first

    havinga complete grasp ofthis truth, the factthatwe areunder the grip ofa

    centrally planned money mechanism, leads nowhere but to even greater

    confusion and disenchantment. However, in order for this truth to be fully

    graspedbytheaverageU.S.citizentothedegreethatpublicopinioncaneffect

    a real change at the topechelons ofgovernmentwill take nothing short ofa

    miracle.Howintheworlddoyoutaketheprintingpressawayfromgovernment

    once they have had full use of it all these many years? Until this is done,our

    UnitedStateswillcontinuetoheaddownapathofsocial,politicalandeconomic

    ruin.

    Yesitistrue.Itisallsohugelyoverwhelmingandhopelesstoobigtofix.Infact,

    justhowwouldonegoaboutchangingsuchamonstrousproblem?When life is

    shortandthemomentofapossiblevictorysofarinthefuture,whyevenbother?

    What is thepointofeventrying?Well first ofall consider this,and consider it

    seriously.Ifchangedoesnotoccurhereinthiscountry,acountrywherechangeis

    stillpossible,thereisnoplaceelseleftonthisplanetforanescape.Theentire

    worldoperatesbythissameclosedandcontrolledmonetarysystem.Government

    mandated paper money and banking systems are everywhere! In the United

    StatestheCentralBankistheFederalReserve,inEngland,theCentralBankisthe

    BankofEngland,inItalyitistheBankofItalyandsoonineverymajorforeign

    country.Thepowerandgrowthofgovernmentseverywherearefueledbythese

    monopoly systems and their growth has cut into the quality of life for all

    individuals to staggering proportions. It is like a virus, parasitic in nature and

    whichwilleventuallykillthehost.Ifwedonotmakeanefforttochangeitherein

    ourcountrynowitwillneverchangeandifwedonotstepforwardtohelpchange

    it,noonewill.

    Second,thereisnorationalreasontoworkmyselfandyou,thereader,upintoa

    revolutionary frenzy unless we stop long enough to realize that we are losing

    somethingverypreciousOurFreedom!Tobring this intoperspective,consider

    thattheabundancethatweseeandhave,ourhighstandardoflivingthatmostof

    usenjoytoday,cameintoexistencebyamovementgerminatedfromtheideaof

    freedom.Thismovementexplodedhereinthiscountryfrom1776until1914a

    very briefperiod of justover135years!Comparedto theentire history ofthe

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    world this is amazing! Wemust, therefore, reversethis trend for it is possible

    thatwemayneverhavetheopportunitytodosoagain.

    "Take for example the major movement of the great classical liberal of the seventeenth,

    eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. These, our ancestors, created a vast sprawling, and

    brilliant revolutionary movement, not only in the United States but throughout the Westernworld that lasted for centuries. This was the movement largely responsible for radically

    changinghistory,foralmostdestroyinghistoryasitwaspreviouslyknowntoman.Forbefore

    thesecenturies,thehistoryofman,withoneortwoluminousexceptions,wasadarkandgory

    recordof tyrannyanddespotism,a recordofvariousabsoluteStatesandmonarchs crushing

    andexploitingtheirunderlyingpopulations,largelypeasants,who,livedabriefandbrutishlife

    atbaresubsistence,devoidofhopeorpromise.Itwasarevolution,aclassicalliberalismand

    radicalismthatbroughttothemassofpeoplethathopeandthatpromise,andwhichlaunched

    thegreatprocessof fulfillment.Allthatmanhasachievedtoday,inprogress,inhope,in living

    standards,we can attribute to the revolutionarymovement, to that "revolution". Thisgreat

    revolutionwas our father; it isnow our task tocomplete its unfinishedpromise.Sowrote

    AustrianEconomist,MurrayN.Rothbardin1969.

    Third,andmostimportant,isthatamovementforrealchangecannotpossiblybe

    effective if it starts from the top down (government down to the individual

    citizen).Thegenesisfor changemuststartwith the individual. Itmusthave the

    individual as the principal criterion and spread out and up from there. This

    happensonlywhentheindividualseconomicsurvivalquestionsareansweredto

    hisfullsatisfactionandwhenheexperiencesimmediateresultsforhimselfinthe

    change endeavor he embarks upon. That is what this book is about. This is of

    crucialimportancebecausewhenthereareimmediatebenefitstotheindividual

    fromhisproductiveefforts,theindividualtakesnoticeandimmediatelyseeksto

    duplicateit.Whenheseesthatthebenefitshegainsalsohelpsocietyasawhole,

    heisencouragedandmotivatedtoinvolveothers,beginningwithhisownfamily

    membersandtheneveryoneelsewithinhiscircleofcontacts.Thistypeofgood

    newsalwaysspreads,slowlyinthebeginning,butthensuddenlyitturnsintoan

    evangelisticexplosion.Amovementthatworksinthismannercanquicklytakeon

    alifeofitsownandspreaduntilpublicopiniongrowsforcingtheupperechelons

    of government to make vital and necessary changes. In the end, all economic

    policies are ultimately dependent on the views of the general public and their

    choiceisfinal!Itisthemassesthatdeterminethecourseofhistory,butitsinitial

    movementmuststartwiththeindividual.

    Forthesethree importantreasons this book contains information toguideand

    empower the individual. Itdescribes indetail three independent ideas thatare

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    alreadyatworkspreadingandgainingmomentumthroughoutthegrassrootsof

    our country. The people and institutions involved with these ideas are

    wonderfullycreative!Althoughdistinct,theseideasaresouniquely intertwined

    thatbringing them togetherasone powerfulmultidimensionalelement inthis

    bookwasnatural.ThesethreeideasareAustrianEconomics,theSoundMoney

    SolutionandPrivatizedBankingasbestdescribedbytheInfiniteBankingConcept,

    a bookwritten by R.Nelson Nash.Oncefully understood,eachof these three

    ideasprovidesthebasisforaformulawithpowerfulturnarounddynamicsthat

    maybeimplementedbyvirtuallyanyindividual.Theresultisaprivateeconomic

    enterprise and selfperpetuating teaching tool that provides the individual the

    savings,bankingandfinancingcapabilities itneedstoacquireallof hismaterial

    needs,plusthepowertoliterallyreconstructnationalmonetarypolicy.Itisthese

    benefits that are the key to keeping the individual inspired as he spreads the

    messagetoothers.Asthemessagegrowspublicopinionwillchange.

    This powerful combination is the new idea presented in this book. This is,

    finally,asolutionthatanswersthequestionofwhatonepersoncanactuallydo

    thatwillmake a difference in aneconomic environment that has gone terribly

    awry. When you beginfirstwith the individualsownprivate economicaffairs,

    things change immediately for the better. It becomes the individuals escape

    routetofreedom.Furthermore,theSoundMoneySolutionsupportsthisideaand

    AustrianEconomicsconfirmsit.Moreimportantly,theindividualcangointothe

    economicenterpriseimmediatelyregardlessofthebridledmoneysystemhemay

    be in andwhat is going on all around him in the present social, political and

    economicenvironment.Althoughhis hope rests inthe ultimate triumphof the

    Sound Money Solution, which is changing the national monetary policy, the

    processheisengaginghelpsthrustforwardtheAustrianEconomicmessagewhile

    advancinghisownpersonaleconomicbenefitsinthehereandnow.

    The idea is so rational that it should not at all be difficult to grasp. All that is

    required is an open mind, the understanding of a few undeniable economic

    principles, the use of sincere conviction, common sense, imagination, courage

    and,aboveall,discipline.Hopefully,inthesefirstfewbeginningparagraphs,the

    readersappetitehasbeenwhettedenoughtowanttobecomemoreacquainted

    withtheprocess.Afterunderstandingtheideaclearlyandseriousthoughtgiven

    to it, it will naturally follow that the reader will want to embark upon the

    endeavor.Inacting,byimplementingtheprocessinhisowneconomicaffairs,the

    reader confirms the immediate benefits of the ideaand assureshimself that it

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    doesinfactreallywork!This,inturn,leadsyouintotellingothersaboutyournew

    foundindependenceandfreedomtherebyspreadingthesolutionforourcountry

    everywhere.

    IgnoringtheAustriansGotUsinThisMess

    Inbringingtogetherallofthethoughtscontainedinthisbook,itisimportantfor

    the reader to know that I have received an enormous amount of help and to

    knowexactlyfromwherethathelpcame.Thisisimportantbecauseifthereader

    istoimplementtheideapresentedhere,hewillideallyneedtotakeverysimilar

    steps for amore indepthand complete understandingof it.First ofall, I have

    benefitedimmenselybybeingastudentandpassionatereaderofthewritingsof

    the great classical natural law theorists found in Austrians Economists. Thesemen, several who predated Adam Smith andwho famously gaveexpression to

    laissezfaire in1776,havecomedowntousthroughwrittenhistory illuminating

    thedifficultandtheunseenonallthingshavingtodowitheconomics.Inmyown

    personalsearchforthetruthintheeconomicandfinancialrealm,Ihavefoundno

    parallel and only wish that I had heard about them earlier in my life.What a

    difference thatwouldhavemade! InMarch of 2009, just sixmonths after the

    economiccrisisoccurred,arareandinterestingarticleappearedinthefinancial

    publication, Barrons,entitled Ignoring the AustriansGot Us in ThisMess, by

    Randall W. Forsyth. The article pointed out that the Austrian prescriptions tosolve the worlds economic problems were first ignored by the New Deal of

    FranklinD.Roosevelt.Thatwasseventyfiveyearsago!Agrimreminderthatthe

    refusaltoacceptsoundeconomicthinkinghasgoneoninthiscountryforquite

    sometime.Instead,KeynesianEconomicshasnowbecomeentrenchedinsociety

    everywhere. Every major university from Harvard on down is vested in this

    erroneouswayofeconomicthinking.Acrossparty lines,as substantiatedby the

    BushandnowtheObamaadministration,withthe$700billiondollarTARPinlate

    2008 and the $787billion dollar stimulus a fewmonths later, the rejection of

    sound economics obviously continues. Therefore,without question,oneof theprincipalandimperativegoalsofthisbookisforeachreadertourgentlybecome

    acquaintedwithAustrianeconomics.Thisdoesnotimplythatonemustgoback

    toschoolandbecomeaneconomicscholar,butrathertotakeupreadingitona

    regularandconsistentbasis.Today,withthehelpoftheinternetitiseasy!Only

    byseeingtheworldfromtheAustrianeconomicpointofviewisoneabletosort

    outanddistinguishgoodeconomicsfrombadeconomics.

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    TheScienceofHumanAction

    Thereare,ofcourse,manygreatforeignAustrianscholarssuchasJeanBaptiste

    Say,EugenvonBohmBawerk,FredericBastiat,CarlMenger,WilhelmRopkeand

    NobelPrizewinning economist, F.A.Hayek, toname just a few.AmericanbornAustrianeconomistsincludeLeonardRead,HenryHazlittandMurrayN.Rothbard

    withthelistgrowingandtoonumeroustomentionallhere.However,themost

    celebrated figure of the Austrian School and writing nearly 100 years ago is

    Ludwig von Mises. This great Austrian economic scholar accomplished a feat

    never before done in the history ofeconomics. He tookcenturies of scattered

    economic thinkingand brought itall together intoone complete fieldof study,

    whichhecalledpraxeology,thescienceofhumanaction.Inessence,thisscience

    underscoredthatmanalwaysactswithapurpose,neverintheaggregate,but

    alwaysasanindividual.Forthatreason,mancannotbeplacedintoaformula,charted on a graph, orplaced into amathematical calculation for any type of

    centralized planning or forecasting asmodern day economists insist on doing.

    What you learn fromstudying theworks ofMises is that he wasoneof those

    individualsof impeccablecharacterthatcomesalongonlyrarely inhistory.One

    couldsaythathespenthisentirelifefightinganideawithincivilizationthatwas

    false.Infact,hebelievedthisideatobesodelusionalanddestructivethathesaw

    it as an evil that no one should give in to. Inmanyobservableways, from his

    writingsandlectures,itbecameclearthathewasnotsomuchthinkingofhimself,

    butratherlookingaheadconsideringusinourdayandtime,ourkidsandourgrandkids.Thelegacythatheleftbehind,atagreatpersonalcosttohimself,was

    theencouragementforallofustojoinintothisintellectualbattleandeventually

    defeatthisevilidea.Hebelievedittobeamoralresponsibilitythateachofus,

    youandI,havetosociety.

    Today, it is the great work of theMises Institute, FEE, and other such private

    institutes,fundedwithnoconnectionstopowerfulelites,thathavebecomethe

    centersforlearningtheeconomicprinciplesthatourchildrenandgrandchildren

    shouldbetaught.Theycontinuetofantheflameoflibertybypublishingscholarlyjournals, publishing books, holding conferences, teaching students and holding

    seminars.Becauseoftheireffortsspanningmorethan60yearshereinAmerica,

    hundreds of thousands have already joined in the intellectual battle and the

    changesarebeingfelteverywhere.Thereisfaith,hopeandexpectancyatthese

    independent scholarly institutions that a dramatic change in the political and

    sociallandscapeisrightaroundthecornerandcanhappennearlyovernightwhen

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    the ideological conditions are right. These institutions continue to provide the

    educationalfueltokeepthefireburning.Everyconscientiouscitizenshouldjoin

    andbecomeamemberofone.Alongwiththisbook,thesearetheplacestobegin

    oneseducational journeyofAustrianeconomicswhileatthesametimestaying

    involvedinthisbattleoverthemindsofmen.

    TheinfiniteBankingConcept

    I acknowledgeothergoodfriends and fellowAustriansas importantsourcesof

    help forthewritingof thisbook.Dr.Paul A.Cleveland,Professor ofEconomics

    andFinanceatBirminghamSouthernCollege,withoutquestion,is,andhasbeen,

    my economics teacher. When we firstmet years ago he was able to surmise

    quicklyandaccuratelywhereIwasinmyjourneyintoeconomics.Heprovidedthe

    necessary guidance for me to continue to move in the right direction and

    continuestodothattothisday.ThereisalsoCanadianbornDr.RichardJ.Grant,

    Professor of Economics and Finance at Lipscomb University, who provided

    invaluableinsightsintocurrentmonetarypolicyrelatingspecificallytotheFederal

    Reserveandthebankingsystem.Withhiswideexperienceofhavingtaughtand

    workedintwelvedifferentcountrieshisadvicewasinstrumentalinhelpingwith

    missingpiecesIhadnotyetquitefiguredout.Andthen,ofcourse,thereismyco

    authorofthisbook,Dr.RobertP.Murphy.Actuallyyoungerthansomeofmyown

    children,Robertsenergyandpassionforhisworkmakeshim,inmyopinion,a

    hopefulglimpseofthefutureofAmerica.Thereare,ofcourse,manyotherstowhomIoweagreatdealofgratitudeforthethoughtsprovidedinthisbook,but

    withmanyapologieswillnotbelistedout.

    It is alsoprobablywise forme to pointout that this book has borrowed ideas

    quiteliberallyfromothers.Idoubtseriouslyifthereisanoriginalideainit.Thisis

    a sort of blanket yet respectful acknowledgement to all the creators of these

    ideaswhichIhaveusedwithoutstoppingtogiveofficialcredit.Atbest,Robert

    andIhavearrangedwhatwethinkarebrilliantideasinamannertosupportwhat

    webelieve.Ifthereaderistakenbythisbookandthelineofthoughtitprovides,thenithasaccomplisheditspurpose.Letmemakeclear,however, thatthereis

    no greater idea in this book that provides the catalytic force to empower the

    individual,tomovehim totake immediateaction,than the ideaprovidedbyR.

    Nelson Nash and his Infinite BankingConcept (IBC). Therewill bemore to say

    aboutNelsonandIBClater,however, IwillsaynowthatitwasNelsonwhofirst

    suggestedIwritethisbook.WitheacheconomicarticleIwroteanddistributed

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    throughtheinternet,hisencouragementbywayofa personalphonecallwould

    follow.Iwouldhaveneverconceivedoftheideatowriteabookcontainingmy

    thoughts had it not been for his urgings, at least not in the direction he kept

    pushingmetowards.Nelson,alongtimestudentofAustrianeconomicsspanning

    52years,counseledmeandspokewithmeaboutthementoringhehadreceived

    earlier in his life from LeonardRead, founderofThe Foundation forEconomics

    Education.Theideasforhisbook,TheInfiniteBankingConcept,hadcomedirectly

    fromAustrianEconomics.ItwasthesesameconversationswithNelsonNashthat

    IwouldinturnbegintosharewithRobertMurphy.Slowly,overaperiodoftwo

    years,Robertbecameconvincedandconvictedwithwhathewashearing.Hisfirst

    momentofrealclaritycameonedayoverlunchwithPaulCleveland.Roberthad

    just finished reading Nelsons book and by the time lunch was over Robert

    understoodthesignificanceofwhatthebookwasexplainingandsoonthereafter

    implementedtheprocessforhimself.

    TheSoundMoneySolution

    ThedayRobertMurphycommittedtocoauthorthisbookwithmeisadayIshall

    never forget simply because of the unusual and unexpected way in which it

    happened.However,itispreciselybecauseofthewayithappenedthatexplains

    and proves the explosivevisionthe ideas in this book produce.To recount this

    specialdayandbegintoputitintoproperperspective,keepinmindthatupuntil

    thenRobertandIhadbeenvigorouslyinvolvedinnumerousconversationsabout

    the humanpredicament in todayseconomicenvironment.Robert, asa scholar

    and expert inAustrian Economics, couldexplainwhy thingswere theway they

    were academically. He obviously could expound on these problems prolifically

    having written several books and study guides to Mises Human Action and

    MurrayRothbards Man, Economyand State; not to leave out the countless

    articles for various independent libertarian think tanks. However, thoroughly

    explaininganddiagnosingtheproblemofournationandourworldwasnot the

    main issue. What everyone desperately wanted to know was how to fix it!

    Additionally,webothunderstoodtheSoundMoneySolutionwellandbelievedin

    itknowingthatitwasanchoredbysolidAustrianthinking.Weknewall toowell

    what was required to effect the kind of national change the Sound Money

    Solution called for, but the problem was that the Sound Money Solutions

    required stepswerehighly unlikelytoever be implemented andwebothsadly

    knewit.EvidenceforthiswasinthefactthattheSoundMoneySolutionwasput

    forthdecadesagoandyet,inspiteofalloftheadvancesandgrowththeAustrian

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    What Robert and I began to do next was to get honest with each other. We

    agreed thatour individual concernwithregards towhatweareexperiencing in

    ourpoliticalandeconomicaffairscurrentlycouldbesummedupinourknowing

    whatilleffectsallthiseconomicupheavalishavingonpeoplesabilitytomakealiving.Wedidnotshyawayfromthisreality.Wehadseveralveryindepthand

    personal discussions about this concern. We knew that for most all of us in

    America,theneedtobeabletomakealivingisandalwayshasbeenacrucialfact

    of life. It is the business from which we never retire. In fact, it is difficult to

    imagineanyhumanbeingwhoisnotpreoccupiedwiththiseconomicendeavor.

    Inwhatevermannerwetrytoexplainoursociety,orourgovernment,intermsof

    thepast,presentorthefuture,wecannotdoitandignore "economicman"and

    hisinnateneedtomakealiving.

    And then it happened! All of a sudden the entire theme of this book, from

    beginningtoend,hitRobertlikea2by4acrossthehead.Hiseyeswidenedwith

    utteramazementandheexclaimedwithexcitement,Thats it!Momentslater

    headmittedthatthevisionhithimwithsuchforcethathehadnotevenseenit

    coming.IthadneverdawnedonhimuntilthatverymomentthatwhatI,Pauland

    Nelsonhadbeentalkingaboutallthistimewasactually steptwooftheThree

    Steps of the Sound Money Solution,Privatized Banking! However, the

    spectacularandunbelievablepartaboutitwasthatanindividualcouldactuallygo

    intoprivatizedbankingrightnow!Therewasnoneedtowaitongovernmenttochange.TherewasnoneedfortheSoundMoneySolutiontobeacceptedandput

    forthintopublicpolicy.Privatebankingcouldbedoneimmediatelyanditcould

    be done by virtually anyone! Our creative energy suddenly soared and the

    missing incentive we had been searching for suddenly became clear and

    apparent.Theanswerthemissinglink,wassimplytheconnectingofthisinnate

    needwithinman,theneedtomakealiving,withtheSoundMoneySolution.The

    key was step two of the Sound Money Solution, the business of banking,

    privatized banking, the most profitable business in the world and it could be

    implementedrightnowbyanyindividualcitizen!

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    The Sound Money Solution

    1. Link outstanding Dollars to Gold: Creates propertyrights to sound money payable upon demand 100% Reserve Banking

    2. Privatize Banking: Government money monopoly abolished

    3. Close Central Bank: Size and Expense of Federal Gov twould decrease, taxes go way down, savings and production go up.

    L.CarlosLara

    Nashville,Tennessee

    January19,2010

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