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Imagine
Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: It’s completely impossible. It’s possible, but it’s not worth doing; I said it was a good idea all along. – Arthur C. Clarke Imagine a nation with very little debt, low taxes...
Let’s piece it together
I approach political issues with fervor. I love to gather information from all sides, and enjoy finding the underlying issues and agreements. I love the process of piecing together a coherent understanding of issues. I do my best to understand the positions that generate heat and passion, recognizing that what...
Systems matter
Our money system is like a playing field; it determines what rules are needed and how the game is played. For example, you cannot play football on a tennis court. Or if you run at a nearby school, you will likely run on the track that circles the center field....
What is money?
It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning. —Attributed to Henry Ford, Sr. (1863–1947) by Representative Charles G. Binderup of Nebraska, Congressional Record, 19376 We work hard...
Who Done It?
I love a good murder mystery. So, as I read the paper and watch the news, I wonder, what is poisoning and crippling our nation? Will the culprits be caught and held accountable? Can we be healthy and prosperous? I read reports of bad behavior that corrupts our politics and...
A basic, 100% bank
Basic banking is a business like any other; a basic bank has its own capital on hand to start up the banking business, and it charges its customers a fee to cover the cost of services. The bank sets its fees, and like any business in the community, it must...
Bank money creation
Yet few people not versed in banking ever dream that their money ‘in the bank’ is not in the bank; and few people versed in banking ever dream that the money which is not there ought to be there, or that it is practical to have it there. — Irving...
Chapter 1 Endnotes
1.0 Introduction 1 U.S. Constitution. Preamble. https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript 1.1 Imagine! 2 “Universal health care usually refers to a health care system that provides healthcare and financial protection to more than 90% of the citizens of a particular country.” There are individual links to information on each country’s healthcare system information. Wikipedia.org....
Chapter 10 Endnotes
10.94 Fresh Start 1 Eisler, Riane, The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating A Caring Economics. 2nd Edition. Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2008. 10.95 New Stories, Because Our Stories Matter 2 McEvers, Kelly. “Utah Reduced Chronic Homelessness By 91 Percent: Here’s How.” NPR: National. December 10, 2015. https://www.npr.org/2015/12/10/459100751/utah-reduced-chronic-homelessness-by-91-percent-heres-how 3 Qin, Yun.”Want...
Chapter 2 Endnotes
2.9 Human Nature Matters 1 NOTE: Yawns are contagious. There’s been a considerable amount of research on contagious yawning, that finds intriguing differences among ages and individuals. If you’d like to see how you fall on the vulnerability to contagion scale, try the video on this Psychology Today post: Bergland,...