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Arthur Burns was the Greenspan of his day. Rothbard pondered Mises and published his dissertation. Greenspan came to Bury Consumers — { Ph.D. thesis } Greenspan: The Man Behind Money. George W. Bush “ was bound and determined to follow through on a promise made during the campaign, to cut taxes by $1.6 trillion.” (page 242.) Economic growth dropped, year 2000, and the FED dropped interest rates. Budget Surplus projections were revised upward after January 2001 and Greenspan worried: “ What if the long-term debt were to be completely paid off ? ” (page 242.) Federal Income Taxes Collected — individuals: 8 yrs Pres. Clinton: $5.66 trillion; 8 yrs Pres. Bush: $7.45 trillion. [ Bill Frezza ] LESSons: More Tax Revenues. OBSCENE Hand Waives! Numbing Tax Cut Numbers. Time to Worry? Delay Deal— or De-FAULT? “ We the People” Control “Economic Liberty.” Empowerment Of Workers! Exorcised! for voting to decertify Union? Boeing Dreams — Blocked! Multiply Prosperity— Division of Labor/Trade Government provides anti-poverty benefits for one-in-six Americans. And doesn’t create jobs. Pres. Obama warns: GOP’s repeal of Wall Street overhaul ! [ See Gratuitous opprobrium by ignorant reprobates— excoriating “Greedy Wall Street bankers,” ignores The Source of the Moonshine, which ENABLED this drunken financial debacle! EASY Money— Stimulating Inferno? Origin of Mortgage Disaster. Perfect Government and Community Re-investment Act blustered Banks to promote “Affordable” Loans. Barney’s buncombe— enforced by badly bungled Banking Bills financed and funneled flaky mortgages through FHA, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac. Operating Government as a Business foisted these feeble frauds of bungled Bundled Mortgages — through Wall Street. Uncle Sam’s elixir!, Greed. Have Government Regulators Sold Capitalism Down the River? Free coinage of silver was the Bimetallic Nightmare! Bryan Campaigned to Crucify Capitalism— Cross Of Gold. — Free Market Capitalism: Yes! — and No! [ State Capitalism ] — Despots— Despise, Denounce, and Deploy “State Capitalism.” Karl Marx and political candidates encourage government control of Economic development. Rule By Elites appeals to Intellectuals and Democracy enthusiasts. Experience trumps brilliance in Free Markets! [ Richard Cobden ] Penny Ante Voting of Free Market protects Gullible Voters! “ Is it reasonable to assign to wards the right to elect their guardians? ” Social security and Health Care legislation is justified by declaring: voters are “ incapable of managing their own affairs; . . .” Government—Capitalist separation gains Prosperity! The Social Function of Private Property— Zeroed by Zoning! French advocates of laissez-faire observed: “ the use of coercion or state privilege pits one self Republicans hold “hostage” small businesses? ( Liquidity Trap ) Depressed investors lack confidence to Revive our Prosperity! Paul Krugman’s Fiery Trousers! [Keynesians— Below.] Stimulating FEAR! Stimulate incentives for creating Real Jobs! The “argument for deficit spending falls to pieces if government spending does not result in higher economic growth.” “ The only way the American economy is going to regain its lost health and vitality is to lead the world into the future. Entrepreneurs “ The decisive element ” in bringing a society out of poverty is “ the development of the entrepreneurial reserves that exist in its men D e - F l a t i o n — Gonna Get Yo’ Momma! “ Practically, the danger of deflation is but slight and the danger of inflation tremendous.” “ The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.” Inflationary Policy of Federal Reserve? Path to Sound Money Seminar The Gold Standard and the Great Depression. How Capitalism Will Save Us. Steve Forbes: “ What started in August 2007 was not the failure of free markets but the outcome of bad government actions. Greed and recklessness always run rampant during bubbles, . . .” “After the crisis, the Fed must undergo a dramatic downsizing and be given a focused mission.” “ The big change— the Federal Reserve should have only two missions. They are: keeping the dollar as good as gold and dealing with financial panics. If it does the dollar part right, a panic should be a once The only Free Lunch in Knoxville! Political Free lunch? Political Fantasies? Protestant ethic. The Theory of Money and Credit, by Ludwig von Mises, was originally published in 1912. He predicted German hyper Denationalization of Money, by Friedrich Hayek, was published in 1976. (Page 44.) Control of value by competition— would take control from a monopolistic authority, and entrust it to private concerns. The threat of the speedy loss of their whole business if they failed to meet expectations— would provide a much stronger safeguard, than any that could be devised against any government monopoly. Competition would certainly prove a more effective constraint, forcing the issuing Stability of purchasing power of a $Money UNIT— is similar to the Stability of each UNIT of WEIGHTS and MEASURES: Constitutional Power: Article The Congress shall have power . . . To COIN MONEY, REGULATE the VALUE thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix Eagles and Dollars: A Case of Monetary Apostasy, by Steven Montgomery is a most exceptional historical account, and explanation of these principles! The Theory of Free Banking explains how stability is valued by those who save for future use. Money can be a means to store value: similar to preserving food. Inflation destroys savings— as Fish and Fruit rot and stink! Lending would stop, and savers would spend the Money before it putrified! Restoring confidence to lenders— is the current political confidence game. Borrowing a $Unit is similar to borrowing the sugar it could buy. If more ounces must be repaid, for each borrowed pound— because the “Pound ” is not a stable UNIT of MEASURE— this is a penalty against the Borrower. Borrowing would cease to occur, except for emergency “ Pay Stable UNITS of Measure, and UNITS of Money— are the language of exchange. Romantic suitors, diplomats, and politicians, apply Qualitative language buncombe— to be appealing and persuasive. Quantitative babble wrecks civilized agreements— and the MEASURED exchange of lumber and steel— for buildings and bridges. Inflation wrecks Civilization! Not worth a Continental! The Curse of Fiat Money! CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “Section. 10. No State 28th of January, 1862, discussion in the House of Representatives, it was expected that: “ The suspension of cash payments by the government, as well as by the banks, developed that a resort to PAPER MONEY had become unavoidable. A hard money war was impracticable.” SALMON P. PLEONASM— Mr. Justin S. Morrill of Vermont: “ I should feel that I utterly failed in the discharge of my duty, if I did not find a stronger prop for the country than this measure— a measure not blessed by one sound precedent, and damned by all! ” “ I protest against making any thing a legal tender but gold and silver, as calculated to undermine all confidence in the republic.” “Mr. Roscoe Conkling, of New York (then in the House): ‘ It will proclaim throughout the country a saturnalia of fraud; a carnival of rogues.’ ” “Mr. Owen Lovejoy: ‘ it is not in the power of any legislative body to Page 248. House bill No. 240, with provisions added by the Senate, “ Became Slave Politics — A Conversation With Carter Glass: “ Bankers and their myrmidons and hired pigwidgins always threaten a torrent of disasters.” Federal Reserve Bank decisions— to specify, and control short term Interest Rates— guided giddy bankers to the Dionysian drunken bacchanal! $500Billion, $700B, $900B, $Trillion— De Ignorance can be cured. Stupid is forever. The Worst Recession in 25 years? (was not September 18, 2007: the Federal Reserve Bank cut its target for the fed funds rate from 5.25% to 4.75%. September 07, 2008: Fed’s policy incompetent, misguided. December 17, 2008: Rate/cut to Zero! “ Earlier this month, the Fed and other central banks joined to slash rates, the first coordinated move of that kind in the Fed’s history. That dropped the Fed’s key rate down to its current 1.50 percent. (Oct 28, 2008) It also marked an about face for the Fed, which had halted an aggressive rate We are so fortunate: the Federal Reserve is so versatile too quickly stabilize the economy! An article in the American Free Press, March 2 & 9 issue, by Michael Piper, refers to commentary about Dr. Melvin Urofsky’s book in The New York Times, 7 February, 2009— “ about the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.” “ He said that the measure ‘allowed Congress to take away bank’s control over currency.’ ” The first sentence of this page establishes that fact: Links to articles. It is great fun to heckle those who met at Jekyll Island to plan and establish the Federal Reserve. Private Bankers have no Mono Control Freaks! The key to growth. Pretence of Knowledge. Foundation for Economic Education, The Freeman: Bailout Hypocrisy, June, 2008 Inflation 101: Cause— Transmitted rising prices. Why “ Inflation” is Back? Money Growth Causes Inflation. The Great French Inflation! Nationalization of the Mortgage Market! Occupational Licensing— Improves Quality? Attacked— Right To Earn a Living! Ludwig von Mises Institute Daily Articles: What’s Behind the Financial Market Crisis? Escape from Depreciating Dollar. Everything You Love You Owe to Capitalism! Consistent, systematic behavior is oriented by ideas “Systematic invasions of private-property rights” are “ the primary enabling acts” which “ removes the use of the property from the rightful owner’s control.” “Systematic bureaucratic killing that took place over years” was made possible by “ Ideologies that announce their devotion to the race, the nation, and even freedom and democracy.” “Socialism’s victims are left without the means to draw goods to themselves to meet their basic needs. They become entirely dependent on bureaucratic distribution.” President Jefferson “desired government rigorously frugal and simple,” and “dismissed all of the collectors and inspectors of the internal revenue. This change alone reduced the number of federal employees by more than Andrew Jackson and Martin Van BUREN: Separated Government — from Banking! President Lincoln— Recombined Them! The Great Depression According to Milton Friedman. “ The need for a lender of last resort in the U.S. banking system was due to a systemic weakness caused unintentionally by state and federal banking regulations. ( Canada, with a freer banking system, had no such systemic weakness and no need for a lender of last resort.)” How Government Prolonged the Depression Are We All Keynesians Now? A recent radio program interviewed Keynesian economists. They explained recent adoption of Spending stimulus after Interest Rates had been reduced “ to zero” by the Federal Reserve Banks. Hamilton Got it Right— Why Can’t We? The Misesian Case against Keynes. Stories by Sue Kirchhoff, USA TODAY. Fed, central banks cut rates to aid world economy. Is It 1929 Again? Wash. Post, Robert Samuelson. Hoover: Blamed for the Crash of ’29 and Booed In Bad Times. New Deal or Same Old Shuffle? Congress decides it is worth risking depression, By Martin Wolf. Paulson’s plan, By Martin Wolf. Stable Money Is the Key to Recovery. Goodbye To Outrage? Agony of Intellectualizers! Why Spending plans Fail ? Whitewashing Fannie Mae!! U.S. Federal Reserve Articles. Fed assumes powerful new role. They Just Don’t Get It. Blaming Deregulation. Facts Don’t Matter? More economic pain ahead, says Fed chair. Stocks fall as rate cut fails to calm investors. Fed orders emergency rate cut to 1.5 percent. Federal Reserve rate cut to 1.0 percent. How Low Can it go? Rate/cut to Zero! Alan Greenspan Articles: Greenspan Stands His Ground. Interview With Former Federal Reserve Chairman: Alan Greenspan. Redistribution of Blame, October, 2002. Sir Alan’s Follies. Guilty as Charged!, November 07, 2008. Additional Articles and details of Legislation: July 14, 2008 (The Atlantic)— Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Two Big September 07, 2008 — Fed’s policy incompetent, misguided. September 23, 2008 — Financial Crisis— Not So Fast! September 23, 2008 — Bailout Concerns Duncan. September 26, 2008 — Wondering why We are Bailing Out Those Banks? October 1, 2008 — Senate Bailout. October 2, 2008 (IBD)— Too Big Not To Fail. October 20, 2008 — Is Capitalism Dead? The market that failed was not exactly free. October 20, 2008 — Stimulating Time! October 22, 2008 : Don’t throw away your vote! Nov. 01, 2008 : Government Rules create more Risk! Dec. 02, 2008 : Don't Blame Bush For Subprime Mess. Dec. 08, 2008 : Prepackaged Failure. Dec. 11, 2008 : Auto—Induced Bankruptcy? Dick Cheney: Congress failed struggling automakers? Dec. 13, 2008 : $416 million ant-breeding scam. Ms. Terry? Laborious Ride? “America’s most efficient railroad.” Know The Truth — and Market Prices Will Set you Free. RKOmedy.com “GOD Created ABUNDANCE, Man devised Credit.” “Competition Is A Sin! ” In Doctrine Nation. ScoolDaze.com The Law of Supply and Demand for Labor was Repealed by President Roosevelt. Minimum Wage legislation is effective, and generous— with improvements for lucky Teenagers. (Wages and Subsistence) The Re-Union Party TaxJudas.com RelaTAX.Org Anon Corps — Black Racism — BLACKSBURG: Why Economists Tend to Oppose Gun Control Laws. Isonomia.US LandGrab.US Eminent Domain— Condemnation: reduces Private Property to a priviledge, and creates Nomads. Robbery and Taxation — take your Taxation is “ Legalized.” Motor Fuel Taxes are levied to Maintain A county fee violates federal Navigable Rivers Act. Economic hardship for Cocke County? COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE. Pirates Phail to Legislate RANSOM FEES? Deign your own Government! CONFEDERATED GOVERNMENT — STRONGEST OF ALL GOVERNMENTS? The Sphere and Duties of Government. Fed’s policy? “ Greenspan’s ultralow interest rates ” “during the peak of the housing bubble were the lowest in the entire 37 years for which the St. Louis Fed keeps records.” Spiritual Revival! of Fall tering Eek! on Ami? Turbines could harness power of Mississippi. The Cost of Free Care? William Gibbs McAdoo John David McAdoo Green L. McAdoo |
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