Community banks work. Look at the Bank of ND. In a republican state it has for some reason prospered despite the current depression. It was unaffected by the Mortgage bust. Why because the bank is owned by the state. The bank by law has to deposit every cent it receives into this bank. The bank on the other hand makes loans to small business and homeowners and community projects. All of which generate revenue for the bank. All of which benefit the state in the long run. All of which shields the state from the vagaries of and Federal Reserve caused recessions and depressions. So maybe state run banks are the future for other states. If not how about county or city owned banks to serve the exact same purpose. Even tribal banks owned by the tribal governments. They especially should think about this. After all they are sovereign nations within the United States or America or Canada. They do not even have to keep their accounts in Federal Reserve or Canadian notes. They can issue their own currency if push comes to shove. After all they are Nations in their own right. Right now we have five felon banks. What if they were taken over and operated as the bank of the United States of America? How quickly would our National Debt go away? After all right now they are criminal enterprises, serving only the management of the bank and nobody else. As a newly formed bank of the USA they would eliminate the Federal Reserve Charter and actually put some value into our legal tender. What good is money which is only a IOU for a loan that was never authorized or had any backing of real value?
Another thing on the same lines is CoOperative business. Look at the City of Green Bay, WI. What do the 105,000 people in this city have in common? They own a professional football team by the name of the Green Bay Packers. What does the company Ace Hardware have in common with The Green Bay Packers? The headquarters and buyers and staff are all owners. The same thing was true of the Amana Corp which was community owned. The local Farmers CO-OP is owned by the local farmers. The Credit Union members own the Credit Unions. They are all cooperative business. So does your town hold empty factory buildings or warehouses? Does your town have many people either working for minimum wage or not working at all. How many of these are older managers, laid off factory workers, unemployed sales people, college students who can't find a job, or people who have given up on finding work like the homeless? So find something they can make, especially some product that can be sold in the region. Raise public money and use the resources available. You have a new tax paying job source in a hurry that will not leave the community unless it is mismanaged and goes out of business. Even our poorer tribes could do this. After all they already have a product. The Arts and crafts most of the Rez. people produce. So the Tribe buys/rents a storefront in a major city. Hires people from the tribe to operate it and sell/auction the production of the tribe's members. Making sure the people making it get $15 a hour plus the cost of material plus 10% for buying more materials. Selling it at auction for a minimum of 200% markup to cover the wages and upkeep and utilities of the store/auction house with any money left over going to the community/tribe as profit.
If you like any of these ideas, please share with others.
Bob Smith Peacemaker, Earthkeeper and candidate for US Congress TN 1st. Congressional District.
Friday, May 29, 2015
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Thoughts May 27th. 2015
Just met a local church visiting group. Asked me to come to their church (meeting house) on Sunday. When they got ready to go one of them read or misread a passage from the King James Book. I corrected him on what it said as I have read the bible several times in different versions and told him i didn't believe in his religion. They left in a hurry saying I was going to Hell. I'm there right now. Oh I also asked him what his church stood for because in our whole conversation all I heard was were against this and that. I still want to know what the protestant movement stands for. Nothing good that I can see except to lord over others and point fingers. I remember something about Let he who is without sin. Oh well It was interesting and now my neighbors know I can't be bothered with what they preach. Their book has some great ideas on how to live but nobody tries to.
I learned at a very early age, that everyone is equal and should be respected unless they do or say something to loose that respect. The men's council deliberated on actions and so on. The woman's council held the final say on what the men proposed. In addition the thirteen year/fourteen year old's had the duty of speaking for thee elders. The Earthkeepers had the duty of representing the various animals, birds, fish, tree's creepy crawly's and invisible ones. Probably the hardest job was that of the eldest women for they were required to speak for the children. Though everyone including the children could and did call council if they saw a problem or a need. We have to get back to that. We have to learn to listen to others and then speak knowing what they said and why. Mankind is not to be governed by the richest, the most eloquent or the one with the weapons. It is supposed to be a voice for everyone and respect for all including the next seven generations.
The warrior society which was and is by traditon not the ones who speak out for war but those who watch and take action before the warclub is necessary. Prevention instead of killing or arresting is the job of any who call themself warriors.
The five large banks that just were found to be felons are not. They are criminal enterprises. How many times do we have to fine them for criminal activity before we realize the people running those banks and not the banks are the criminals. What they do is steal from all of the rest of us and put it in their packets. So when are we going to jail them, break up the big banks and return some of their crooked gains to the people?
I learned at a very early age, that everyone is equal and should be respected unless they do or say something to loose that respect. The men's council deliberated on actions and so on. The woman's council held the final say on what the men proposed. In addition the thirteen year/fourteen year old's had the duty of speaking for thee elders. The Earthkeepers had the duty of representing the various animals, birds, fish, tree's creepy crawly's and invisible ones. Probably the hardest job was that of the eldest women for they were required to speak for the children. Though everyone including the children could and did call council if they saw a problem or a need. We have to get back to that. We have to learn to listen to others and then speak knowing what they said and why. Mankind is not to be governed by the richest, the most eloquent or the one with the weapons. It is supposed to be a voice for everyone and respect for all including the next seven generations.
The warrior society which was and is by traditon not the ones who speak out for war but those who watch and take action before the warclub is necessary. Prevention instead of killing or arresting is the job of any who call themself warriors.
The five large banks that just were found to be felons are not. They are criminal enterprises. How many times do we have to fine them for criminal activity before we realize the people running those banks and not the banks are the criminals. What they do is steal from all of the rest of us and put it in their packets. So when are we going to jail them, break up the big banks and return some of their crooked gains to the people?
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