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Peter Schiff on the Fiscal Cliff

Unlearn the Propaganda!

  • Dave

    I really wish people who should know better would stop using the state’s lingo, like “paying our bills.” Those are not my bills. Those are the politicians’ bills. Just because they are fleecing me to throw money at it does not make any of that mountain of debt mine.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/William-Schooler/100003032488972 William Schooler

    This example is clear, it points to those who have no ability to make a good choices if you gave them a golden spoon.

    None of this makes sense because it does not resolve a thing, it only continues such an agreement and I agree with the first comment, you can agree to own those bills if you want but I didn’t spend the debt or create it, I simply didn’t resist it which is my fault.

    How about focusing on resisting the Corporation ideology at all. Stop playing with ourselves admit we did not do well with this poor idea of capitalism and make some new choices and new agreements to fully resist these ridiculous ideas. But look at how much time we spend focusing on the bad actions, TONS, the majority goes here in fact and I see a pin drop of resistance or focus on viewing that direction of resisting.

    WE the LIFE on this planet have no debt, corrupt Governments and Corporate entities created it, spent it, swindled it and they own it all and they are responsible for such actions, we have only refused to hold them accountable by our lack of agreement to resist.

    Indoctrination continues all so some can hold on to what little money they have because they dont have any, they only think they do.

    When are we going to agree to STOP all of it? Today, tomorrow, next week, upon starvation, when?

  • Luke Sunderland

    But, we are the government, remember? So, in reality, we’re just becoming indebted to ourselves while simultaneously paying ourselves off. Makes perfect to me.

    BTW – In order to be in compliance with Woods’ Law #3 (No matter how obvious you make a satire, someone will think you are being serious.) I should point out that I am, in fact, being satirical.

  • jen

    Wonder why Schiff and others do not provide as clear as explanation of fiscal cliff/raising debt cieling as Schiff did here. Diagrams would significantly enhance the explanations.
    The debtors are infact the major banks who are closely connected to the federal reserve bank. China infact owns a small fraction of the debt – but that real debt (versus just printed money by fed reserve and given to gov’t thru big banks) buys them significant leverage and main role in the world going forward.

  • jen

    Those that would hear this explanation are already on the anti-fed bandwagon. So there should be other means to distribute this information to get converts/educate.

  • anonymoussss

    if he started doing that i don’t think he would be allowed on TV as much, I’m surprised he even gets interviewed that often

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/William-Schooler/100003032488972 William Schooler

    LOL, you don’t understand that the habit to keep teaching the same people the same crap all the time and if you question it, inject into it either silence or personal attack becomes the habit so well used.

    Its like we keep repeating history in our heads over and over and over only the results of bad choice in history did repeat and then we keep telling each other this over and over and over like some other light will flicker on.

    I am not sure we will ever make it to today because of old habits and old training, living in the past seems to be the mantra of Life.

  • BrunoT

    I swear, the tech person for Peter must be a relative. Nobody could stay employed with as many technical glitches as his show has had over the years. It’s pretty comical at times.

  • beam

    Please educate yourself so that next time when you write something corporatism and capitalism won’t be mentioned under the banner of poor idea in the same sentence. What is wrong with free exchange of goods, what is wrong with property rights and – if you can answer those in reasonable manner – what is wrong with You? My firend, there is no WE, no collective, only people that can be counted. No forest, just trees. And corrupt government is a redundancy – show me one that isn’t and it won’t be a government any more, but a free association.

  • Yuck

    Agreed. People like to dettach themselves from spending. It is also disingenuous to call it paying your bills. We are plunging ourselves more into debt.