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  • Maria

    To place the email subscription more visible. It was very hard to find.
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  • Anonymous

    Tom,

    Thank you for your many good works; I am a fan of yours who has read “Meltdown” and has great respect for you and the Austrian School of Economics.

    I am wondering if you are familiar with what Walter Burien is doing over at http://www.cafr1.com . As you may know he traded in derivatives for 30 years, has a gift for comprehending the big numbers in government financial statements, and is educating people about the fact that collective “government” now literally owns controlling interests in all the Fortune 500 companies and more through thousands of investment accounts held at the municipal, county, state and federal levels.

    The proof is revealed in the “Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports” in the public domain. Thus when government bails out various corporate entities, taxpayers are unknowingly simply rescuing government investment portfolios. Naturally, no one explains this to the public; they only get the usual half-truths, lies and obfuscation from New York and Washington D.C.. The profits from these government investments are not shared with the very taxpayers whose money was used to create them.

    Fascism, American style.

    According to Walter, “taxes” account for a mere third of the money collective government takes in; the rest is obscene levels of profit from investments, carefully not talked about in the mainstream media. All the talk of “budget deficits” does not take into account the “profits from investment” revealed only in the CAFRs that every level of government issues as required by law, and are in the public domain for anyone to look at.

    States “going broke” is only partly true; yes, they are usually spending more than their budget funds. However, the profits outlined above are carefully not mentioned to the public. The purpose? To scare the public into putting up with their present tax burden, and to prepare for more because, after all, “the government is going broke and needs our money”.

    It is identical to me pulling my empty pocket inside-out and saying to you “See? I’m broke! Please give me money!” while every other pocket is stuffed full with one hundred dollar bills.

    Walter Burien explains what I’ve stated here in a new 1 hour 14 minute online documentary he created called “The Only Game In Town”. A 48-hour pass costs $3.00 available here:

    http://cafr1.com/ViewNow.html

    I watched it twice. Walter ends his video proposing a smart simple way to address the issue of taxes: create “Tax Retirement Funds” (“TRFs”) that are financed by a small percentage of the profit that every level of government is already making.

    My fantasy: that you would consider taking the time to view “The Only Game In Town” at the above link, perhaps communicate directly with Walter (his contact info including phone number is at his web site), and then write an article with your response and post it where you can.

    Thank you.

  • ReclaimLiberty

    I had the Pleasure of hearing Dr. Woods talk about his new book, “Nullification” last night here in Flagstaff at Northern Arizona University. He gave a terrific presentation on an important historic topic of Nullification. I purchased a copy of Nullification to add to another Woods book that I own and have enjoyed reading “Who Killed the Constitution.” I am a Constitutional scholar (in training) and am currently working with the states, trying to educate them about another unknown or misunderstood Constitutional authority, their Article V authority to propose amendments to the Constitution, such as a balanced federal budget amendment. You can learn more at http://www.ReclaimLiberty.us.