Ja kommentarerne fra den fyr der er bedre end selve artiklen. Gennemsigtighed er en vigtig del af det hele, isaer nu hvor verden haenger taettere sammen via nettet.
The Telegraph er paa banen i dag med nogle af de ting, de amerikanske medier ikke har "mod" til at roere ved.
America slides deeper into depression as Wall Street revelshttp://www.telegraph.co.…revels.htmlMen egentlig noget helt andet, jeg havde i tankerne til dette indlaeg. Laeste dele af en afskedstale Andrew Jackson (tidl. US presi) gav i 1837, hvor han virkelig gaar i dybden med, hvorfor han fik afskaffet den davaerende US BANK, Amerikas anden central bank. (FED er den 3.)
Har hevet en part ud her:
The paper system being founded on public confidence and having of itself no intrinsic value, it is liable to great and sudden fluctuations, thereby rendering property insecure and the wages of labor unsteady and uncertain. The corporations which create the paper money cannot be relied upon to keep the circulating medium uniform in amount.
In times of prosperity, when confidence is high, they are tempted by the prospect of gain or by the influence of those who hope to profit by it to extend their issues of paper beyond the bounds of discretion and the reasonable demands of business; and when these issues have been pushed on from day to day, until public confidence is at length shaken, then a reaction takes place, and they immediately withdraw the credits they have given, suddenly curtail their issues, and produce an unexpected and ruinous contraction of the circulating medium, which is felt by the whole community.
The banks by this means save themselves, and the mischievous consequences of their imprudence or cupidity are visited upon the public. Nor does the evil stop here.
These ebbs and flows in the currency and these indiscreet extensions of credit naturally engender a spirit of speculation injurious to the habits and character of the people. We have already seen its effects in the wild spirit of speculation in the public lands and various kinds of stock which within the last year or two seized upon such a multitude of our citizens and threatened to pervade all classes of society and to withdraw their attention from the sober pursuits of honest industry.
Det er ikke guld/soelv vs paper money delen, der er interessant for mig. Det er hans fuldstaendige korrekte billede af, hvad der sker naar bankerne faar frit spil og hvad der sker i opture og nedture.
Bankerne redder sig selv. Hvis de ikke kan det,
ber de kraever de hjaelp fra skatteyderne med baal og braend hvis de ikke faar det.
Er det den slags banker, vi oensker skal laegge en af grundpillerne i vores samfund? Skal de overhovedet vaere grundpille?
Jackson saa det som en direkte trussel mod samfundet og det politiske system og bad borgerne vaerge sig mod alle kommende forsoeg paa at underlaegge US bankernes vilje/system. Det er interessant, fordi det lige noejagtigt er det, der er sket.
Alle forslag til finansiel reform er blevet undergravet og intet er sket. Det "vil oedelaegge vores recovery" jo.
Du kan selv laese den (lidt lange sag) her:
http://dollarcollapse.co…serve-note/