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Thomas Paine on Government v Society

  Thomas Paine was hated in England for what he wrote. Pictured below is a political token blaming Paine for effectively the American and French Revolutions against monarchy. We face another critical period where indeed “these are the times that try men’s souls” until government recognizes that it MUST reform the monetary system for its […]

Common Sense – Thomas Paine

Common Sense INTRODUCTION Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not YET sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favour; a long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time […]

Avoiding Taxes in Europe is Becoming An Art Form

As taxes rise and services decline, underground economies are booming. Barter is returning and governments are clamping down following the model of the commonly known Stasi, which was the Ministry for State Security (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit).The official state security service of East Germany GDR was one of the most effective and repressive secret police agencies in the […]

The Rise of Barter in Greece & Southern Europe

  Some people are claiming that Greece is doing away with the Euro because people are bartering. This is simply not the case. There is a collapse in public services. The social safety net is gone. This is the collapse of Marxism. As a result, at the local level alternative forms of money are emerging. […]

Thirst for Taxes Locks out Vatican from Electronic Wire Transfers like Iran

If anyone ever thought governments are Christian as opposed to the old atheist USSR, you have another thing coming. Governments do not trust the Vatican and have cut it off from the international banking system unless it reports on every person involved behind any transfer of money. I guess the 19 Terrorists and the camel […]

US Criminally Charged Swiss’s Oldest Bank

Behind closed doors, the universal image of the United States around the world speaking with other people in government was clear – it is regarded as the schoolyard bully. It uses its military power to plow down international law so that no one will stand up to the USA and say hey – you are […]

Crawford v US 541 US 36 (2004)

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 02—9410 MICHAEL D. CRAWFORD, PETITIONER v. WASHINGTON ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF WASHINGTON [March 8, 2004] Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner Michael Crawford stabbed a man who allegedly tried to rape his wife, Sylvia. At his trial, the State played for […]

Interest Rates & 2013

2013 will be the Pi (π) target year for the low in interest rates from the 1981 high. The key in this giant financial crisis is still Europe. Marxism has failed. Russia & China faced that in 1989. The West has to learn this lessen as well. As a whole, Europe will post the lowest economic […]

What was in the “fiscal cliff” Bill?

The Bush tax cuts will become permanent for all individual income below $400,000 (and family income below $450,000). The sequester spending cuts will be delayed two months. Hidden in the last-hour vote in Congress to avoid the “fiscal cliff” included all sorts of arcane provisions into the final bill, covering everything from electric scooters to NASCAR […]

Interview by Financial News Network

http://financialsurvivalnetwork.com/2012/12/martin-armstrong-2013-crazy-things-happening-around-the-globe/