“It’s not WHAT backs our money, it’s WHO controls the QUANTITY

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- Bill Still

VELOCITY ZERO

Yet Ripples Propagate Through Time

lease allow me the discretion to begin this discussion seemingly far removed from the primarytopic of

Velocity Zero

. Not to worry, we will circle back around.You see, my last surviving grandparent, Marion Temple, passed away this past weekend. Shewas the quintessential grandmother, the perfect one with the gumdrop jar on the counter in whichlittle hands were welcome. She made it to 90 years of age living independently on her ownterms and passing on her own terms too. She was a model American of the 1950s era, and couldhave played the part of June Cleaver, today’s Martha Stewart, or yesteryear’s model on the black and white television introducing the latest in modern appliances and time savingconveniences.An interesting note about her is that she worked for 33 years at Chaffee’sdepartment store in Everett, Washington. Chaffee’s was then like Nordstrom’sis today for that area. She retired after all those years and began drawing herdefined benefit monthly pension. Not more than six months after retirement,and after dedicating the prime of her adult life to the store, they went bankrupt.With no P.B.G.C. at the time, she never received another penny of her benefit plan, living herlater years certainly not at the standard she deserved. And yet she found a way to send money toa grandchild in business and flight school. Splash, a

Ripple

propagates through time.Her passing, of course, leads to introspective thinking. Again, please allow me some latitude.It occurs to me that everything in nature is made up of energy and ALL energy moves in cyclesand waves, passing from one state to the next. Modern theories even tie energy to the force of gravity. A person carries with them a “life force” if you will; it is their being, their energy, theirsoul, or what have you. But no matter what you believe – each person, and their energy,interacts with all the other people and energy, influencing others along the way. That influenceripples through time. My grandmother’s energy and influence will

ripple

through time forcenturies, through me and through her other grandchildren, and great grandchildren.When Freedom’s Vision has a profound effect on society, her life force will have contributedgreatly to its success, and yet she may not have realized the role she played.The same is true for everyone reading this. You all have roles to play in the shaping of America.Many of you feel that implementing change is beyond your power or is even beyond ourcollective power. It is not.

The change that is coming will be forged by you and the direction inwhich you cast your ripples through time.

verything in nature moves in cycles, the markets and economy are no different. Yet we can’tcurrently model the economy effectively because current beliefs are built upon so many half truths and totally false notions. Also because the data we use to measure the economy is nowskewed beyond recognition. Scientific research in the field of economics is nonexistent notbecause it’s not possible, but because it would provide transparency and hinder the current powerstructure’s insider advantages. Not taught about economics or money in school? No money forresearch? Gee, ever wonder who sets those priorities?This lack of priority, in turn, fosters a lack of understanding of how our money system is backedby debt and controlled by central bankers. This, I believe, has caused the entire world economyto become “DEBT SATURATED.” The current crop of politicians and mouthpieces do notunderstand the concept of debt saturation. Debt, of course, is leverage that pulls future earningsforward in time. Splash, ripple.Anyone who has everSpent time with the Good Dr. Bartlettknows, things that grow over timecompound upon themselves and eventually that growth will lead to an exponential rise andparabolic shaped curve. That is currently happening to our money and to our debt. Below is aclassic parabolic shaped curve, that of the Total Current Public Debt which is now more than$12.2 Trillion:

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exponential growth eventually ends with the curve collapsing. That’s just a fact of nature,our money system is no different, and eventually this curve will begin to roll over just as thefollowing chart of Household Credit Market Debt Outstanding is now: