U.S. "DOLLAR" SINKS TO NEW LOWS AS COMMODITIES TRADERS CAUSE US HIGHER PRICES

What are you gonna do about it????

With a higher level of collective awareness and activism we can thwart this belief system of worthless scrip issued out of thin air by a cabal of private bankers that encourages commodities and currency traders to further devalue our phoney money ("dollars") by speculating (betting) on higher prices for essential consumer items.

While we can't overthrow the bastards or put them on trial or put them in jail, no matter how much they deserve it, there are some effective things we all can do, from simply boycotting the bastards to creating alternatives:

> STOP shopping. STOP consuming. Buy only what you absolutely need, and only in reasonable amounts. Do not buy items made in China or other slave labor countries to where American jobs have been transferred. When you must buy something, support your local merchant who is part of your community. Every "dollar" you spend is a vote that determines who stays in business -- why empower the chains and corporate conglomerates that destabilize your community as they destroy the planet? Better yet, don't allow the chains or "big box" stores in your town in the first place. There is plenty you and your neighbors can do to keep them out.

> Boycott unnecessary devices and technology. Do you REALLY need that latest electronic gizmo that you somehow managed to have lived your whole life without all these years, only to find that a few months later, the new version is out at a lower price that makes what you've bought obselete?

> If you must buy a car, why not get one that uses electric power, bio-diesel or some fuel other than gasoline? If you must use gas, you should refuse to buy a new car unless it gets more than 100 miles to a gallon. This technology has been available for well over 50 years, as have cars that can run on ANY combustible fuel, like alcohol, kerosene, and vegetable oil. The price of gas and cars will drop when folks drive less and refuse to buy cars that get less than 100 miles to a gallon.

> So milk is $4.00 a gallon? STOP buying that sludge that fucks up your health (after all, milk is meant for baby cows, NOT for humans!!) and watch the price of dairy products plummet. Watch the price of everything else fall at the supermarket when you refuse to buy all of the other crap that is not good for your health.

> To circumvent the frankenfood conglomerates fucking with the food supply with pesticides, additives, processing and radiation, get your produce from health food stores, especially those that buy from local organic farmers. Better yet, get involved with and and form communal farming groups in which everyone pitches in to plant, grow and harvest crops on small organic farms, or grow your own. When you learn how to do it, you won't need the food cartels to provide it to you at THEIR price under THEIR terms.

> TRY your best to get off the grid -- explore solar power to heat your home if you can, or a thermal system that uses energy from inside the earth, or energy derived from composting household garbage. These technologies exist and are improving every year. What you save on utility bills you no longer have to pay will offset the cost of your new self-sufficient system in only a few years. At the very least, use as little electricity as possible and keep all of your appliances unplugged when not being used, as they continue to draw power even when they are in the "off" position!

> STOP participating in the Federal Reserve's money scam wherever possible. They get their strength from your consumption and your being indebted to credit card companies (legalized loan sharks.) Avoid consumption and debt wherever you can!! Buying a house? Get the seller to hold your mortgage instead of the secretly foreign-owned bank with the American-sounding name that sells your mortgage to traders and speculators. If you must use money and keep it in a bank, join a local credit union that makes loans to, invests in and supports your community. Or you can start your own credit union with your neighbors. Have goods you can trade for services or vice versa? Folks who BARTER experience more satisfaction and meaningful human interaction that strengthens community ties than those who participate in this falsely-valued monetary system.

Consuming and spending as little as possible, keeping yourself out of debt, boycotting  and bypassing the bastards by pursuing and practicing alternatives are all extremely effective methods by which to reduce the power of banks and corporations as you empower yourself!! If implemented on a large enough scale, they will be rendered powerless, since you will no longer need to rely on THEM for anything!!  Remember, they only have as much power over our lives as we allow them to have and there are more of US than there are of them -- they can control resources only if we ALLOW them to!!

--Chris Flash

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