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Government Moves To Keep $3m In Liberty Dollars

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 Posted 07/17/2008  6:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add halfabustisbetter to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It doesn't matter what 'class' you grew up in:


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U.S. citizens or permanent residents are eligible for Medicare benefits if they have worked for at least ten years in a job that has paid money into the Medicare system.



Unless your family's employment was completely 'off the grid,' someone in your family is missing out on the benefits they've earned. You might want to check with your grandparents or parents depending on your age. Unless their pension pays medical benefits and has prescription coverage, they've either used or will use the Medicare benefits they've earned at some point. Understand that the program is not the same as 'welfare,' so there's no stigma or shame associated with using it.
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 Posted 07/17/2008  7:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Topher to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
hHabib - that's news to me. My dad always had medical coverage through his workplace, and as a veteran of the navy, so maybe that's why we never used it (and no we were never "off the grid". As for my grandparents, one grandfather died in their early 60's, two more in at around 90 and another one is going strong in her late 80s, so we're pretty blessed with longevity and good health. Still, it's nice to know that I qualify for Medicare should I ever find myself sick in the US. I learned something new today, and it wasn't about coins for once!
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07/17/2008 7:28 pm
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 Posted 07/17/2008  8:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add libertyhead to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I want one as a souvenir
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 Posted 07/19/2008  2:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add huntercav to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I agree libertyhead...immediately after the seizure the 1 oz. gold pieces with Ron Paul on the obverse were selling on ebay for around 900 bucks. I wish I could have swung the $ to buy one. I enjoy the histories of coins alot and I think this story offers a glimpse into our times as much as coins of former years did for theirs. Some day 100 or 200 years from now numismatists will be talking about the background behind these coins.

Will they be saying the Liberty Coins were the early stages of a movement against financial enslavement through inflation by the people in response to governmental indifference or malfeasance. Or, will they say they were just a fringe movement by a small group of anti-gov't extremists? History is being made daily if we are paying enough attention to appreciate it.
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 Posted 07/19/2008  5:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Parklane64 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Isn't this a matter of semantics?

If they called them tokens or ingots and 'sold' them; am I correct there would be no problem?
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 Posted 07/19/2008  5:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Master Gardener to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This just shows just afraid the private bankers, who occupy the Nation's currency- are of the common man finding out about their scam. The Liberty Dollar never claimed to be anything but an old fashioned SILVER cert or real coin. The private bankers, including the queen of england- who print the garbage, and trash coinage- are leading you and your fiat pocket money into destruction.
Bankers are a poison on the Nation.
A quick look into American coins shows that since 1965 shows how bad they are stealing from US. Hell, even the IRS is an offshore corporation- just like the "federal" reserve.

The attack on the Liberty Dollar was an attack on FREEDOM.
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 Posted 07/19/2008  9:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add huntercav to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think you are right Parklane,it is semantics and wording, but the response of the Feds shows how seriously they take this. The people now fighting to get their bullion back are not some fringe, nut case commune. They are a handful of people who were able to accumulate 3.5 million in PMs and then set up a viable alternative. Add to that the fact they are based in Idaho and the feds take notice. Too many free thinkers throughout that part of the US.

I think there is a growing awakening on both sides of this equation. More and more people are questioning the things they see going on in Washington and on Wall Street on a daily basis and just know that on some level something stinks. They may not be sophisticated enough to get the whole picture or understand the intricacies but they know that going to a gas station or a grocery store nowadays is a real kick in the pants.

From the other side of this the gov't sees that more and more people are asking relevant and thoughtful questions. That doesn't bode well for them. A populace more interested in reality TV etc. doesn't notice when they are getting fleeced. As a result the Feds will use all the tricks up their sleeves in order to nip a movement like this in the bud.
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 Posted 07/20/2008  02:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GFR3 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
As many have stated, the Fed is simply afraid of losing its "customers"....however forced their customers may be. Its definitely true that the word "dollar" and the inclusion of Dr. Paul (or more precisely the philosophy, flawed or not, he represents) set them off. The word "dollar," in NORFED's case, is used as a unit of measurement, as was the original useage of the word in the American language. The definition has since, obviously, gone through a Orwellian-esque transformation over the past 200+ years and no longer has anything to do with measurements. Right or wrong, the Fed (and their bunkies in the Congress) will not tolerate any competition and will do all they can to keep competitors at bay.

My opinion is quite simple--who cares? If NORFED (or Dr. Paul for that matter) wants to use the Liberty Dollar (or bullion of any sort) let them. If the system of sivler-barting is superb to that of the current fiat system we in the mainstream society currently use then it will justly triumph, as the market will have it. If not, it is of little concern to me or to you (or the gov't). If a voluntary gold/silver standard is inferior to that of a paper system, what does Uncle Sam care if people wish to discover that fact on their own? If it is a better system, why do they wish to destroy it? Quite frankly, what business is it of the Beltway what's in my wallet? Live and let live is what I say.


BUT.... just remember that it might be tough to pick up a bottle of shaving cream without a few greenbacks


--Gary (who is glad he finally found the time to post again)


EDIT: as a side note, I have yet to receive any help in paying medical expenses nor can the roads in NYC ever be said to be well taken care of. As a nice little tidbit, for those who are interested, there is no federal law stating that you have to pay your Federal Taxes. The 16th amendment grants the Congress to power to directly tax the people (which flies in the face of the entire concept of the federation) but no law has ever been issued where the congress actually puts the power into practice. While I STRONGLY do not recommend not paying your taxes, its certainly interesting to note
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07/20/2008 02:57 am
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 Posted 07/20/2008  09:05 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add snowman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Remember that we live where the
government requires us to work an average of 197 days
a year to pay them!


(52 weeks/year)x(5 workdays/week) = 260 workdays/year

197/260 = .758 x 100 = 75.8%

You pay over 75% of you income in taxes? You may want to hire an accountant.
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 Posted 07/20/2008  12:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Brucec to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I remember someone else in Hawaii did this and also has a law case on-going.

What they are trying to do is once again make the US MONEY ACTUALLY WORTH IT"S VALUE.

The current currency epically paper money is really worthless I am sure anyone out there that is over the age of 50 knows what I am talking about. Not saying anyone under the age of 50 would not know either:)

I hope they win that case but know they will not. But I remember reading the person in Hawaii that started this some years back was a retired treasury professional and he was trying to say let's make the USA currency actually worth it's value again. Or at least have the gold and silver to back it up.

Just my 2 cents..
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 Posted 07/20/2008  9:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GFR3 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm assuming the 197 day figure came from this link:

http://newsproject.org/

though, looking at my pay stub, taxes in this part with this salary generally steal about 25% or 3 months (90day) of the year
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 Posted 07/21/2008  06:31 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add huntercav to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
As an interesting sidebar to this story, Here is a gentleman who has had similar dealings with the feds..http://the-moneychanger.com/dangerous.phtml

Not really the same scenario, but the gov't gets very nasty when dealing with those trying to circumvent the Ponzi Scheme they have laid out.
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 Posted 07/21/2008  09:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add amac44 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The police can enter any house now with the Patriot act any way!
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