“This medium of exchange should satisfy certain properties: it should be durable, that is to say, it does not wear out easily; it should be portable, that is, easily carried; it should be divisible into units usable for every-day transactions; it should be recognizable and uniform, so that one unit of money has the same properties as every other unit; it should be scarce, in the economic sense, so that the extant supply does not satisfy the wants of everyone demanding it; it should be stable, so that the value of its purchasing power does not fluctuate wildly; and it should be reproducible, so that enough units of money can be created to satisfy the needs of exchange. Over millennia of human history, gold and silver have been the two metals that have most often satisfied these conditions, survived the market process, and gained the trust of billions of people.”
Ron Paul
It seems the “Green Revolution” (GR) is coming to a government near you. Classifying Carbon Dioxide as a pollutant is now almost inevitable. This wil no doubt require fundamental changes in the economy. In fact some might say that it will require an entire new world ecomomic model. It also requires that every government on the planet to buy-in. Let’s assume for a moment (at least for the purposes of this essay) that all goverments are going to participate and adopt all the changes required to meet this new global challenge.
In this essay I will argue that fiat currency, the medium of exchange we use today, cannot meet the needs of the “GR”. I will also argue that gold or silver money can and is in fact best suited for this new economic model. All wealth comes from the land, the “GR” takes this notion a step further making energy and waste efficiency a critical component in the new economy.
Governments hate gold because it holds them accountable. This is the exact reason why you should support a limited gold standard. You’re forced to balance your accounts, so why shouldn’t the government be held to the same standard. The answer is… it should and it is completely against any ethical standard that government and the international bankers are not held in contempt for having a double standard. If being considered “” green means that waste and inefficiency is minimized, then how is it that government can be “green” when it doesn’t have to balance its budget? For this reason I don’t believe that taxes can be eliminated. The government needs taxes to be able to operate. However, with a system of “gold” or “competing currencies” the goverment will be restrained to it’s budget not unlike you and I. Currently when the government needs cash it simply prints more dollars which is the root cause of inflation and the reason why the US is going to see inflation go to the moon in the next few years.
An economy using a fiat currency does not minimize waste. One of the key measures of economic progress in todays economy is a constant growth rate. Thus monetary policy is manipulated by the international banking cartels in order to generate a growth rate of 3-4% GDP per year, no more no less. The environmental costs are not hardly figured into this success equation. In fact quite the opposite. Waste in the system is almost encouraged in order to post steady growth. Consumption is needed in order to drive this type of growth year after year. For example what is the big government solution to the 2008 economic slow-down? Bush and the democratic congress agree the only fix that is acceptable to them is simply to give the poor innocent taxpayers a hand-out of between $500-1000. How does that fix the underlying problem? Gold and silver on the other hand is stable and holds it’s value and does not require short sighted GDP growth year after year after year after… Economic growth like this is great for the humans but horrible for the planet. We need stable money that holds it’s value. Real money that encourages savings and long term vision. Stable money not persistent economic growth must be a key component to the “GR.”
There is little incentive to manufacture long lasting products or to cut waste when we buy the latest and greatest Ipod. The current system keeps you poor through regressive taxation and inflation. How can this be good for the planet? The lack of stable prices is essentially is screwing you as well as the planet. It basically requires that you burn and waste massive amounts of energy, all simply to keep their system afloat. The credit system allows corporations and governments to sell ahead of costs based on contracts. Corporations have currency running through their veins. Animals have blood running through their veins. The credit-based economic model is fundamentally at odds with the natural world because of the use of fiat currency which must always be flowing. The constant debts created by the bankers and governments by issuing credit that can’t be re-paid with interest. The IRS is used as a “just in case” in order to make certain the citizens stay poor. This system is not only bleeding the sheep but also killing the trees. The fiat currency that is tied to your hopes and dreams is unfortunately not grounded in the earth. The credit and currency system must be dismantled and replaced with new “real” money that is rooted in the earth.
It is precisely this reason why gold and silver are considered more “Green” than “Funny Money” (fiat currency.) It keeps government spending in check. Governments currently are the worst environmental offenders and are often worse than corporations. With government spending grounded in reality the government will actually have to live within a fixed budget. This type of fiscal responsibility is essential for the “GR” to be truly “Green.” Governments, banks, Bankers…nobody gets a free ride. The “GR” requires that nobody gets a free lunch. Let’s face it when it comes to the earth we are playing a “Zero Sum Game.” Allowing governments, Kings, Sovereigns, and Wall Street a free-pass on our earth-ship can never be considered “Green.”
What should you do with your government stimulus payment? If you love the earth and want economic freedom you should buy gold. The reason you should do this, is because it is exactly the opposite thing that they want you to do with it. If your trapped and hurting financially you’ll spend it on what they want which is anything that will keep this economy afloat. Afloat until this 2008 election is safely locked away. Locked away back into into their bank vaults for another four years. Right next to those worthless dollars that they trying to pawn off on you and the rest of the world. Now that’s the “Green”/ “Revolution” that they are actually thinking about.