tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post6466890636744173170..comments2023-10-14T08:23:14.641-07:00Comments on The American Energy Crisis: Industrial Deception and Fractional Reserve Banking MisconceptionA Quaker in a Strange Landhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-85584281393283314422012-12-10T19:34:01.932-08:002012-12-10T19:34:01.932-08:00http://lexicon.ft.com/Term?term=Triffin-dilemma
http://lexicon.ft.com/Term?term=Triffin-dilemma<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-86283443586316713802012-12-02T18:22:03.710-08:002012-12-02T18:22:03.710-08:00Stuart:
I just read Ran's blog discussion abo...Stuart:<br /><br />I just read Ran's blog discussion about personal economics.<br /><br />Sounds an awful lot like me. If it were not for my wife I would have almost no "stuff". I find it painful to spend money on consumer anything, so she handles that. She comes from an old school Japanese family and is frugal in the extreme when compared to Americans... she's just not as bad as me.<br /><br />I look forward to reading more of Ran's stuff.A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-27616466014270738042012-12-02T16:58:17.279-08:002012-12-02T16:58:17.279-08:00Greg - you are starting to sound like Ran Prieur :...Greg - you are starting to sound like Ran Prieur :-)Stuart Stanifordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07182839827506265860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-39365594217759967652012-12-02T06:52:18.870-08:002012-12-02T06:52:18.870-08:00Dennis:
You shall be missed!
Still, cutting any...Dennis:<br /><br />You shall be missed! <br /><br />Still, cutting any bill that repeats itself (any monthly bill) is one more step to weaning yourself off - and starving the beast.A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-48172704465620776922012-12-01T17:16:06.151-08:002012-12-01T17:16:06.151-08:00"Henry and the great society" showed up ..."Henry and the great society" showed up in the mail. Thanks for the review. Then today I got a bill for my internet. It went from 25 to 40 dollars...I'll miss your blog! dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00167339350609039463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-32942460470769900252012-12-01T14:32:40.660-08:002012-12-01T14:32:40.660-08:00Couple of problems here Greg. Maybe I am jumping a...Couple of problems here Greg. Maybe I am jumping ahead of you as I have done before but coming from someone who went "Galt" himself and tried the non-political route I can say the system won't let you anymore.<br /><br />Certainly I believe in the theory of "L"s life. I saved, bounced around in jobs, drove old cars and got completely out of debt. I did dabble in some investment which I still have but I never became a slave to a mortgage, car payment, insurance etc. Have never needed any drugs, prescription or otherwise etc. Settled in a very modest property tax county and have managed to resist the wife's appeal for a new home so far. We have not had an loan, credit card debt or insurance payment other than what is required by law in decades.<br /><br />Yet that scenario no longer protects a person. New regulations, wealth redistribution techniques and declining dollar values are destroying those who wished to live that life. Once upon a time you could glide under the radar but the lefty/feminist/progressives keep lowering the radar screen. Look at the silliness they are now doing with the so called rich which is now a simple couple making 250K a year? Even my modest existence is now gaining their scrutiny due to land values and other inflated values. They gave me a choice several years ago when this started. Keep 250K in the bank that they can access and can't be used or pay 25 bucks a month car insurance and it has just grown from there.<br /><br />There is no Galt's Gulch to escape to any longer. Now theya re eyeballing my wood furnace and lifestock for carbon fart taxing.<br /><br />The can be no more non-political living the time has come to begin the fight back.<br /><br /> PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-82941151289646006262012-12-01T10:10:52.428-08:002012-12-01T10:10:52.428-08:00DaShui:
That quote is one of Franklin's most ...DaShui:<br /><br />That quote is one of Franklin's most famous quips. Ben Franklin was not just a Great Statesmen - he was one of the world's most prominent scientists in his time.<br /><br />His quote was pertaining to the outcome of his experiments.A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-32996046742546730352012-12-01T10:08:37.897-08:002012-12-01T10:08:37.897-08:00Guy:
I don't think the house of cards needs a...Guy:<br /><br />I don't think the house of cards needs any individual's concern.<br /><br />I don't think my friend "L" or the members of his "community" concern themselves at all with politics, economics, or finance. <br /><br />Freedom comes by just putting that baggage down... and I will be posting something about how to do that exactly in my next blog.<br />A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-32784260220266398972012-12-01T09:49:55.899-08:002012-12-01T09:49:55.899-08:00You are right. L was like my father and mother who...You are right. L was like my father and mother who were both born into families with wealth in another country. Neither ever owned a car, a stock, a bond, a house or plot of land. <br />My father said he did not need to live with things, at 16 he made that choice, to forgo physical things and and embrace the metaphysical.<br />My father knew more about art history than Columbia college Professors and used to tell me that formal education stunted your growth.<br />While teaching, I knew that my course was not the end but a means to encourage students to be curious to keep on learning. I am pleased you show that ability.<br />Very great but subversive essay. The next one should be how to change on our values and change the system without the house of cards coming down.guy11976https://www.blogger.com/profile/03050530678095796441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-24713160590591318542012-12-01T09:45:27.631-08:002012-12-01T09:45:27.631-08:00I think that quote"doing the same thing over ...I think that quote"doing the same thing over again" comes from A.A..DaShuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731696293751625845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-37331555027662117592012-12-01T05:07:19.339-08:002012-12-01T05:07:19.339-08:00EXCELLENT POST Jeffords
MarshallEXCELLENT POST Jeffords<br /><br />MarshallAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com