u stubid bitchs legiz drugs that would solve this countrys problems u are protecting stupib peop[le this country was great back in 1800s because if u made a dumb choice back then u died right so who are rug users hurting today us u dumb asses
Imagine some violent, gun wielding thugs, WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT, give you "protection" from other gangs -- according to hundreds of thousands of rules they invent. Of course, to pay for this "service", they steal a percentage of your income...then, they waste it all into bankruptcy, then go to their banker and borrow from them, explaining "RELAX, WE'LL STEAL MONEY FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE TO PAY THIS BACK...BECAUSE WE CAN FORCE IT OUT OF THEM!"
"CRONY capitalism" has failed. We have not known true capitalism in this nation of ours for more than several generations. The state is directly responsible for "crony capitalism," thus, the state has failed.
There is an incredible amount of propaganda going on to try to distract people, to make them think that "privatization" and "deregulation" is the root cause of the problems people are seeing, and as far as I can tell it's working.
This is a very, very bad thing. It's setting up the US to, like Rome before, to go from a Republic to a Dictatorship because the problems seen are being blamed on freedom where none exists.
Where are your sources for this? I'm not disputing what you're saying and I believe it, I just want some clarification as to where this has all come from. Primarily, the 61% rise in debt. Thank you.
It looks like he used the gross debt increase over the public debt two years ago. This would not be a proper method. Using data from treasurydirect.gov for gross debt I get an increase of 28%, from 11.185 to 14.32 trillion. The public debt increased 40% from 6.9 trillion.
I would like to see the source for the 60% money supply increase.
@lambedan When you say "This would not be a proper method" can we therefore grant the evidence he has presented as inconclusive? Or did this method still provide some accuracy? Furthermore, using the data you have provided I found an increase of 21.9% (1 d.p) but my workings may be incorrect.
Thanks for your response, it is greatly appreciated.
@rationalway I am also interested in roughly when the collapse will happen. Steph mentions 2020 as the time when dollars are expected to have only half the purchasing power, but won't there be some catastrophe before then?
@MrStillmans There's no way to predict when it will collapse. It's like looking at an old structure that has become completely rotted out and trying to guess which day it will fall down. All it takes is one storm or even a single gust of wind...
they will still find a way to blame it on democrats, republicans (who ever is in office at the time) not having a strong gov't safety net, capitalism, or inefficient central planning. its always something.
a large piece of the puzzle, but small as well. consider this, Before 1913 and the F.E.D., all government functioned financially NOT through direct income tax of it's citizens, but taxation on corporate profits, through import and export exise taxes,,but never had authority to take it from your paycheck.Period. And, In 1912, the government had a surplus of some 4 million dollars after the books were done! I might add that was the last time the US government had a budget surplus. CRIMINALS!
The ONLY people that, technically, don't pay any taxes, are the people who get subsidies from the government such as housing, disability checks, medical, food stamps, ect. The rest of the working population pay double taxes as a result of these government programs. There are individuals in America who have not worked one single day in their lifetime who have a standard of living that people in 3rd world countries would envy, thanks to the rest of the slave laborers who tolerate it.
So the current crisis is a good thing! Let's speed up the process... Tell Obama to SPEND MORE ND MORE... Speed the failure of the State up as fast as possible!
I have an income at the poverty level, and yesterday I had to pay $200 to the IRS, as "what I owe". Everyone who works for the state is a thief by proxy. Enjoy my extorted money, you criminals.
From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. It pays to fail.
We are playing out Atlas Shrugged. I'm only half way through but I have this feeling like I'll find out what happens in the end of the book at about the same time as the end of America. Exciting!
@gradiu3rox Marx's maxim is the exact opposite of the way nature operates, it is inherently anti-nature, in the same sense that religion's teaching of miracles denies nature's laws.
Interest on the debt is bad. The debt is worse, much worse, and when the dollar is dropped as world reserve currency and nations and brokerages divest themselves, farmville money will be better than your 401K.
What if most of these "alarming numbers" has to do with us seizing the assets of the Rothschild family. The little "heir" has went about finding himself by traveling to Antarctica and sailing in a plastic boat around the world. Sir Evelyn has stated he has "left" the banking system. America did exactly as I told them to. They fought against our enemy the Rothschilds and have won. They doled out shit to foreign countries to prevent hyperinflation. Now we return to a gold standard
@PluralOfEverything so glad this wasnt news to you. i was gonna have everyone who watched this video call you a moron. but since you said that, youre good.
@Xtrainious I have no idea why you said that. If your sentiment is that you didn't like my comment, I see that at least seven people don't feel the same way, so take your opinion elsewhere.
@Xtrainious I can't figure out why it confuses you so much. I was saying that what Stefan said in this video can be figured out by just observing the world, but not everybody has that kind of brainpower, so it's good that there are people who are spelling it out for them.
@CoolCoverBro Beck was insane, which doesn't mean that he was wrong about some things, but it doesn't help his credibility. He thinks the answer is religion. Heck, he said that the problem is that we've become too secular. I hope he was just playing a character when he said that.
You should qualify your statement that "~50% of adult Americans don't pay any taxes at all" with "~50% of adult Americans don't pay Federal Income taxes at all." There are plenty of Social Security Taxes, FICA Taxes, Unemployment Taxes, Gasoline Taxes, Sales Taxes, and mark-ups on goods which cover taxes paid by Corporations so in effect they are paying the tax since it is passed along, paid by those not paying any Income Tax.
@ryanswan0 Actually, I'm not sure it really counts as taxation when someone who's main source of income is derived from taxation pays taxes (ie State employees, welfare recipients, etc).
@zuiprax I wasn't talking about those people. Stefan has mentioned that upwards of 1/3 of all Americans derive something from The State, but in no way does The State fully employ 50% of the adult population. They are plenty of folks making say $20,000.00 per year that wind up not paying any Federal Income Tax, yet those people still can pay sale taxes, gasoline taxes, Social Security taxes, FICA taxes, State Income Taxes, etc.
If you're serious: Stefan should have said 50% of adult Americans don't pay Federal Income tax, not 50% of adult Americans don't pay any taxes at all. There are plenty of taxes(I listed some) that someone who does not pay Federal income tax winds up paying. Most people are taxed at near 50% when you include devaluation of the currency too. What don't you want further explained? You can PM me if you like.
What I don't get is this: from your comment I get the impression that paying taxes is not obligatory, and as far as I know they are. So what I don't understand is how 50% don't pay taxes, is that 50% in jail or something?
Stefan takes the number of people paying over 80% of the total Federal Income Taxes, and subtracts that from the total adult population, which leaves about 50%. So 50% of the people are paying the vast majority of the taxes, while the rest are paying very little to nothing in Federal Income Taxes.
@elchafa There is a price point in US Taxes where everyone making less than that amount effectively pays zero in Federal Taxes because of deductions and tax credits. Also, people who derive their income solely from the State(be it Gov't employees, unemployment payments, etc), effectively don't pay any income taxes either. Then there are people working under the table, basically outside the matrix. These groups total about 50%. Stefan does this calculation backwards from me.
u stubid bitchs legiz drugs that would solve this countrys problems u are protecting stupib peop[le this country was great back in 1800s because if u made a dumb choice back then u died right so who are rug users hurting today us u dumb asses
amkon33 6 months ago
Analogy of what is really going on:
Imagine some violent, gun wielding thugs, WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT, give you "protection" from other gangs -- according to hundreds of thousands of rules they invent. Of course, to pay for this "service", they steal a percentage of your income...then, they waste it all into bankruptcy, then go to their banker and borrow from them, explaining "RELAX, WE'LL STEAL MONEY FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE TO PAY THIS BACK...BECAUSE WE CAN FORCE IT OUT OF THEM!"
RodCornholio 10 months ago
"CRONY capitalism" has failed. We have not known true capitalism in this nation of ours for more than several generations. The state is directly responsible for "crony capitalism," thus, the state has failed.
aaxiom31 10 months ago
Correction: The State and Capitalism has failed.
MorpheusX001 10 months ago
WAKE THE HELL UP AMERICA! --- Join the Revolution
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Read “Common Sense 3.1” at ( revolution2.osixs.org )
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We don’t have to live like this anymore. "Spread the News"
MorpheusX001 10 months ago
great vid. thanks for posting.
lindabebe835 10 months ago
There is an incredible amount of propaganda going on to try to distract people, to make them think that "privatization" and "deregulation" is the root cause of the problems people are seeing, and as far as I can tell it's working.
This is a very, very bad thing. It's setting up the US to, like Rome before, to go from a Republic to a Dictatorship because the problems seen are being blamed on freedom where none exists.
CurtHowland 10 months ago
Dude, you're Canadian! Talk about the state of YOUR nation!
CurtHowland 10 months ago
Where is long-winded, verbose stef_ I need a 20 minuet spittlefest, damn it>!
evandonghue2 10 months ago
Thanks Stefan.
P.s. It's always nice to hear your voice :)
matrixflower13 10 months ago
I'd like a longer video, honestly I just watch these for entertainment
like we're not learning anything new we need to, we understand that using violence is bad. not much more to it haha
karthadastim 10 months ago
Where are your sources for this? I'm not disputing what you're saying and I believe it, I just want some clarification as to where this has all come from. Primarily, the 61% rise in debt. Thank you.
Joe0994 10 months ago
@Joe0994
It looks like he used the gross debt increase over the public debt two years ago. This would not be a proper method. Using data from treasurydirect.gov for gross debt I get an increase of 28%, from 11.185 to 14.32 trillion. The public debt increased 40% from 6.9 trillion.
I would like to see the source for the 60% money supply increase.
lambedan 10 months ago
@lambedan When you say "This would not be a proper method" can we therefore grant the evidence he has presented as inconclusive? Or did this method still provide some accuracy? Furthermore, using the data you have provided I found an increase of 21.9% (1 d.p) but my workings may be incorrect.
Thanks for your response, it is greatly appreciated.
Joe0994 10 months ago
@Joe0994 His figures may not be correct but even my lower figures should still be alarming.
It looks like you used (gross2011 - gross2009)/gross2011. The denominator should be gross09.
lambedan 10 months ago
Stefan claimed that 60% of our money does not exist four years ago. This implies that the average inflation rate was 25% per year.
In other words, PRICES ARE RAISING 25% per year.
So purchase gold, silver, or copper right now, to prevent your money from losing value.
municipalmutualist 10 months ago 2
Molyneux, do you honestly think that people will realise that it's statism that's causing problems and not freedom?
Many yanks are so dumb down that it leads me to think that they're not going to wake up when it all crashes!
By the way, when do think that the total collapse will occur and how ugly do you think that it will be?
rationalway 10 months ago 4
@rationalway I am also interested in roughly when the collapse will happen. Steph mentions 2020 as the time when dollars are expected to have only half the purchasing power, but won't there be some catastrophe before then?
MrStillmans 10 months ago
@MrStillmans There's no way to predict when it will collapse. It's like looking at an old structure that has become completely rotted out and trying to guess which day it will fall down. All it takes is one storm or even a single gust of wind...
Houshalter 10 months ago
@rationalway yup you got it
homevidman1000 10 months ago
@homevidman1000
I'm serious! Do you also honestly think that they're going to "wake up"?
rationalway 10 months ago
@rationalway i was agreeing with u, as an american i dont think most ppl will.
homevidman1000 10 months ago
Concise - from the verb incise, to cut. A short video that is sharp and cuts deep.
TackleTheWorld 10 months ago
Steph are you going to be in Toronto in the near future? I would love to come to a meeting or a talk. This is April 20, 2011.
scarmenl 10 months ago
they will still find a way to blame it on democrats, republicans (who ever is in office at the time) not having a strong gov't safety net, capitalism, or inefficient central planning. its always something.
scalp340 10 months ago
what?
pentelesoikoon 10 months ago
Work Harder - Millions on welfare depend on you! :)
Illyrien 10 months ago 2
what? 50 percent do no pay their taxes? Selfish junks, we gotta force them to pay!!!
MaikUniversum 10 months ago
a large piece of the puzzle, but small as well. consider this, Before 1913 and the F.E.D., all government functioned financially NOT through direct income tax of it's citizens, but taxation on corporate profits, through import and export exise taxes,,but never had authority to take it from your paycheck.Period. And, In 1912, the government had a surplus of some 4 million dollars after the books were done! I might add that was the last time the US government had a budget surplus. CRIMINALS!
dryflyguyok 10 months ago
The ONLY people that, technically, don't pay any taxes, are the people who get subsidies from the government such as housing, disability checks, medical, food stamps, ect. The rest of the working population pay double taxes as a result of these government programs. There are individuals in America who have not worked one single day in their lifetime who have a standard of living that people in 3rd world countries would envy, thanks to the rest of the slave laborers who tolerate it.
principles101 10 months ago
"~50% of adult Americans don't pay any taxes at all" lol, lying doesn't work on the internet
spamllpitdept 10 months ago
So the current crisis is a good thing! Let's speed up the process... Tell Obama to SPEND MORE ND MORE... Speed the failure of the State up as fast as possible!
batfly 10 months ago
I'm starting a guillotine manufacturing business.
DuncanL7979 10 months ago
I have an income at the poverty level, and yesterday I had to pay $200 to the IRS, as "what I owe". Everyone who works for the state is a thief by proxy. Enjoy my extorted money, you criminals.
MrDorkusMaximus 10 months ago 3
50% don't pay tax? The government tax's just about everything
citation needed
deadlizard64 10 months ago
From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. It pays to fail.
We are playing out Atlas Shrugged. I'm only half way through but I have this feeling like I'll find out what happens in the end of the book at about the same time as the end of America. Exciting!
gradiu3rox 10 months ago 4
@gradiu3rox Marx's maxim is the exact opposite of the way nature operates, it is inherently anti-nature, in the same sense that religion's teaching of miracles denies nature's laws.
hughtub 10 months ago
THAT'S IT, I'M ON STRIKE. DON'T COME LOOKING FOR ME.
machwon 10 months ago 2
98% no?
Anothercoilgun 10 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
FAILBLOG is going to have a field day when the state fails.
HigherPlanes 10 months ago
Interest on the debt is bad. The debt is worse, much worse, and when the dollar is dropped as world reserve currency and nations and brokerages divest themselves, farmville money will be better than your 401K.
tenagliac 10 months ago
That's why you have to prepare as best you can not if the crash happens but ,for when it does.
Themysticwolverine 10 months ago
flat tax here we come
mike6459 10 months ago
A gem of a video. Simple to understand.
RodCornholio 10 months ago
The only reason I file taxes is because they pay me $3,000 to do it as head of household with one child.
cchessmaster 10 months ago
could you be any creepier about it? maybe add some spooky musik?
brew2415 10 months ago 2
@brew2415 Couldn't be creepy enough. Watch when the S... hits the fan ;) It's going to be more than just creepy.
RealTrueTarget 10 months ago
What if most of these "alarming numbers" has to do with us seizing the assets of the Rothschild family. The little "heir" has went about finding himself by traveling to Antarctica and sailing in a plastic boat around the world. Sir Evelyn has stated he has "left" the banking system. America did exactly as I told them to. They fought against our enemy the Rothschilds and have won. They doled out shit to foreign countries to prevent hyperinflation. Now we return to a gold standard
kroovyandcal 10 months ago
Stefan, Bernanke exhales US dollars
resourcefulgirl 10 months ago
This isn't news to me at all, but I'm so glad that you're here spreading it to those who don't know it.
PluralOfEverything 10 months ago 16
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Xtrainious 10 months ago
@PluralOfEverything so glad this wasnt news to you. i was gonna have everyone who watched this video call you a moron. but since you said that, youre good.
Xtrainious 10 months ago
@Xtrainious I have no idea why you said that. If your sentiment is that you didn't like my comment, I see that at least seven people don't feel the same way, so take your opinion elsewhere.
PluralOfEverything 10 months ago
@PluralOfEverything hahaha. its not that i didnt like it. its just that i cant figure out why you said it wasnt news to you. hahhahah
Xtrainious 10 months ago
@Xtrainious I can't figure out why it confuses you so much. I was saying that what Stefan said in this video can be figured out by just observing the world, but not everybody has that kind of brainpower, so it's good that there are people who are spelling it out for them.
PluralOfEverything 10 months ago
@PluralOfEverything eh. this went on longer than i wanted it to.
Xtrainious 10 months ago
@PluralOfEverything Same here, Glenn Beck has been saying this for years now, and everyone called him, and still calls him insane.
CoolCoverBro 9 months ago
@CoolCoverBro Beck was insane, which doesn't mean that he was wrong about some things, but it doesn't help his credibility. He thinks the answer is religion. Heck, he said that the problem is that we've become too secular. I hope he was just playing a character when he said that.
PluralOfEverything 9 months ago
You should qualify your statement that "~50% of adult Americans don't pay any taxes at all" with "~50% of adult Americans don't pay Federal Income taxes at all." There are plenty of Social Security Taxes, FICA Taxes, Unemployment Taxes, Gasoline Taxes, Sales Taxes, and mark-ups on goods which cover taxes paid by Corporations so in effect they are paying the tax since it is passed along, paid by those not paying any Income Tax.
ryanswan0 10 months ago 71
@ryanswan0 Excellent point. I'm tired of yelling this at the TV.
zerk54 10 months ago
@ryanswan0 I was going to respond basically saying the same thing until I saw your reply.
alique087 10 months ago
@ryanswan0 Actually, I'm not sure it really counts as taxation when someone who's main source of income is derived from taxation pays taxes (ie State employees, welfare recipients, etc).
zuiprax 10 months ago 3
@zuiprax I wasn't talking about those people. Stefan has mentioned that upwards of 1/3 of all Americans derive something from The State, but in no way does The State fully employ 50% of the adult population. They are plenty of folks making say $20,000.00 per year that wind up not paying any Federal Income Tax, yet those people still can pay sale taxes, gasoline taxes, Social Security taxes, FICA taxes, State Income Taxes, etc.
ryanswan0 10 months ago
@ryanswan0 Can you please explain that a bit more? I didn't quite get your point
elchafa 10 months ago
@elchafa
If you're being sarcastic: =)
If you're trolling: why troll me?
If you're serious: Stefan should have said 50% of adult Americans don't pay Federal Income tax, not 50% of adult Americans don't pay any taxes at all. There are plenty of taxes(I listed some) that someone who does not pay Federal income tax winds up paying. Most people are taxed at near 50% when you include devaluation of the currency too. What don't you want further explained? You can PM me if you like.
ryanswan0 10 months ago
@ryanswan0 I'm serious.
What I don't get is this: from your comment I get the impression that paying taxes is not obligatory, and as far as I know they are. So what I don't understand is how 50% don't pay taxes, is that 50% in jail or something?
elchafa 10 months ago
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ryanswan0 10 months ago
@elchafa
Stefan takes the number of people paying over 80% of the total Federal Income Taxes, and subtracts that from the total adult population, which leaves about 50%. So 50% of the people are paying the vast majority of the taxes, while the rest are paying very little to nothing in Federal Income Taxes.
ryanswan0 10 months ago
@elchafa There is a price point in US Taxes where everyone making less than that amount effectively pays zero in Federal Taxes because of deductions and tax credits. Also, people who derive their income solely from the State(be it Gov't employees, unemployment payments, etc), effectively don't pay any income taxes either. Then there are people working under the table, basically outside the matrix. These groups total about 50%. Stefan does this calculation backwards from me.
ryanswan0 10 months ago
@ryanswan0
Perhaps the statement could be clarified by saying, 50% of adults have a net positive economic relationship with the state.
StrafingMoose 10 months ago