General Music Chat

I alwasy perfer CASH, anyway! I HATE banks!

Read between the lines Phil. FEDERALLY MANDATED DIRECT DEPOSIT .
And it's not just the money. No sir the end game is total control over every aspect of our lives. From the food we eat via the Agricultural department and consumer safety laws, to our health care, even our energy consumption. Do you hear the advertisements by GE ?
They used to mention " SMART GRID " by name but now they don't because people were asking questions. Now they just infer that their way is " smarter ".
Name the government official you trust to have total control over your power utilization ??

That's why I gave up my 25K credit lines with Bank Of America.

I had a couple of them but having worked in an e-com for a bit, you learn to read into the fine print.

They have been scum bags since they bought all MBNA accounts and they are about to get even worse..

No, I miss my VISA and MASTERCARDs with a 25K limit per but I knew it was to be sh*t throwing contest as soon as they started to jack me for almost mythical fees associated with just about nothing.

WORSE yet, I got notification that 21st Century Insurance is trying to raise their insurance rates 33.3% just because they can.

I'll be canceling their stupid asses just as soon as they do.

Here in one of the poorest states - WV - we have what they call a "Use Tax."

What that means is that if you buy a candy bar across the state line, you're suppose to pay a tax on it here, if you eat it here.

I laugh at these idjits!

Makes me wanna buy ALL my groceries & clothes across the state line, where they don't have sales tax on those necessary items!

Scoff scoff scoff!

I sometimes wonder if these money-grubbers even READ the laws they sign!

Here they call it sales tax. Still one of the most repressive forms of taxes against the poor. I wonder why the average person can't put together enough money to start their own small business, or have any money in savings.

Good for you Phil. Don't put up with BS like that. I'll back that up all the way.

Banks are made to be robbed, not to hold your savings.. lol

I've been wanting to go to a cash-or-barter-only system in my line of work.

Look, I don't wanna be rich, ppl. I just want what's mine to STAY mine. I pay enough in sales tax, property tax, ambulance fees (which doesn't even mean I can get a ride without being CHARGED ENORMOUS RATES for that ride!), etc etc etc. Effin' corp the wife works for keeps upping the ins costs & lowering the coverage, while our NEEDS keep growing.

We're way worse off than we were 20 years ago. What happened to the concept of "progress?" We haven't slowed down any, save for my work becoming almost non-existent thanks to the economy. We even added another income to the household, but things are rougher than ever.

I'm about ready to drop out, tune out, turn off, buy ammo & turn into a criminal...except there ain't no ammo for sale anymore. It's all bein' bought up!

What's a criminal-wannabe to do?

I hear you Phil.

When I operated my Martial Arts and fitness business, I had > a thousand square foot of padded flooring and walls.
That stuff is not cheap, and had purchased most of it for private use prior to opening the business. Still the county would come by and tax me for the value of the " equipment " I used in my business, despite the fact I had already bought and paid for it ( taxes and all ) years before.

I hate freaking thieves.

I've been wanting to go to a cash-or-barter-only system in my line of work.

Look, I don't wanna be rich, ppl. I just want what's mine to STAY mine. I pay enough in sales tax, property tax, ambulance fees (which doesn't even mean I can get a ride without being CHARGED ENORMOUS RATES for that ride!), etc etc etc. Effin' corp the wife works for keeps upping the ins costs & lowering the coverage, while our NEEDS keep growing.

We're way worse off than we were 20 years ago. What happened to the concept of "progress?" We haven't slowed down any, save for my work becoming almost non-existent thanks to the economy. We even added another income to the household, but things are rougher than ever.

I'm about ready to drop out, tune out, turn off, buy ammo & turn into a criminal...except there ain't no ammo for sale anymore. It's all bein' bought up!

What's a criminal-wannabe to do?

Well, I don't think you have to become a criminal. What about just being totally self sufficient?
If anyone here could do it, it would probably be you and George.
Get your place paid off, make your own power, dig for water and black gold. Go out of state and buy a shit-load of ammo.
If need be, disappear into the hills and live on possum and white lightning.

I'm no where near having what it takes to live a mountain man lifestyle.
Early settlements used to consist of someone that had medical knowledge and skill, someone that could work with metal, a carpentar or two... stuff like that.
Now it's mostly just a bunch of people that can answer phones at a call center, or dream up new crazy laws.

I alwasy perfer CASH, anyway! I HATE banks!

problem with cash is, I always know how much I have. I can never remember my bank balace, keeps me from buying all kinds of crap.

I have plenty of ammo.

Opossum and white lightning sounds pretty good right now.

I saw a HotDog running across my garden today. Damn! I'll Getim!

(considering a career in CRIME) LMAO

Soon, cash will probably be obsolete.

Soon, cash will probably be obsolete.

Not probably.
There is a reason we were moved off the gold standard.
There is a reason countries like China and powerful men like George Soros are buying up the gold stores of the world.
There is a reason for a federally mandated direct deposit.
There is a reason they want you to work for credits, and eliminate all global hard forms of currency.
There is a reason to control transportation, manufacturing, energy, labor, all forms of trade, health care, agriculture, ETC.

It's called slavery.
And on a global scale like never before seen on this earth.

All coming to a global community near you.