#0: A Murder Most Foul - Bob Dylan

A Murder Most Foul - Bob Dylan

You're probably wondering why I decided to post this here.  I'll tell you.  This represents a marker in time for all to recognize and deal with.  If your operating system wont let you view this, find one that does.  Many deeply hidden secrets are coming to light during these troubled times.  Those who were alive on 22 November, 1963 as were those alive on 11 September, 2001 will understand the significance.  Those who are familiar with the works of the Apostle Paul, were they to be able to get accurate translations, and even so, would easily comprehend the significance.  Far be it for anyone outside his direct orbit to even guess at what motivated Bob Dylan to put this out at this time.  But it certainly is a signpost to us concerning where we have been and where we are at the present time.  Be seeing you.  

[Verse 1]
It was a dark day in Dallas, November '63
A day that will live on in infamy
President Kennedy was a-ridin' high
Good day to be livin' and a good day to die
Being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb
He said, "Wait a minute, boys, you know who I am?"
"Of course we do, we know who you are"
Then they blew off his head while he was still in the car
Shot down like a dog in broad daylight
Was a matter of timing and the timing was right
You got unpaid debts, we've come to collect
We're gonna kill you with hatred, without any respect
We'll mock you and shock you and we'll put it in your face
We've already got someone here to take your place
The day they blew out the brains of the king
Thousands were watching, no one saw a thing
It happened so quickly, so quick, by surprise
Right there in front of everyone's eyes
Greatest magic trick ever under the sun
Perfectly executed, skillfully done
Wolfman, oh Wolfman, oh Wolfman, howl
Rub-a-dub-dub, it's a murder most foul

[Verse 2]
Hush, little children, you'll understand
The Beatles are comin', they're gonna hold your hand
Slide down the banister, go get your coat
Ferry 'cross the Mersey and go for the throat
There's three bums comin' all dressed in rags
Pick up the pieces and lower the flags
I'm goin' to Woodstock, it's the Aquarian Age
Then I'll go over to Altamont and sit near the stage
Put your head out the window, let the good times roll
There's a party going on behind the Grassy Knoll
Stack up the bricks, pour the cement
Don't say Dallas don't love you, Mr. President
Put your foot in the tank and then step on the gas
Try to make it to the triple underpass
Blackface singer, whiteface clown
Better not show your faces after the sun goes down
Up in the red light district, they've got cop on the beat
Living in a nightmare on Elm Street
When you're down on Deep Ellum, put your money in your shoe
Don't ask what your country can do for you
Cash on the barrelhead, money to burn
Dealey Plaza, make a left-hand turn
I'm going down to the crossroads, gonna flag a ride
The place where faith, hope, and charity died
Shoot him while he runs, boy, shoot him while you can
See if you can shoot the invisible man
Goodbye, Charlie, goodbye, Uncle Sam
Frankly, Miss Scarlett, I don't give a damn
What is the truth, and where did it go?
Ask Oswald and Ruby, they oughta know
"Shut your mouth," said a wise old owl
Business is business, and it's a murder most foul
 
[Verse 3]
Tommy, can you hear me? I'm the Acid Queen
I'm riding in a long, black Lincoln limousine
Ridin' in the back seat next to my wife
Headed straight on in to the afterlife
I'm leaning to the left, I got my head in her lap
Hold on, I've been led into some kind of a trap
Where we ask no quarter, and no quarter do we give
We're right down the street, from the street where you live
They mutilated his body and they took out his brain
What more could they do? They piled on the pain
But his soul was not there where it was supposed to be at
For the last fifty years they've been searchin' for that
Freedom, oh freedom, freedom over me
I hate to tell you, mister, but only dead men are free
Send me some lovin', then tell me no lie
Throw the gun in the gutter and walk on by
Wake up, little Susie, let's go for a drive
Cross the Trinity River, let's keep hope alive
Turn the radio on, don't touch the dials
Parkland Hospital, only six more miles
You got me dizzy, Miss Lizzy, you filled me with lead
That magic bullet of yours has gone to my head
I'm just a patsy like Patsy Cline
Never shot anyone from in front or behind
I've blood in my eye, got blood in my ear
I'm never gonna make it to the new frontier
Zapruder's film I seen night before
Seen it thirty-three times, maybe more
It's vile and deceitful, it's cruel and it's mean
Ugliest thing that you ever have seen
They killed him once and they killed him twice
Killed him like a human sacrifice
The day that they killed him, someone said to me, "Son
The age of the Antichrist has just only begun"
Air Force One comin' in through the gate
Johnson sworn in at 2:38
Let me know when you decide to throw in the towel
It is what it is, and it's murder most foul

[Verse 4]
What's new, pussycat? What'd I say?
I said the soul of a nation been torn away
And it's beginning to go into a slow decay
And that it's thirty-six hours past Judgment Day
Wolfman Jack, he's speaking in tongues
He's going on and on at the top of his lungs
Play me a song, Mr. Wolfman Jack
Play it for me in my long Cadillac
Play me that "Only the Good Die Young"
Take me to the place Tom Dooley was hung
Play "St. James Infirmary" and the Court of King James
If you want to remember, you better write down the names
Play Etta James, too, play "I'd Rather Go Blind"
Play it for the man with the telepathic mind
Play John Lee Hooker, play "Scratch My Back"
Play it for that strip club owner named Jack
Guitar Slim going down slow
Play it for me and for Marilyn Monroe
 
[Verse 5]
Play "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
Play it for the First Lady, she ain't feeling any good
Play Don Henley, play Glenn Frey
Take it to the limit and let it go by
Play it for Carl Wilson, too
Looking far, far away down Gower Avenue
Play "Tragedy", play "Twilight Time"
Take me back to Tulsa to the scene of the crime
Play another one and "Another One Bites the Dust"
Play "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In God We Trust"
Ride the pink horse down that long, lonesome road
Stand there and wait for his head to explode
Play "Mystery Train" for Mr. Mystery
The man who fell down dead like a rootless tree
Play it for the reverend, play it for the pastor
Play it for the dog that got no master
Play Oscar Peterson, play Stan Getz
Play "Blue Sky," play Dickey Betts
Play Art Pepper, Thelonious Monk
Charlie Parker and all that junk
All that junk and "All That Jazz"
Play something for the Birdman of Alcatraz
Play Buster Keaton, play Harold Lloyd
Play Bugsy Siegel, play Pretty Boy Floyd
Play the numbers, play the odds
Play "Cry Me a River" for the Lord of the gods
Play Number nine, play Number six
Play it for Lindsey and Stevie Nicks
Play Nat King Cole, play "Nature Boy"
Play "Down in the Boondocks" for Terry Malloy
Play "It Happened One Night" and "One Night of Sin"
There's twelve million souls that are listening in
Play "Merchant of Venice", play "Merchants of Death"
Play "Stella by Starlight" for Lady Macbeth
Don't worry, Mr. President, help's on the way
Your brothers are comin', there'll be hell to pay
Brothers? What brothers? What's this about hell?
Tell them, "We're waiting, keep coming," we'll get them as well
Love Field is where his plane touched down
But it never did get back up off the ground
Was a hard act to follow, second to none
They killed him on the altar of the rising sun
Play "Misty" for me and "That Old Devil Moon"
Play "Anything Goes" and "Memphis in June"
Play "Lonely at the Top" and "Lonely Are the Brave"
Play it for Houdini spinning around in his grave
Play Jelly Roll Morton, play "Lucille"
Play "Deep in a Dream", and play "Driving Wheel"
Play "Moonlight Sonata" in F-sharp
And "A Key to the Highway" for the king on the harp
Play "Marching Through Georgia" and "Dumbarton's Drums"
Play "Darkness" and death will come when it comes
Play "Love Me or Leave Me" by the great Bud Powell
Play "The Blood-Stained Banner", play "Murder Most Foul"

Words and music by Bob Dylan 2020  

PS: There is a documentary series floating around that goes by The Cabal, Deep State and QAnon by Dutch researcher, Janet Ossebaard.  Some episodes have been removed by YouTube but can be viewed elsewhere.  This is not a game.  This proposal is a serious one, but requires concerted organization to succeed.  Why wouldn't that be the case?  Because we are telling you that you must take an ownership position in your own monetary system as a natural extension of your own autonomous will.  In order for your will to matter, it must be honored and respected by others who of course will exercise their own will.  Ossebaard merely points out the depths of the depravity that we are admonished to leave, depart from, cease from supporting by our will, unless of course compelled to do so by the law of FORCE.  But with each passing day, more and more relevant data flows forth until eventually what is coming cannot be stopped.  It is all up to each one of you.  Thanks and best.   

#122: A Conversation With A Troll

This happened a few hours ago. I just wanted it recorded here to give the supporters of the proposal some idea of what to expect from some quarters when discussing it. Trolls come in a variety of flavors, but they all have a few characteristics in common. As you read the rest, notice how the attempt is made to SMEAR anyone who doesn't agree with THEM. I have no idea whether this was a real natural person or a bot, but it really doesn't matter because the usual techniques betray the intentions of the troll; to suggest that technology is more important than people, to suggest that anyone not going along with THEM is somehow stupid, misinformed or otherwise less than themselves, to suggest that unless we can provide all the underlying evidence for THEM, then we don't have any arguments against THEM. Where will this ultimately lead? I believe we are experiencing it already.

I posted my comments under a podcast or series of podcasts intended to extol the virtues of cryptocurrencies. This particular troll was a bitcoin fanatic. A fanatic is as Churchill reminded us, someone with a one track mind who wont change the subject. When fanaticism gets too strong a grip on a personality, perhaps they can't change the subject, even if they wanted to, not for an instant.

I began by posting one of my usual messages to get people to come here and read this blog to find out about what we really need to do instead of expecting or relying on anything from THEM:

2 concrete reasons to stay completely away from all cryptocurrencies:

1) NONE of the cryptocurrencies are OUR money because we did not issue them.

2) They are all creatures of the internet, which also doesn't belong to us and renders ALL internet based solutions irrelevant to our needs. And -

3) ALL cryptocurrencies are based on the FRAUDULENT scarce commodity as money paradigm, which only benefits speculators not producers. Cryptocurrencies ALL behave exactly as buy and hold securities investments, which are all subject to the whims of people who are beyond the reach of the average person, again go back to point 1 above.

So it's time to cut out all the foolishness, get out from under all THEIR intended social credit evil and the rest of it. Blockchain isn't even new. It was the basis for virtual machine operating systems on mainframe computers back in the 1960s. We refuse to be fooled anymore. We need our own money and nothing else will do – with a link back to here.

Someone other than the troll responded and said this:

Complete bullshit. Free people use whatever they want as money. [Presumably whole barter is intended, but some other means of monetary payment might be intended as well] Slaves argue for their own enslavement. Government is organized crime. Their money is shit.

This blog never advocated holding our governments in contempt, nor THEIR money. The role of a government is to enforce law, which is FORCE, upon all those under their jurisdiction. We have on the contrary advocated a deeper understanding of governments' perilous positions as “best credit risks” for THEM.

The question implied is the same as E. C. Riegel asked; can anyone unwilling to arrange payments for themselves using whatever they can agree to as money, be said to be free? Can there be ANY of the other freedoms understood in the Bill of Rights of the American Constitution (without which the rest would NEVER have been accepted) without economic or financial freedom? So, we agree with Riegel that we are all still slaves to whoever owns the money, which is THEM: globalists, BANKERS, elitists, technocrats (we think this particular troll is one of these), satanists, pederasts, scribes and Pharisees.

The first thing the troll says is that I need to do something to dispel the “delusion” that any of the foregoing criticisms of any and all of THEIR money are not suitable to replace THEIR stolen fiat paper currencies, which are always and everywhere recorded in accounts whether they be written in books or recorded on computers. He tells me:

You need to put some study time to dispel this delusion and learn about Bitcoin

I don't equivocate with anyone about ANY of THEIR money, so I responded: Since you are wrong, I won't even bother! Bitcoin and all cryptocurrencies are complete and utter trash! Be seeing you

One would normally expect that would be the end of it. But we have a fanatic on our hands here:

You wear your ignorance proudly, good on you.

It may have been a backhanded compliment from someone who insists on having the last word as a means of settling an argument; just outlast your opponent and you win. I'm not playing that way, so I responded:

Some things deserve to remain ignorant of on purpose. Cryptocurrencies are in that category. BTW, I was just told by someone who would know such things, that supercomputers are being used, actively and in future, to break all blockchain cryptocurrencies. If the Deep State cannot have its way, all the cryptocurrencies will revert to what they are worth, which is 0. Thanks and best

I thought that would be the end of it, but no:

No evidence of practical quantum computing exists, but little doubt many cryptos could be gamed to zero. They are not Bitcoin.

True fanatics are always oblivious to the obvious. What's the most obvious thing about ALL of THEIR money? IT'S NOT OURS! That's the first thing anyone needs to recognize about money, ANY money. So of course, I countered:

Just curious, are you a bot or a real natural person? I'm NEVER going to be interested in ANY cryptocurrency.

1) None of them are ours since we did not issue them
2) They are ALL based on a FALSE basis for money,
3) They are ALL internet based when most people do not want anything to do with the internet,
4) Bitcoin was developed by the CIA and everything said about it is a flat out LIE and
5) Bitcoin has been a vehicle for illicit trafficking networks.

Do you expect me to be impressed? Blockchain is not new. We were using it to run mainframe computers back in the 1970s. By far the most important DELUSION concerning Bitcoin and all the rest is that it could ever be ours. Be seeing you

Then the usual argumentum ad hominem attacks get going in earnest:

I can tell you have no interest in Bitcoin by the absolute rubbish you spew. Such breathtaking ignorance on display with an utterly uninformed opinion, and that's all it is since it is fact free without reference. I'm sure you can point me to the evidence for a cryptographically secured distributed blockchain utilising proof of work to secure it in 1970s, and the CIA's role in Bitcoin's creation. How can you in good conscience reveal your stupidity when you clearly don't even have a rudimentary understanding of the technology?

Was I even interested in the technology? Of course not! THIS IS ABOUT PEOPLE NOT MACHINES! So I let him have it!

Incredible! You have the impertinence of a savage dog! Get thee hence from me! You have no idea who I am or what I know, which is considerably more than you would even imagine. I'm sure you'll impress plenty of people with your imperious attitude! Disgusting!

Most would take heed and flee from anything further. But fanatics are NOT nice people to begin with:

Just as I thought, not a shred of empirical evidence in support of your deranged snowflake feelings. You are a part of what's wrong with this world, get a life man baby.

Isn't it wonderful how some people can just jump to whatever conclusion suits them? I responded:

I don't do research for other people especially strangers. The available data is out there. Do your own work, and try hard not to treat other people as badly as you have treated me. You might get further in life. Be seeing you.

Since I wouldn't expect this troll would quit, after all he has a lot invested in his fanaticism, I did him a favor and deleted my post so this is the only place for serious people to read the exchange. I usually admonish everyone not to feed trolls, but on the other hand most trolls are bullies who never got what they truly deserved because they have no respect for anyone but themselves and their stupid misuses of technology. Bottom line, most of these kinds hate other people. We on this blog like, value, respect and love others. Choose which way you would prefer to be treated. You'll see this has far more to do with everything else besides money.

Thanks and best

David Burton

dpbmss@mail.com

#113.10: The Proposal - How It Works - Part 10

On this blog, we have discussed participation by members in the Valun exchange network or VEN; those who presently have regular employment, those who work for a large corporation (even when their organization cannot be a B member) or large private business, a partnership in a professional organization (LLCs which can join as B members), even those who work for governments (none of which may be B members).

But probably by far the majority of most possible B members would be self-employed. Self-employment is the heart and essence of PRIVATE free enterprise, which this blog is really all about. This piece discusses the accounting the proposal requires for the self-employed B member. We reiterate the fact that money is not only the circulation of monetary tokens, whether they be coins, notes, checks or cards. The core of the monetary machine is always the accounting. There is no other proposal for alternatives to THEIR money that considers the importance of the details of the accounting that is the inescapable component to any monetary system.

The self-employed B member is always and foremost an A member and each A member has an A member account. A members get to issue Valuns, B members do not. We have our 80% rule that limits how many Valuns each A member may issue. For those A members with jobs, they are limited to 80% of what they already earn in THEIR money; merely take a look at your pay stub, determine what those dollars, etc. would be in Valuns and further determine what 80% of that would be. But we are really talking about the self-employed A member. What about those starting out in business for the first time? What about those who have successfully operated a business and have been self-employed for many years? That experience would help as we shall see.

Each member account has three balances. We recognize that for many people, dealing with one balance on any of their financial accounts is already enough. We would therefore encourage a spirit of helpfulness among our members; those who understand the intricacies and reasons for our accounting can assist others to get started. So, for A members, the balances are called Issuance, Income and Escrow. For B member businesses, the balances are Equity, Income and Escrow. What do these balances signify and why do we want them? It does relate back to a basic accounting equation:

Assets = Liabilities + Capital

For A members, the Issuance balance is their asset and for the B member, the Equities balance summarizes their assets. Liabilities, debts, particularly of the recurring kind, including all payroll, are the Escrow balance. Income is always revenue and is, under present law, subject to taxation, in THEIR money of course.

Every A member starts with account balances that look like this:

Issuance balance = V200

Income balance = V0

Escrow balance = V0

Every A member is entitled to open as many B member accounts as they can fund. The B member account remains open and viable as long as one or more of the balances has Valuns in it.

So, let's say we have an A member named Cody. Cody has V200 but he wants to start a B member business account. Cody wants to determine how many Valuns he may earn from this business. Cody could begin by funding this B member account with some of his V200, but what else does Cody own that can be valued in Valuns, particularly anything related directly to his intended business?

Let's begin with Cody's education. He has a high school diploma. He doesn't see the need to continue his education at the moment and would in any case rather spend his time building his business. For our purposes, we will determine that a high school diploma is worth something, but of course nobody's education can be sold to anyone else. Cody cannot sell his diploma to anyone else, it is a non-fungible asset. But we will grant Cody the right to value his education at V1,000. As part of his contract for opening his B membership, Cody will list his education and any tools he owns, supplies that he has fully paid for and all inventory waiting to be sold for Valuns.

Cody has a few tools worth $650 and some supplies worth $300 and he doesn't yet have any items for sale. He takes the present value of a Valun, $2.43 as of December 26, 2019 and begins building his Equity balance. $650 = V267.49 and $300 = V123.46. Cody has these four lines in his B membership contract under Equities:

High School Diploma = V1,000

Tools = V267.49

Supplies = V123.46

Equity balance = V1,390.95

Cody opens his B membership with a “doing business as” (a DBA) from his local county clerk, for tax purposes. This DBA allows Cody to open a regular bank account in one of THEIR banks, for tax purposes. It also allows him to open a B member account at his local Valun exchange. This DBA will also come with a name, usually something different from Cody's name. We'll call it Cody's Building Services, since he intends on going for jobs in small scale construction.

Before going forward, Cody can't sell his high school diploma, but he can sell any or all of his tools and supplies. Perhaps someone would offer Cody the opportunity to sell his business. What would be the offering price before he even gets started? In this case, the answer is V390.95 (three hundred ninety Valuns and 95 cend, cento, fen). Of course Cody's regular bank account that came with his DBA would be closed or reopened under the new owners' name(s) and whatever else is required to get a DBA in the names of the new owners including cases where the buyer already has an existing DBA. Of course any buyer would also have to be an A or B member as we aren't concerned with any transfers of property beyond the confines of the Valun exchange network.

There were, are a series of recorded transactions that were executed to build Cody's Equity balance and fund his business. These transactions are all at no charge to Cody because none of the transactions involves transferring Valuns from one account into another.

But as we do for the Equity balance, we also do for his income balance. To begin with we give an estimation of first yearly income in Valuns and that also goes into the contract Cody uses to open his B membership account. Let's say that Cody anticipates bringing in about V200 per month, so that's V2,400 the first year. He may or may not reach that amount. Now his B member balances look like this:

Equity = V1,390.95

Income = V2,400.00 (except that this amount never actually appears on his account. It appears in his contract to open the account under Beginning Est. Income)

Escrow = V0

Now the question, how much does Cody get to earn from his business starting out? Recall our 80% rule that Escrow balances can never get higher than 80% of the sum of the other two balances. That's V3,790.95 x .8 = V3,032.76 or V252.73 per month.

What could drive this figure up or down? Income greater than anticipated or supplies and tools added to his Equity balance. More significantly, what's Cody's liability for income taxes and how does he cover this? That's what that regular account at one of THEIR institutions is for. As Cody contracts for work, he determines what the invoices will show in payment of dollars, etc. as well as Valuns. If Cody decides to charge 25% of what he would charge in Valuns in dollars, he would take the dollars and deposit them in his regular bank account and deposit the Valuns into his B member account. Of course Cody would also be wise never to comingle any dollars from his business into any other regular personal account he might already have with one of THEIR institutions.

As Cody contracts to do business, a straight rule of thumb would be for Cody to consider the value of V100, day in and day out and consider what 25% of this is in dollars. So for a V1,000 contract lasting 4 months would be V250 per month, which is right under his limit of V252.73 per month. But 25% of V1,000 is V250 which right now on 26 December, 2019 is 250 x 2.43 = $607.50. Divided by 4 gives $151.88. So for every month of his V1,000 contract, he must also have $151.88. You see that V1,000 is always at least twice as heavy as dollars and frequently more, so contracts might be considerably less. We're just developing the ideas from examining the possible maximum income from a self-employment situation.

What people require of THEIR monetary system is that it be flexible enough to allow them to operate flexibly within business. Let's consider what Cody might do if he suddenly discovered that he had a particular knack and interest in repairing gardening and landscaping equipment. He begins acquiring equipment that he intends to sell. Eventually certain areas of his space become devoted to that particular activity exclusive of all other activities. Demand for his services becomes such that he already has income generated in dollars, but due to whatever might be happening with THEIR money or just because it's time to break free of THEM as far as possible, Cody decides to open a second B membership account to cover this activity in Valuns.

He goes to his local county clerk and gets a second DBA for tax purposes and opens an account at his local bank for his new business. He calls it Cody's Yard Gear.

On Cody's B membership contract for Cody's Yard Gear, he builds up an Equity balance using the inventory he plans to sell and whatever tools he uses exclusively for this business. He does not monetize his education twice. I'm sure you can all see why this is true. But we may have something like Goodwill that we will include in B member contracts that rewards people for being in business. After a year of being a B member, we may determine some mechanism for determining what the goodwill value of Cody's business might be and that is added to the Equity balance for that business.

Monetizing our members in this way allows a new set of lines of supply and demand to be developed in Valuns. Using these accounting details, new economies to scale can be built alongside those funded by THEM using THEIR money until all that ultimately fails. Starting simple, giving an easy to comprehend example, consider yourself as an asset to yourself and begin to develop ways to monetize yourself within the Valun exchange network. The contents of this paper are probably the most powerful and important part of all the material presented concerning this proposal on this blog to date.

There was a pause in posts to this blog as you can see that the original example featured Valuns at their late December, 2019 exchange rates. The precious metals, which figure in our estimate of the day to day exchange rates for the Valun, have risen in price against the dollar. Should gold rise above our initial bid price of $2,160 an ounce, the Valun's purchasing power goes up, never down and stays up! So if gold reaches a bid of $3,000, the Valun moves from $2.16 to $3 and it will never be lower thereafter. If the price of gold then falls, the Valun will get even heavier. If the price of gold marches relentlessly up, say to $5,000, the Valun goes to $5 and never lower. The kinds of V-Checks one might see under these circumstances might be V1/4, V1/2, V1, V2, V5 and V10. You see folks, the tokens are relative to their usefulness in conducting business, not relative to the intrinsic value of ANY commodity since the Valun measurement is always fixed. The only reason exchange rates would change is because the markets for THEIR money operate that way.

We have told you the truth on this blog and anyone with any common sense can easily verify what we've been teaching; the tokens are as Riegel remarked a matter of superstition, and that superstition was always intended to lend an aura of mystery to money so that its users could continue to be swindled by THEM, the owners of all the money. We've described who THEY are too. This proposal is not about displacing THEM, countering THEM, defying THEM or having further to do with THEM. It is about leaving THEM, embarking on our own independent futures, empowered by our own money. Eventually, there need never be any more war or famine, as long as we are able to build our wealth and measure it using our own money, not just THEIRS.

David Burton

dpbmss@mail.com

#0: How Does No One See What's Happening..?

How Does No One See What's Happening..?

One short podcast.  Some simple questions; how is any of this possible without the money being THEIRS not OURS?  Would we have ever permitted technology to take from us rather than giving to us?  What is the measure of all things?  Who says?  What of the diminishing returns to scale law?  How does technology constantly expand the defiance of this very basic and obvious law, which since it is a law, actually has consequences?  How long does something go on until it stops? (Herbert Stein's Law)  Much else is held in check with a money that must originate from the WORK and WILL of those who issue it.  Inflation?  How about death of money due to depreciation of assets, all those used products being bought and sold daily?  How does all of that place a Natural break on inflation?  How come nobody addresses these issues from this perspective?  Whose interests come first?  Did someone say those people's who own the money?  That's the correct answer.  Why more power to the state?  Because states are THEIR best credit risks and promise a continuous return of THEIR investment.  Whose money is it anyway?  Certainly not yours or mine, which is why we need our own money that we ourselves issue.  Be seeing you.