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This section is devoted to following issues of money, banking, fiscal, and monetary policy and their impacts on families and the nation as a whole.

NEWS:

• 06/10/2009:  Fed Would be Shut Down if Audited- CNBC.  The counterfeiting franchise is out of control and will DESTROY this country

• 04/27/2007:  Egold Indicted by Feds- dare to cut the international banking cartel out of their "piece of the action" and look what happens. No doubt the charges are bogus.

• 03/23/2007:  U.S. Mint says NORFED Liberty Dollar is Illegal

• 03/10/2004:  RFID Tags in New U.S. Notes Explode When You Try To Microwave Them

• 02/09/2004:  Newsletter of Norfed-denies legal threats to viability of his alternative currency

• 06/06/2003:  Is the United States Flat Out Broke?-Worldnet Daily

• 09/17/2002:  Bill to Eliminate the Federal Reserve Introduced-Congressman Ron Paul sponsors

• 09/10/2002:  Legislation to Abolish the Federal Reserve-Congressman Ron Paul sponsors

• 04/07/2002:  Jim Trimbach, FBI-A revealing interview with a leading FBI anti-money laundering agent gives a rare look at how the money cops think and act.

• 02/19/2002:  Bank of America Can Now Give Your Bank Account Away with No Liability!-Unbelievable!

• 03/31/2001:  Secret Service Raids Gold-Age

• Anne Williamson Exposes Federal Reserve-WorldNet Daily

• 12/19/2001:  Euro Banks to Embed RFID Chips by 2005-Your money will keep track of where it has been!

ARTICLES:

• Crash Course-introduction to money, economics, debt, and politics.  Chris Martenson.  Excellent.

• Corporatization and Privatization of the Government, Form #05.024 (OFFSITE LINK) -Shows how our de jure constitutional republic has been replaced by a private, for-profit corporate monopoly.  The money system is de facto mechanism for recruiting people to become employees and officers of the corporation through compelled use of of government numbers by banks and employers.

• It's Just Time-why we face a huge economic meltdown and what to do about it.  By a Princeton professor

• Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations"-document upon which the founders wrote our constitution

• Confessions of an Economic Hitman (1.6Mbytes, MP3)-John Perkins tells his story about how he destroyed poor countries with economic coercion on behalf of the U.S. government.  Amazing

• Luxury: Enemy of our Souls (OFFSITE LINK)-Pastor Matt Trewhella (audio)

• Attention "Public Servant"-an open letter to all those who work for the federal government

• Effect of Government Debt and Spending Policies Since Reagan-by Kevin Schan

• Declaration of Cause and Necessity to Abolish the U.S. Government-(HOT!) an open letter by John B. Nelson submitted by one of our readers.  Provides compelling evidence of the existence of the New World Order coup.

• Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports-Antishyster Magazine

• Things You Aren't Supposed to Think About-Antishyster Magazine

• Jefferson's Prophesy:  The Bankruptcy of America

• U.S. Government Financial Report, 2002-(1.55 Mbytes) U.S. Treasury

• Issues Library: Jobs and Economy-Townhall

PRIVACY AND IDENTITY THEFT:

• SEC Release No. 34-47752, File No. S7-25-02-Customer Identification Programs for Broker Dealers

• Privacy Act Notices of Systems of Records-Social Security Administration

• U.S. Department of Justice: Federal Guidelines for Searching and Seizing Computers

• U.S. Department of Justice: Electronic Evidence Search and Seizure Legal Resources

• Identity Theft

  • Identity Theft Resources-contacts if you are a victim of identity theft

  • How to Minimize Damage Caused by Identity Theft or Theft of your Wallet-one of our readers

  • 18 U.S.C. § 1028. Fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents, authentication features, and information (OFFSITE LINK)

  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Identity Theft Page

  • Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Hotline (OFFSITE LINK)-SSA

• Numerical Identification and Automated Tracking

  • Opening Bank Accounts Without SSNs-Antishyster Magazine

  • 42 U.S.C. §408:  Penalties (OFFSITE LINK)-penalties for misuse of Social Security Numbers

  • Identity Theft and Your Social Security Number (OFFSITE LINK)-Social Security Administration

  • Social Security Number Chronology (OFFSITE LINK)-Social Security Administration

  • Your Social Security Number and Card (OFFSITE LINK)-SSA

• Information Return Reporting

  • The Information Return Scam-excellent

  • The "trade or business" scam-heart of the IRS fraud and the reason for the existence of "Currency Transaction Reports", 1099's, and W-2's

  • Correcting Erroneous Information Returns, Form #04.001 (OFFSITE LINK)-how to correct erroneous information returns.

  • Corrected Information Return Attachment Letter, Form #04.002 (OFFSITE LINK)-how to correct erroneous information returns.

  • Correcting Erroneous IRS Form 1042's, Form #04.003 (OFFSITE LINK)- (RED HOT!) how to correct erroneous 1042's

  • Correcting Erroneous IRS Form 1098's, Form #04.004 (OFFSITE LINK)- (RED HOT!) how to correct erroneous 1098's

  • Correcting Erroneous IRS Form 1099's, Form #04.005 (OFFSITE LINK)- (RED HOT!) how to correct erroneous 1099's

  • Correcting Erroneous IRS Form W-2's, Form #04.006 (OFFSITE LINK)- (RED HOT!) how to correct erroneous W-2's

  •  Precious Metal Transaction Reporting, Form #04.106 (OFFSITE LINK)-legal requirements for the reporting of precious metal transactions

  • Demand for Verified Evidence of "Trade or Business" Activity: Information Return, Form #04.007 (OFFSITE LINK)-Use this form in the case where someone you work for or with may or definitely will file a fraudulent Information Return against you, and you are not engaged in a "trade or business".  This prevents you from having false or erroneous Information Returns filed against you by educating companies and financial institutions about their proper use.  Information Returns include IRS Forms W-2, 1042-S, 1098, and 1099.

  • Criminal Complaint Attachment: Fraudulent Information Return, Form #04.402 (OFFSITE LINK)-use this in combination with Form 04.006 above

    • PDF in member subscriptions

    • Member Subscriptions

  • Certification of Federal Privileged Status, Form W-0, Form #04.211 (OFFSITE LINK)-use this to establish evidence from your private employer that you are not engaged in a "trade or business" or any other federally privileged status.

  • Information Return FOIA:  "Trade or Business", Form #03.023 (OFFSITE LINK)-use this as a "reliance defence" to develop evidence that the government KNOWS you are not engaged in a "trade or business' and is committing a crime by not admitting it.. By SEDM

  • Information Returns Processing (OFFSITE LINK)-IRS

  • Income Tax Withholding and Reporting Course, Form #12.004 (OFFSITE LINK)-training course which describes laws and requirements relating to tax withholding and reporting for businesses and private employers

  • 26 U.S.C. §7434: Civil Damages for Fraudulent Filing of Information Returns (OFFSITE LINK)

  • 26 U.S.C. §7206: Fraud and False Statements (OFFSITE LINK)

  • 26 U.S.C. §7207: Fraudulent Returns, Statements, or other documents (OFFSITE LINK)

  • 26 U.S.C. §6721: Failure to File Correct Information Return (OFFSITE LINK)

  • 26 U.S.C. §6041: Information at source (OFFSITE LINK)

  • 18 U.S.C.  §912:  Impersonating a "public officer" (OFFSITE LINK)-anyone who files a false information return against a person who is not a "public officer" is criminally impersonating a public officer

  • 26 CFR §1.6041-1: Return of information as to payments of $600 or more (OFFSITE LINK)

  • 26 CFR §1.6041-2: Return of information as to payments to employees (OFFSITE LINK)

  • 26 CFR §1.6041-3: Payments for which no return of information is required under section 6041 (OFFSITE LINK)

  • 26 CFR §1.6041-4: Foreign-related items and other exceptions (OFFSITE LINK)

• Currency Transaction Reporting

  • Feasability of Cross-Border Electronic Funds Transfer Reporting System (OFFSITE LINK) -FINCEN report to Congress

  • Federal Transaction Reporting Requirements-what you have to tell the feds about your transactions, which is NOTHING in most cases

  • Demand for Verified Evidence of "Trade or Business" Activity-Currency Transaction Report (CTR), Form #04.008 (OFFSITE LINK)-form to give financial institutions that are illegally preparing Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) for cash withdrawals of $10,000 or more

  • Bank Secrecy Act Requirements: A Quick Reference Guide for Money Service Businesses

  • Reporting Suspicious Activity: A Quick Reference Guide for Money Service Businesses

  • Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) (OFFSITE LINK)-Big brother's/IRS watchdog

  • MSB.GOV-website sponsored by Dept of Treasury to provide information about currency transaction reporting

  • Money Laundering Prevention: A Money Services Business Guide

  • 31 U.S.C. Subtitle IV, Chapter 53, Subchapter II: Records and Reports on Monetary Instruments Transactions (OFFSITE LINK)-also called the "Bank Secrecy Act"

  • 31 CFR Part 103: Financial Recordkeeping and Reporting of Currency and Foreign Transactions(OFFSITE LINK)-implementing regulations for the "Bank Secrecy Act"

  • FINCEN forms (OFFSITE LINK)-types of information that financial institutions and casinos send to big brother

• Postal Surveillance

  • The U.S. Postal Service War on Private Mailboxes and Privacy Rights-CATO Report

    • HTML (OFFSITE LINK)

    •  PDF

  • Postal Service Form 1583 Attachment, Form #06.018 (OFFSITE LINK)-SEDM

  • Postmaster Inquiry Regarding USPS Form PS1583, Form #06.019 (OFFSITE LINK)-SEDM

  • Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)-USPS

  • 39 U.S.C.: Postal Service

  • 39 CFR: Postal Service

  • USPS Forms Website

MONEY:

• The Money Scam, Form #05.041 (OFFSITE LINK) -SEDM Forms Page.  Excellent.

• Questions About the Bobby Kahre Case -Man was acquitted of violating tax laws because he paid his employees in gold coin and didn't deduct or report taxes on it

• "money" defined-Sovereignty Forms and Instructions, Cites by topic.  Note that the definition does not include "notes", and Federal Reserve Notes are "notes".

• Where's George?-where is all the money right now?

• Bureau of Engraving and Printing

• U.S. Mint

• Payment Inquiry Letter -use this letter as a starting point for responding to a request from any government official to pay some amount of money.  It will usually get them so flustered that they will just give up, because they will have to admit they are violating the law to collect it.

• Federal Reserve Board Admits there is No definition for what a "dollar" is- in response to an inquiry by a state official

• Congressman Beers of Nevada Admits that Federal Reserve Notes are not "dollars" and that there is no legal definition of what a "dollar" is (OFFSITE LINK)- amazing

•  Senate Document 114, January 15, 1934:  FDR's Legislation to Improve the Financial and Monetary System of the U.S.

• Endorsing Checks to Avoid a Taxable Event- We wouldn't try this, but the discussion is fascinating

• Americans for Common Cents-defending the penny.  Current pennies cost twice as much to produce as they are worth

• Ayn Rand on Money-from her famous book Atlas Shrugged.

• Law

  • Legislative History of Money in the United States-authoritative statutes marking all the changes to our money system

  • Pieces of Eight-the most authoritative legal treatise on Constitutional Money ever written.  By Edwin Viera

  • Legal Tender and Status-U.S. Treasury

  • Westlaw Keycite Search, 294k10: What is "Legal Tender"-lists ALL cases describing what is "legal tender"

  • Westlaw Keycite Search, 294k11: What is "Not Legal Tender"?-lists ALL cases describing what is NOT "legal tender"

  • House Joint Resolution (H.J.R.) 192: Abandonment of Gold-backed money-bill passed in 1933.  It was repealed in 1982

  • United States of America Money Act

  • Contracts Payable in Gold-Senate Document 43

  • Federal Reserve Board, Frequently Asked Questions: Currency, Notes and Coins

  • Invisible Contracts: Federal Reserve Notes-by George Mercier

  • Nevada Constitutional Amendment to Issues Money as Silver Coins-Assembly Bill 532, 72nd Congress

  • Edwin Vieira's Official Website-the foremost authority on constitutional authority for money

  • Writings of Edwin Vieira-respected expert on money

  • Book XXII, Of Laws in Relation to the Use of Money-the Spirit of Laws by Montesquieu.  This is the book upon which the founders designed our government and wrote our Constitution

  • 18 U.S.C. §1960: Prohibition of Unlicensed Money Transmitting Businesses

  • 12 U.S.C. §411: Issuance to reserve banks; nature of obligation; redemption-FRN's can be redeemed for lawful money, and the only lawful money is gold under our Constitution

  • 31 U.S.C. §3124: Exemption from taxation-Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs) are exempt from federal State taxation

  • Legal Tender Cases:  Julliard v. Greenman, 110 U.S. 421 (1884)

  • Edwin Vieira Speech entitled "Return to Constitutional Money"-Over Labor Day weekend, 1991, the NCBA had a convention in Denver. Franklin Sanders and I spoke there as did Edwin, who, as always, gave a great speech which you are invited to read. 

  • Money Brief:   Under Art. 1, § 8, cl. 5 of the U.S. Constitution, Congress is granted the power to coin money, and via Art. 1, § 10, cl. 1, the states are disabled from making anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debt. This brief, about 18 years old now and in need of serious redrafting, covers a wide variety of state and federal cases addressing the monetary powers and disabilities contained in the U.S. Constitution. Perhaps this brief constitutes a decent introduction to this most important subject.

  • The Forgotten Role of the Constitution in Monetary Law-Edwin Viera.

• History

  • Money Museum

  • I Want the Earth Plus 5%-the story of how our money system evolved

  • History of the U.S. Mint

  • American Currency Exhibit-Federal Reserve Board

  • The History of Lawful Gold and Silver Legal Tender and the Debt Brought On by Unlawful Fiat Paper Money

  • In God We Trust-about the phrase on our money

  • Background on the Dollar Bill

  • A Redeemable Paper Currency-Speech by Daniel Webster, Feb. 22, 1834

  • A Short History of Paper Money-William Gouge, Advisor to President Jackson, 1833

  • The Story of Money-Barry Konicov

  • Symbols On The Dollar-Dr. Brooky Stockton

  • Alan Greenspan on Why The Gold Standard Had to Be Abandoned-very enlightening!

• Monetary Policy

  • Interview with Edwin Viera-author of Pieces of Eight and an authority on money

  • Thomas Paine Essay on Paper Money-excellent

  • Central Banks, Gold, and the Decline of the Dollar-Antishyster Magazine

  • Borrowing Currency Into Circulation: This short memo discusses the adverse economic consequences resulting from the manner by which credit ("money") is created today.

  • It's Not the Money, Its The Principal-Antishyster Magazine

  • What Is A Dollar?-James Turk

  • Creating Money is a Taxing Operation-An Attorney writes a Treatise examining the history of money in the United States, as well as its origin and purpose.  It is his contention, that Federal Reserve Notes are not "Dollars," but dishonored promises to pay dollars.

  • Mises on Money-eBook by Lew Rockwell

• Mints

  • World Mints

  • Certified Mint

  • French Mint

  • Golden State Mint

  • Mint Products

  • Morgan Mint

  • National Collector's Mint

  • New York Mint

  • Northwest Territorial Mint

  • Royal Australian Mint

  • The Royal Mint (U.K.)

  • U.S. Mint

• Private Money Systems

  • In This Age of Plenty-book about a private money system

    • Local copy

    • Original source

  • The Future of Money-book about a better monetary system

  • NWT Silver Rounds-private, 1 ounce, 0.999 fine silver rounds

  • Free Lakota Bank-private currency

  • E-Gold

  • Gold Money

  • The American Open Currency Standard

    • Community Dollar

    • Surround Money

    • The Freedom Mint

• International Currencies

  • Single Global Currency Website (OFFSITE LINK)

  • AmeroCurrency -place to get Ameros

  • Amero Currency Blog

  • Sample Currency

  • Euro Explanation-European Commission

  • International Monetary Fund

• Currency Exchange

  • XE

  • X-Rates

  • Go Currency

• Research

  • Patman Primer on Money-U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964, 141 pages

  • 169 Questions and Answers on Money-U.S. Government Printing Office

  • The Great Cookie Jar-book by Dr. Edward Popp

  • Money, Bona Fide or Non-Bona Fide-book by Dr. Edward Popp

  • Federal Reserve Notes Are Not Legal Tender

  • What is a Dollar?

  • Electronic Money-Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

  • The Law, Money, and Your Choice-(179 Kbytes) by Lee Brobst.  Fascinating

  • The Theory of Money and Credit-eBook by Ludwig Von Mises

  • The Money Matrix of the New World Order-book by Phillip Tilley, ISBN-13: 9781425978808, 312 pages.

  • Money as Debt-great video

  • Jones on Money, Gold and Silver-good video

  • Web of Debt-expose on the shocking truth about the American money system

  • Is This what makes you subject to the Income Tax?-interesting article about how use of FRNs is a privileged activity

  • Money v. Wealth-David C. Korten

  • Is America Babylon?  The Masonic origins of our money is fascinating reading.

  • Money v. Mammon-His Holy Church Study into the character of money

  • Reality Zone-Ed Griffin, author of The Creature from Jekyll Island

  • Crashmaker-book by Victor Sperandeo

  • Interview with Ed Griffin-author of Creature from Jekyll Island

• Coin Information

  • CoinCollector.org

  • CoinFlation

  • Money Museum

  • My Coin Collecting

  • Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS)

  • The Coin Site

  • U.S. Patterns

• Coin Sales

  • BestCoin

  • Coin Break<