Economy solution? Gold

One of my friends suggested another thing that i found interesting--though I'm most assuredly no expert in how this all works. But this is what she said--we could imminent Domain or otherwise take over the gold-producing mines in the U.S. that wind up in jewelry, and instead use it to make those gold bars again....

According to the Guardian,

Rising investment interest in gold amid a financial crisis could be seen in increased buying of gold coins and bars.

The U.S. Mint said "unprecedented" demand for precious metals and volatile markets forced it to cease production of some American Eagle gold coins for the rest of this year.

"We are seeing that physical demand remained strong. It's the same story that has been supporting prices all along, as economic and political concerns continued to support prices higher," said CPM Group analyst Carlos Sanchez.

So if we begin to re-route that gold into bars, we could sell sell sell to those (mostly) foreign investors...instead of just continuing to fling our dollars in the wind by funding them.

Maybe add Platinum to that mix as well.

Economy solution? New Tax

With the current economic crisis, and the need for funding.... Here's a thought:

Let's start taxing churches.

It's become obvious that most of them don't fall under "non-profit" organizations anymore. Recall the debacles with all the TV preachers who were living the high-life on the income of the church? I suspect that if all those financially successful churches had to start paying taxes on that money, we'd have the deficit handled in short order.

About SuperFuturistic

I became distracted by the business of living and some things, as we all know, will fall by the wayside. This idea began many years ago with a website that I never got off the ground. This was before blogs were common. I put the two ideas together today after another of my frequent discussions with my best friend--herself, a thinker with some pretty damn good insights and solutions to the things awry in this country.

Now, with the recent crash of our economy, along with Election Year politics, our renewed disgust with a system that has failed us, and all the myriad challenges that we face as a nation, (perhaps as a species), I believe it is an idea that is both timely and desperately needed.

At the foundation of our ills, I believe, is our legislative system, which is clogged and fettered and even destroyed by greed and by lobbyists and special interest groups that have become far too powerful in that process. The very people who make our laws to exact beneficial change for all of us, cannot do so honestly because there is too much conflict of interest. We are all familiar with the mistrust that goes along with those who represent us on Capitol Hill.

The solutions must be put in place by the government, but this process begins, as it always has, with the PEOPLE.

As this project grows (it is, at this writing, in its infancy), I hope to have think-tank meetings in my local community, where we can get together and discuss ideas for getting America back on track. I also hope to compile all the ideas that will eventually come out of this Coalition of Citizens, and publish that as well--with the hope that some of the politicos and policy makers and other Persons of Power might read it, take it seriously, and maybe consider some options that weren't considered before. Maybe if the Powers That Be knew how the PEOPLE really felt about the salient issues of the day, and what they might actually suggest as solutions--maybe it will get us all somewhere for once, besides the unemployment line and the poorhouse.

Most people don't have enough time to explore issues, search for answers and study the subjects they would need to in order to understand all the complicated morass of issues and details that government can involve, and that the electoral process rests upon. That's where strength in numbers can make a difference. Many knowledgeable people offer their insights in blogs just like this one, and for that, i am so thankful. But I want to bring those ideas together in one spot. One of us may not know all the answers; but ten or a hundred or a thousand of us, just might be able to come up with solutions by communicating and examining those issues periodically. Not everyone can be "idea people" but there are plenty if those types out there, and these are the ones i speak to, now. It could be as simple as getting together over coffee with a few friends and discussing the ills of this nation, and how we might make things better for everyone; then recording the ideas that the group comes up with and sharing them on this site or others like it.

I am planning to relocate in December to Colorado, and I fully intend to start a group to do just that. I hope that those of you who enjoy debating, discussing issues and creating solutions will join me in this effort from your own communities.

But for starters, here on this blog, I will be posting about specific issues and encouraging comments from anyone who feels they have something to contribute to this goal.

Perhaps this project will be perceived as naive or hopeless by some. But I'm perfectly fine with taking my chances on that one.

"Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights." ~Thomas Jefferson