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07. Gold and Silver Money | Money | Sovereign’s Handbook

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By Johnny Liberty

“All the perplexities, confusion and distress
 in America arise not from defects
in their Constitution or Confederation,
nor from want of honor or virtue,
so much as downright ignorance of the
nature of coin, credit and circulation.”
~ John Adams

We the People are crazy about “money”. Whether you have a lot or a little, work hard, live off trust funds or collect welfare, inherit or win the lottery, there are intrinsic survival, fear and success issues linked with “money”, its acquisition and spending, that we rarely take the time to step back from the insanity, and ask the hard questions. Considering its importance, this attitude is crazy.

What is real “money”? Who controls money? How is money made? Where does money come from? How does the economic system really work? Why are so many people and businesses in America going bankrupt? 

Is the accumulation of “money” the sole purpose for living? Is money really worth working and dying for, and for some, stealing or killing for? Why is money so glorified as an object of one’s attention and one’s affection? Is there a better alternative? How does my relationship with money reflect my values? How can I serve the greater community and myself, as well as work doing what I love? 

“When it is a question of money, everyone is of the same religion” ~ Voltaire

Short History of Money

Until 1500 BC, all “money” was alive—cattle, lambs, goats or pigs. The first bankers financed great trading ships laden with cattle on long sea voyages, steering from port to port. While onboard on long journeys, pregnant cattle had offspring, calves or “kind” which was agreed by both parties that they belonged to the banker. 

This was when the initial idea of “interest” on a loan first arose. However, in the long term, the concept of “interest” depletes the life-support equity of both depositors and borrowers, ultimately transferring equity and control to the banker.

In their sophisticated ancient civilization, the Phoenicians invented metal “money” in the shape of a pair of bullhorns. That was because metal coins were simpler to transport than steering, housing and feeding the actual cattle, coins gained popular usage as a commodity. Eventually coins were minted with precious metals like gold or silver which historically retained a stable value relative to purchasing power over time. Did you know that an ounce of gold has the same relative buying power today as it did in ancient Greece?

Money was not originally an invention of the state, but of private bankers and merchants.“Certain commodities become money quite naturally, as the result of economic relationships…independent of the power of the state…Though many different commodities have been used as money over the centuries,…gold and silver have emerged as money in the free competition of the market.”

Money Defined

> MONEY ($) – A tangible metallic substance with intrinsic and stable-store of value, distinguished from paper currency, checks and drafts. 

> MONEY (Ø) – in the ordinary connotation it means coins and paper currency used as a circulating medium of exchange, not  including notes, bonds, evidences of debt, or other private property or real estate.

True Source of Wealth

The true source of wealth of a nation lies with the skills of people and what they are capable of producing. Money itself is not a true measure of wealth, unless it has a tangible value as a commodity. However, it is an essential tool for trade in a free enterprise society.

Healthy economies are created from the production of goods and services, the ability to freely exchange those in the market at a price people are willing and able to pay. In indigenous societies, the wealthiest individuals with the most prestige were the ones who had the most to give away.

True wealth is in land and tangible assets. Wealth consists of tools, materials, equipment, and profit-generating assets. Wealth is bought with money. Unfortunately, wealth can be acquired by force, theft, legal plunder, through sovereign grants and deeds, or by other unscrupulous, dishonest and unethical means. 

True wealth is also in intangible states of being such as health, serenity, clarity, creativity, harmony, honesty, kindness, compassion and consequent contentment.

“[It is the duty of Congress] to coin Money, regulate the Value  thereof,
and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures…”
~ U.S. Constitution [1:8:5]

“No State shall…make any Thing but gold and silver Coin as Tender in Payment of Debts…”
~ U.S. Constitution [1:10:1]

A Dollar is a Measure of Weight By Law

How can we define a “dollar ($)”? In the united states of America, a dollar is a measure of weight defined by the Coinage Act of 1792, which issued the first gold coin, with legislative amendments, that are still in effect today. 

A “dollar ($)” by definition specifies a certain quantity of tangible gold or silver. Furthermore, the relative value of silver is constitutionally proportionate to gold. In 1995, a dollar is still 371.25 grains of silver in a 480 grain coin which is equal to one ounce.

ONE DOLLAR = 1/20th OUNCE OF GOLD = .999 TROY OUNCE OF SILVER

As originally defined, a dollar equals 1/20th of an ounce of gold “money ($)” until it was “statutorily” devalued by the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 to 1/35th of an ounce of .999 pure silver “money ($)”.

The Founders decided only gold and silver were to be coined as money by the U.S. Constitution – that only gold or silver coins are considered real “money ($)” in America. 

Wisely, they chose this path having seen how monarchs had debauched money supplies in Europe by printing paper money substitutes. The founders chose to avoid making the same mistake.

REAL MONEY = GOLD/SILVER

The Founders delegated the power to coin real “money ($)” to the U.S. Congress, and no other entity, foreign or domestic. Furthermore, The U.S. Constitution gave no lawful or constitutional authority to the U.S. Congress to delegate private banking via legislation to a private corporation or the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) that was supposedly authorized much later by the “statutory” Federal Reserve Act of 1913.

American People Were Our Own Bankers

Until 1913, We the People were our own bankers, creating wealth directly by mining the Earth and producing goods and services. We mined for gold and silver and brought it to the assay offices of the U.S. government to mint into coinage. In exchange, the U.S. government kept 10% of the gold and silver as a constitutional excise tax to cover the cost of minting.

U.S. Gold Certificates (1863-1934) were issued, redeemable and payable to the bearer on demand for gold coin. U.S. Silver Certificates (1886-1963) were issued, redeemable and payable to the bearer on demand for silver coin. Both were redeemable at local banks for real “money ($)” stored in the vault.

Even Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs) were redeemable in lawful “money ($)” at the U.S. Department of the Treasury Federal Reserve Bank (1934-1963).

Until 1934, a twenty-dollar gold coin was minted in gold, a one-dollar silver coin was minted in silver, then both were spent into circulation. Before 1968, dimes and quarters were still coined in silver and spent into circulation.

Today, U.S. dollars, half-dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies are still minted and spent into circulation although they have no precious gold or silver left in them, while “paper money substitutes (Ø)” and paper currency (except U.S. Notes) are “loaned” into circulation by the U.S. government.

By law, “money ($)“ is either gold or silver coins, or currency backed by gold and silver certified deposits in the U.S. Treasury, payable to the bearer on demand, or interest-free “United States Notes” spent into circulation by the federal U.S. government, for example, JFK’s $2 bill was spent into circulation interest-free. 

“The importance of an honest, stable, gold money supply is to ensure that relative scarcity, demand and production efficiency of goods and services are accurately represented through their actual market prices. Prices are information.” ~ Boston T. Party 

References:

  1. Wikipedia | John Adams.
  2. Wikipedia | Voltaire.
  3. Wikiquote | Critical Path by R. Buckminster Fuller (St. Martins Press, New York, p. 73-74); Amazon
  4. Ibid.
  5. Court Listener | Lane v. Railey, 133 S.W. 2d 74, 79, 81 280 Ky. 319, (“money” does not embrace notes, bonds, evidences of debt, or other personal or real estate http://section520.org/money.html
  6. Heritage | U.S. Constitution [1:8:5]. To coin money…
  7. Heritage | U.S. Constitution [1:10:1]. No State shall make…
  8. Wikipedia | Coinage Act of 1792; Wikipedia | Coinage Age of 1834; Wikipedia | Coinage Act of 1965; Wikipedia | Gold Certificates; “Dollar is a weight of gold or silver:; Jeff Ganaposki, Patriot Primer #2, (Living Word, pp.108); MISES |  What Has the Government Done to Our Money? by Murray N. Rothbard: ; Coinact | An Act Establishing and Regulating the Mint.
  9. Wikipedia | Kenneth W. Royce; Javelin Press | Goodbye April 15th by Boston T. Party (Javelin Press, Austin, Texas, 1992, p.3/10); Wikipedia | Gold Reserve Act of 1934; What Was the Gold Reserve Act?; Investopedia |  Federal Reserve History.
  10. Ibid.
  11. Ibid.
  12. Ibid.

Source: Sovereign’s Handbook by Johnny Liberty (30th Anniversary Edition), Volume 2 of 3, p. 13 – 16

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01. Truth Is An Endangered Species | Reclaiming the Sovereign Mind | Sovereign’s Handbook

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By Johnny Liberty

The Sovereign’s Handbook will rock the foundations of your beliefs about history, law, economics and politics as you edge towards discovering the truth. You will discover that the federal U.S. government corporation has been bankrupt numerous times since 1933 and has systematically concealed this from the American people. Furthermore, “The United States Government is a foreign corporation with respect to a state.”

You will find that Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs) are not lawful “money’’, but promissory notes obligating taxpayers and U.S. citizens to return income “taxes” to the Federal Reserve Bank, not the U.S. government. You will learn that the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) is a private, joint-stock trust, not part of the United States government. 

You will discover that all sovereign allodial land and lawful money (i.e., gold/silver) in the united states of America (usA) have been “hypothecated” since 1913 to the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) as collateral and payment against an un-payable federal debt. 

Your will find that all real estate, motor vehicles, birth certificates, national parks and forests, and the assets of all non-profit and for-profit corporations have been pledged as collateral against the federal, national debt – a debt that can never be paid off.

You will learn that you cannot tender payment of a debt with Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs), only with lawful money. You will discover the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) and its foreign principals/creditors control the federal U.S. government corporation, and directs all legislative action and public policy through its lending and monetary policies. 

You will find the U.S. Congress is simply a “trustee” for the continued bankruptcy of the United States government corporation. 

You will discover the IRS is a collection agency for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) collecting from a bankrupt Federal Reserve Bank (FRB). Income tax does not go to the United States government, but to service your individual obligation toward the federal, national debt. Your income tax does not provide basic government services which are paid for through excise, sales and other taxes.     

 “When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and the speaker a raving lunatic.” ~ Dresden James 

You will find that U.S. citizens cannot own lawful and sovereign allodial title to land unless you have updated the land patent, removed any encumbrances or liens and reclaimed your original status as an American National OR sovereign  “state” Citizen. 

When you purchased real estate, you received a “deed”, not an allodial title. A “deed” only represents equitable or beneficial interest in a trust property owned by the State acting as a trustee. Without an allodial title held in your sovereign  capacity, banks loaning you so-called “money” can attach a lien on your property until it’s “discharged” in full. 

If you fail to pay the mortgage the bank that financed the loan will foreclose on the real estate. Even if the real estate is paid in full with Federal Reserve Notes (FRN’s) after a thirty-year mortgage, you still do not hold the allodial title, only possession in fee simple.  

You will discover the U.S. government corporation has quit-claim deeded all the property in the united states of America (usA) to the foreign principles/creditors as collateral against an un-payable debt. Liens and encumbrances were placed upon the real estate as well.

You will learn that U.S. citizens do not own their “motor vehicles”. As trustee, the State holds the true title, and has legal ownership in the vehicle. You may get a “Certificate of Title” that certifies that you are a “beneficial holder”, not the owner. 

The legal owner has the right to require the “beneficial holder” to get it registered with State-issued plates, have a State-issued driver’s license and require insurance on their vehicle.   In essence, you are renting the use of a government-owned vehicle. Legislative intent of the Motor Vehicle Code is to regulate  the commercial operation of motor vehicles only. 

There are hidden liens and encumbrances on your “person”, your real estate and future productivity toward discharging an un-payable federal debt. You will find most Americans are fundamentally bankrupt, and have not been paid any real “money” for working in their entire lives. 

Wake Up America & the World

Until We the People get educated and protect what remains of your assets now, Americans may wake up one day, as Founding Father Thomas Jefferson forewarned, shake their weary heads and wonder what the heck happened? 

Homelessness and the proliferation of social, racial, sexual and political violence are advanced symptoms of undeclared State and federal bankruptcies and the dissolution of these united states of America (uSA). 

We the People and our political leaders have unwittingly “sold out” our country, our freedoms and our childrens future for generations to come in exchange for privileges, benefits, temporary entitlements and the short-term success of a privileged few.

U.S. Citizenship & U.S. Constitution

You will learn that “U.S. citizens” are not Citizens at all, but 14th Amendment subjects and property of the District of Columbia (D.C.)(i.e., Washington D.C., State of New Columbia), residents and franchisees of a bankrupt federal U.S. government corporation organized under the municipal law of the District of Columbia.

You will discover that the 1st Constitution for the united states of America and the Bill of Rights does not apply to “U.S. citizens”. U.S. citizens are federal U.S. government subjects and property ruled under “statutory”, Admiralty and Maritime law, Military and/or Martial law under the undisclosed presumption of an international adhesion contract. 

The gold-fringed Admiralty and Military flag, not the American flag, flies in the President’s oval office and in most of the so-called “courts” in this country. 

U.S. citizens have no constitutional protections or unalienable rights, only privileges and rights granted by the U.S. government. Legal “persons” born or naturalized in the federal United States were created exclusively by the 14th Amendment after the Civil War. Furthermore, the 14th Amendment, and other amendments as well, were never lawfully ratified. 

You will find that your vote is purely suggestive and does not directly elect, affect or create public law or policy. Your vote has also been made irrelevant by those who illegally and fraudulently “count the vote”. Your vote does though as a real estate owner obligate you to pay Municipal, County and State bonds through property taxes. “If your vote ever really changed anything, it would’ve been illegal a long time ago”.

You will learn that U.S. citizens are legally disabled, wards of the State, considered by judges and attorneys as nothing more than incompetent children incapable of making their own decisions, not acting judicially or with legal authority in their sovereign capacity. Your power as sovereign “state” Citizens has been stolen by stealth and deceit for generations.

Reclaim Your Power & Restore Accountability

We the People must reclaim our power to act judicially with legal authority and be able to stand in our sovereign capacity as “state” Citizens, and stop the government from acting on our behalf in their own self-interest without our knowledge or consent.  We the People must reclaim the American system of law and restore our unalienable sovereign rights in a constitutional Republic as the Founding Fathers intended. 

We the People have the unilateral power of declaration by affidavit and legal notice, the unlimited power and right to contract and to organize our affairs with little or no government involvement. We the People have the power to form grand juries to bring to justice public officials who are violating our unalienable or constitutionally protected rights under “color of law” via Title 42, oaths of office, bonds or other provisions of law. 

We the People must find a way to make our governments accountable to the U.S. Constitution, the sovereignty of We the People and the American system of law.  Have we so easily forgotten what “country” we live in? 

We will discover the federal “United States” government is a foreign corporation with regards to the “united states of America (usA)”, not the country we owe our allegiance.

We the People are sovereign, “state” Citizens and American Nationals under the supremacy of the state and federal constitutions. We the People unknowingly gave away our unalienable rights and property rights by becoming 14th Amendment “U.S. citizens” under the jurisdiction of the federal “United States” corporation.  

Social security benefits and the income tax, with few exceptions, are for foreign-earned income – voluntary contracts made mandatory only for federal government employees and U.S. citizens who receive social security benefits from the government and voluntarily sign their 1040 forms. 

We the People can lawfully reclaim our true, sovereign, American National OR “state” Citizenship and take back our government from those who would destroy our country for their own self-interest. To live free is to act according to one’s own conscience and take appropriate, non-violent action – a grand and noble purpose to live free in an unfree world.

“I used to have a country, but they sold it down the river.
Like a repossessed farm auctioned off to the highest bidder.” ~ Bruce Cockburn

References:

  1. Abundant Hope | First U.S. bankruptcy sourced from H.J.R. 192 (June 5, 1933);  Truth Set Us Free | H.J.R. 192 passed to suspend the gold standard and abrogate the gold clause in the U.S. constitution; Since then no one in the U.S. has been able to lawfully pay a debt.
  2. Wikipedia | Corpus Juris Secundum is an encyclopedia of United States law at the federal and state levels; Reddit | “The United States Government is a foreign corporation with respect to a state”, Volume 20: Corpus Juris Secundum, (P 1785: NY re: Merriam 36 N.E. 505 1441 S.Ct. 1973, 41 L. Ed. 287).
  3. Wikipedia | Allodial title defined; US Legal | Forms; PDF Filler | Forms; Sapling | Obtain allodial title.
  4. Wikipedia | Hypothecation defined; Doug Plumb | Hypothecation as related to U.S. bankruptcy.
  5. Liberty Tree | Quote by Dresden James, British novelist and scriptwriter.
  6. Quote by Johnny Liberty.
  7. Cornell Law | Title 42, §§§1983, 1985, 1986 OR Title 18, §§241, 242 actions.
  8. Wikipedia | Lyric quoted from an album Stealing Fire by Bruce Cockburn.

Source: Sovereign’s Handbook by Johnny Liberty (30th Anniversary Edition), Volume 1 of 3, p.25 – 28

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