Are you talking about the CAFR thread on GIM1? I was just thinking that we need one here, too. I'll start one and people can add any other links they think is relevant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Santa
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Are you talking about the CAFR thread on GIM1? I was just thinking that we need one here, too. I'll start one and people can add any other links they think is relevant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Santa
I can't overemphasize how important this video is. I think it might be the single most important video I've ever seen, and I'm not even half way through it. This thread needs to be stickied. The video articulates the situation much better than I ever could. I don't even want to undertake that mission except to say that the video discusses the TRUE financial position of various government entities like states, municipalities, counties, etc...they are NOT broke but filthy rich.
I'm emailing Gaillo to try and get this stickied. I am also going to try and verify the veracity of everything on this video (it might take me awhile I will update the thread as I verify).
Everyone on this forum needs to watch this video.
dys
Stick the vid in the Beginner's sticky:
http://gold-silver.us/forum/general-...'-threads/
I've stickied this thread, for now.
-Gaillo
That sounds about right Lapis.Quote:
Originally Posted by lapis
This thread rocks, too (same subject matter).
http://gold-silver.us/forum/general-discussion/the-cafr-(comprehensive-annual-financial-report)-thread/
dys
I agree with the conclusions in the video, but it gets a bit boring sitting and listening to hiQuote:
Originally Posted by dys
reading the names and numbers of the stocks owned by Florida and the Californian teachers pension fund. It could have been way shorter and still exposed how much the state really owns. Another thing why does he examine what the Californian pension fund had in 2000. I think today the fund has bigger payouts, less contributions, and less capital...
I do think he makes a good point, but sometimes less is more!
I think the point he was trying to make is that each different investment is an outrage in and of itself. Just because there are hundreds if not thousands of these investments does not in any way dilute the significance of each one. The scope of this criminality is off the charts; possibly even approaching Federal Reserve, Fracitional Banking, and Fiat Currency status. That's how big this thing is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neuro
dys
Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports are readily available online. I have looked through some of them, this thing is for real.
On another note I had a very disappointing conversation with a friend of mine last night. I had convinced him to watch this video, and he had watched some of it.
Me: "What did you think of that video?"
Him: "I don't believe it."
Me: "Huh? The CAFR are available online, let's look at one of them right now..."
Him: "Politicians want to get reelected. If this was real, they would take the money and give it to people in order to buy votes."
Me: "What makes you think the people in charge would let that happen?"
Him: "There is nothing they could do about it....blah blah blah, politicians want votes."
Round and round we go, where we'll stop, nobody knows.
Bill Cooper used to say that no matter what evidence you stick in front of someone, until they are ready to believe it, they won't. No matter what.
Bill Cooper was right.
dys
That's exactly what a friend of mine said. I thought she'd be more receptive to this information since she works for government, but no go.Quote:
Originally Posted by dys
I even showed her the Wikipedia page for CAFR, since it has some good information and most mainstream people take it as gospel. Nope, nada.
However, don't be discouraged; whether people believe it or not initially, the idea is planted. It's better than not having any idea at all.
I think this is one of the reasons that Google is trying to "discourage" websites/blogs that post aggregate content. This is the primary way that alternative news is spread, and some of it definitely leaks out to the MSM.