I recently asked Chris Duane this question: What is a realistic amount of silver to have to make sure one’s place in the new paradigm? Chris, if you do not already know, is the sage voice behind the Silver Bullet Silver Shield program. His case for the value of silver, as well as his sound logic and theory of the coming mathematically certain collapse of the US Dollar, is what led me to start preparing my family for the paper firestorm on the horizon. His answer was not what I expected.
Here is what he said:
“1,000 Mercury Dimes will cost about $2,500 and represents 1,000 days of hard human labor throughout all of history and 2/3rds of the world that does not have access to the debt and oil that we currently have. After that is gravy.”
That, in my opinion, is a realistic number that even the most cash strapped house can afford. Allow me give an example. How many people do you know that begin each day with at trip to the local corporate coffee emporium? To sacrifice one double Grande soy caramel mocha would free up about $5.00 per day, 5 days a week for a total of $25 dollars. At $2.50 for one 90% silver mercury dime it would take a little less than 2 years to have the 1,000 dimes that Chris spoke of. How many of those same people have more than one coffee per day?
For those of you that are first time readers, I ask you this question: If I gave you $2500 in cash or I gave you 1000 silver mercury dimes and told you that you had to choose one to bury for the next 20 years, which one would you choose? Forget stocks, bonds, IRA’s, dividends, yields, rates of return, or anything about inflation. Which one would survive the physical burial process? If I offered you the same $2500 to deposit in your bank account, would your answer still be the same?
You cannot turn the power off on a bag of silver dimes. Silver has no servers to reset, stacks of coins cannot be vaporized like segregated accounts, and you certainly cannot print more when the government decides to spend itself into oblivion. We have come so far from when the framers of the constitution told us what money was. They were very clear. Here is an excerpt from Article I Section 10:
No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Where along the way were we convinced that anything else would suffice? Oh yes, The pesky Federal Reserve Act of 1913. I remember now. It is clear to me that no Federal Reserve note will ever hold value in the future. Very soon, you will not be able to exchange Federal Reserve notes for silver at any price. Those who hold the physical silver, and understand what is looming on the horizon, will simply not part with it. The time to act has never been more opportune or more critical. Once enough people are made aware, there will be a run on silver, and gold, like no one has ever seen.
With more than $190 trillion in global debt, and unfathomable amounts of toxic derivatives backing insolvent banks and nations, all of the worlds wealth will not be able to flow into the metals. There is not enough supply left on the planet to support demand we will be witness to. Put down your coffee, and grasp the opportunity to protect your family from this nightmare.
I read an article about a term that I had heard in the past: The Normalcy Bias. It was a very emotional rendition of a woman trying to evacuate her home as a wild fire began to overtake her neighborhood. As I read about her standing there watching the report as it was being read on the news, I thought to myself, wow, she could see the flames out of her window, but she spent those precious seconds staring at the television. The thought baffled me. Why would you stand in the face of imminent danger and do nothing? That is the power of the normalcy bias.
By definition, the normalcy bias refers to an extreme mental state people enter when facing a disaster. It causes people to underestimate the both the possibility of a disaster occurring and also its possible effects.
It is this “That can’t happen here” attitude is both dangerous to yourself and those around you. Many have heard the metaphor about the frog in the pot. (there is debate to it’s truth in science, but the metaphor works well for this example.) Place a frog in a pot of boiling water and it will jump out, but place a frog in tepid water slowly raising the heat, and that frog will remain in the water until it has cooked. Gross, but effective. I can see a large melting pot with 350 million frogs doing the backstroke right now. I am swimming for the edge.
Why doesn’t the frog jump out? Is it because it fears no danger? I am sure that the frog feels the temperature increasing. I think that as long as most of the frogs are having a leisurely swim about the pot, the rest will just continue to tread water. Keeping the status quo intact is essential. Think of our elected politicians and corporate masters as the lifeguards. All is well in the pool, just relax and remember, no running. Someone hand me my towel.
We are told day after day that things are getting better. Inflation is being held in check, the stock market is back to pre-crash levels, and if you were concerned about that immanent terrorist attack, fear not, TSA will give you a little squeeze, take your picture, and ensure your safety. Again, nothing to see here, keep swimming and all will be well. Loss of civil liberties aside, we are much safer than 11 years ago, right? If things were getting better, wouldn’t we undo some of the constrictions that have been put in place to take care of us? Just do another lap and you will be fine.
It isn’t until you are standing outside of the pot that you see the problem. They told you the water was getting warmer because the temperature was being raised to compensate for the air outside getting colder. If you looked up you would see the vent over the stove was on. The first step is to release yourself from the illusion that we are being taken care of and that the recovery is well on the way. After that, there are many things you can do to prepare for the coming paper storm: Food, water, medicine, physical metals, a solid local network, guns and lots of ammo, and reducing your personal debt are just a few of the most essential.
It is not too late. Just follow the wet footprints away from the stove.
But what does that mean? After you watch the following video by Chris Duane from his silver bullet silver shield series, continue to read what I have to say on the subject. (you can see the entire playlist here.)
Now that you have spent some time with the background, here we go:
For less than $2.50, you can purchase that mercury dime Chris spoke of from your local coin shop. Tax free, by the way. With the world’s annual mining production at around 700million ounces, and the population of the US at close to 350million, a dime a day for a month, which is a total of just over 2 ounces of physical silver, would soak up the majority of above ground physical silver. This would kill JP Morgan’s strangle hold on the metals market. Forget the “cause” of doing it to slay the demon of the banking industry. Think about your family’s future for a minute.
Remember from the video; each dime represents 12 hours of physical labor for the last 2000 years and 2/3 of the world today. That dime a day will protect you and your family when the mathematically certain end comes to the paper scam that is our economy. Not all will agree with me, but those who are listening, not just scanning my rantings for buzzwords, will see that our time to prepare is almost at an end.
I cannot urge strongly enough that you take your future in your own hands. End the control that the banks have placed on you. Stand up and let the chains of debt bondage fall from you. We can change the paradigm together. Benjamin Franklin once said:
“Yes, we must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.”
If you are reading this, you consider me a friend. For that fact alone, I thank you and am grateful for your presence in my life. Those that chose not to read this will have made their choice clear as well. Seeing as I will not know who read it, only time will tell who did and did not. I only say this because I am about to talk to you about what I see in our world and what I am doing about it.
Most of us are in our thirties now, scary I know, with families, mortgages, and jobs. I say most because some are still single, some are younger, and some are unemployed. It is a difficult time we live in. That makes my sense of urgency that much more vital in regards to what I am writing to you about. Time is running out.
I am neither a fear monger, nor am I a conspiracy theorist. I am a practical man who has made a great many mistakes in his life. I cannot spend another day silent as to what has been presented to me, and what I am doing about it. The world around us has been built on a digital foundation of debt and slavery. We pay our taxes because we are told that we must. I don’t want you in jail, so keep paying your taxes, for now.
What I am talking about is putting your hard earned money into a store of value that will be worth something one day. Your bank account is losing money each day. With interest rates near zero, and inflation on the rise, you are a fool if you are keeping your money in the bank. The truth is, most are living paycheck to paycheck and have little to save, let alone invest. There are some of you that have created a great life for yourself and your family. I am truly happy for you. Please continue reading, as this pertains to you as well.
The dollar is not worth the paper it is printed on. Only tangible assets will survive the collapse of the U.S. economy. And rest assured, it is a mathematical certainty that it will collapse. As it is impractical to store, oil, food, and most other commodities, and gold currently priced over$1600 per ounce, silver is the only real thing left available to us. The bankers (pronounced: Corporate whore slave traders) can keep printing money to keep the government afloat, and the Federal Reserve can keep buying bonds from the U.S. Treasury. They bought 61% of them last year. There is only so much silver in the world, and that amount is getting smaller as we go forward.
Right now silver is undervalued and cheap enough for the masses to buy. It is affordable enough for the average person to give up your daily grande soy peppermint laté and purchase a mercury dime from the local coin shop. One dime per day for a month will cost you $75 a month right now. If you pay yourself first, you will not miss this minimal amount of money from your check. That is a wild boast for me to tell you how much you can or cannot afford to put away. Here is my case for your consideration:
For the last 2000 years and in half the world today, the average days wage was 1/10 of an ounce of silver. 2/3 of the world lives on less than $2.50 a day. Right now you can check coinflation.com and see that a mercury dime has a melt value of $2.2851. On sale compared to the suffering of 2/3 of the world. Each one of these you can put away gives you an advantage over the rest of the sheep out there. Think of the buffer that 10 ounces of silver will give your family, that is the equivalent of 100 days of hard human labor. Can you give up $2.50 a day to protect your family?
Most of the population has no idea of how we are living on the edge of a cliff. Those in the UK are facing the equivalent of $10 per gallon for gas right now. We are upset about $4 per gallon. What would you do if gas were $10 per gallon here? Would you drive less, or cut money from somewhere else? Right now you can purchase silver for unheard of prices.
I am not asking you to buy anything from me. I am talking about putting your money into something of value. Soon the paper storm will come and only the real thing will be worth anything. If you don’t hold it, you don’t own it. Don’t take my word on it, do your own research and you will find that what I am saying is the truth, not spin. All debts come due. I am trying to show you the chair for when the music stops.
But, you say, you cannot eat silver. To which I say. I agree. That is why I also believe that you must start growing a hearty home garden. We have lost our ability to feed ourselves. We have to pay for our food at the grocery store to eat. Are we that lazy? I don’t think so. We have just put it as a lower priority. It has become easier to go buy it than put the effort into growing it. What happens when gas is $10 per gallon and the trucks stop running. There is a 3 day supply of food in the chain. That is it. Take a look in your pantry and tell me if you think that you could survive without the grocery store for a week? A month? Perspective.
The last thing that I want to talk about is relationships. I have not been as in touch with you as I could have been. Those days are over. The internet is great, but you are not your facebook page. A solid local network will be just as important as your garden and your silver. There are skills that we do not possess that others around us do. We don’t talk to our neighbors any more. Why? Too busy. It is time to reset the paradigm.
Friend, if you are still with me, I am so thankful for this opportunity to talk to you. I am putting my best foot forward to start building foundations for the future of our once great country. Many of you stood by me in the big green machine once, and I know that some of you still are. For us, it would be a good reminder to look back at the oath we took. It was to protect and defend the constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. For those of you who did not choose the military as your path, stand with us now and let your voice be heard. You are just as much a patriot if you still believe that this once great land can be great again.
We are the generation that will be the leaders of the next human cycle. Rise up with me and declare yourself free and not afraid.
When discussing the Federal Reserve and the end of our monetary system, the same questions get asked. I see how bad it is, but what can I do? You have shown me all these problems, but what are your solutions?My friends, here is my answer:
This has been a hundred years in the making. The Federal Reserve has been very patient, and in their maniacal vision, they have worked towards debasing the monetary system of the country it was chartered to service. I have to believe that this was their goal all along. This is not checkers my friends, this is chess. We loose our savings to the banks en passant due to almost zero interest, and when you factor inflation, well, now you are in the realm of negative growth. A stat from zero hedge today said that for each $100,000 you put into the bank, you loose $3400 each year. That fact alone should have you pulling your money from the bank and putting it into the only real store of wealth left: Gold and silver. But which one to choose.
Most that are educated in the world of pm’s know that silver is undervalued when compared to gold. The industrial uses of silver, on top of the investment desire, makes it a very coveted material for the entire world. Gold has been saved, silver has been discarded. The total above ground sliver supply has dramatically shrank over the last three decades, and some have begun to speculate that within this decade, we may see such drastic reduction in silver that it may become virtually extinct. Gold? Nope, still have tons in the fed vault and all over the world. Virtually zero silver held in reserve anywhere in the world. For me, silver is the obvious choice, but it has occurred to me that metal alone, while providing a solid foundation for your paper ponzi fallout shelter, will not save you from what is on the horizon.
We have lost our way. Especially when it comes to taking care of ourselves. Our great nation used to pride itself on self-reliance. No longer. The average American would starve to death, were it not for the local supermarket. The ability to feed ourselves has been lost to convenience and self-imposed time restrictions. A hearty home garden will be the difference between life and death when those who are not prepared begin to panic. And panic they will, rest assured. I have learned that our people would trample one another for a pair of glow-in-the-dark shoes, let alone a meal when starving. Self-reliance will only take you so far. We have silver and we have a garden that will feed us when the rest are wading through the empty store shelves, searching for scraps to try to maintain life. The way I see it, there is one thing missing.
The final piece of the puzzle is a strong local network. If you have been sucked into the digital prison that has caused us to stop valuing individual relationships, please, please unplug yourself from the machine. You are not your facebook page. Talk to your neighbors. This may seem like a foreign concept now a days. I assure you, the odd looks and timid smiles only last a few minutes. Human beings are social creatures. We have been retrained to stop behaving this way. Reach out to someone and they will reach back. I cannot stress to you enough that if you do not have the knowledge to do something, you have to either pay for it, we do have all that silver, or you barter for some skill or good that you possess. Building a strong local web of friends and associates will give you the advantage over the masses. Trust is easier built before the calamity, for after it comes, everyone will be out for themselves. For we as humans, still possess the instinct to survive.
I am sure that if you have made it this far, you already are in agreement with me on one or several of these things. If you are still reading and you didn’t believe before, I hope that you do now. Please, don’t get me wrong, there are lots of other things that you are going to need: guns and ammo, shelter, water, and the like are vital to survival, but without the first three tenants of my philosophy, the latter are not worth much. I would argue you couldn’t live without water, but as neither will your garden, I figured that you had found a water supply. (when all else fails, look up)
This can be the dawn of a new era of human existence. When the fiat experiment ends, as we all know it will, those that have prepared the right things will be the future of man. Those that do not, will be a lesson learned: That when we allow the banks and government to decide what is in our best interest, we subject ourselves to economic slavery. Break your chains and live free.
Many years ago there was a man named George Franklin (His friends called him “Frank”) who worked hard for his money. He was a machinist. He was highly skilled and highly sought after and, as such, was fairly well off. He and his wife had adequate savings, a nice home, some land, and several children.
One day, late in his career, he had an idea. Frank’s idea was to take an entire months wages and give it to each of his first two great grandsons. He discussed this with his wife, Tina, and they agreed. Their children were all grown and married with either young children or expecting. It would take a bit of extra saving but nothing the couple couldn’t handle. The house was paid for, the kids were raised, the car was old but seldom used.
Frank was paid a fairly handsome wage of $2 per day ($10 per week, $40 per month). It was high for a machinist but his skill and accomplishments rewarded him. So, over the next year, he and his wife set aside $80 for the two great grandsons.
After they saved the first $40, Frank, while cashing his weekly cheque, withdrew $40 in SILVER DOLLARS and put in a small leather bag that Tina had made especially for the purpose. After they saved the second $40, Frank attempted a similar action. But, a strange thing happened: The bank was out of $1 coins. Since a dollar was a dollar, Frank just had the bank give him 4, $10 bills.
The years went on. Frank and Tina aged. Frank never really retired but rather opened his own shop. I don’t think it ever made much money but it kept him busy. Frank died at the ripe old age of 90 and Tina followed the next year at 93. (Yes! Tina was a couple years old than Frank. SCANDALOUS in those days when they were courting.)
When the will was read there was no heir for the “Great Grandson Money”. They had multiple great grandchildren, ALL GIRLS! But, one of the granddaughters-in-law was pregnant with Twin Boys! The entire family was excited over this since these would likely be the heir to the Great Grandson money. They all imagined it to be a great sum, as the amount was kept secret by the designated Executor of the Franklin’s estate.
The twins were born and a meeting with the Franklin’s Estate Executor was scheduled. To the first great grandson was given the first bag of $40. To the second great grandson, born 4 minutes later, the second bag of $40 was given. As the parents opened the bags to see what was in them, shock and awe proceeded around the room! How could Grandpa Frank have been so unfair! So short sighted! …to give one grandson so much and the next one so little.
Think of it: One grandson got 40oz of silver valued at current prices: $1600, the other grandson, who got 4, $10 bills. Total: $40.
How could this be? Great Grandpa worked just as hard and just as long for each of the bags of money, right? The value should be the same. But it was not. Where did the value go? If he had given his grandsons most anything, Colt Revolvers, Barrels of Oil, Land, etc, etc, they would have been equal. But, with the dollars they are not. Why? Isn’t $40 always $40? No it isn’t.
What happened was the value that Grandpa Frank put in each bag was the same, at the time. But, because the bag with the 4, $10 bills was of an item that had arbitrary value that was set by your government, they debased its value by printing more money. They, in effect, stole the value right out of the bag without ever having to touch it. Ingenious! Evil, dishonest and crooked, but, ingenious nevertheless.
The values of gold, silver, copper and many other things are timeless. While their value may go up or down depending on conditions, their value has a MARKET VALUE that cannot be manipulated by a significant amount for long.
If you have value that you need to keep, you need to put it in hard assets. Those assets, though they can be stolen and they can’t be eaten, will retain most of their value over time.
As preppers, we must think about this. But, also, about balance. Don’t sink all of your available income into just silver or gold or Colt Revolvers. You need Food, Fuel, Cash, Ammo, etc to meet immediate needs. Don’t lock it all up in silver or gold. You may lose value when you are force to trade it in a pinch at a lower price because of your desperation.
Where indeed? This little gem from our friends at zero hedge. It does a great job in under 4 minutes. Please take a look and learn how our system works.
Is it any wonder why the bankers are the number one contributors of the political candidates? If you were unaware of who is really in control of our country, I hope that I have shed some light on the subject. I believe with all of my heart that this system is doomed, and we, as a nation, are on the brink of disaster. The time is running out to get your wealth and earnings into something other than fiat dollars. Please remember that stocks, bonds, mutual funds, pensions, IRA’s, 401k’s banks and ETF’s are ALL fiat. Only physical gold and silver have allodial title. If you cannot hold it, you do not own it. Please take this into consideration when you plan for your future.
To the left is a stack of coins and a link to my silver snowball site. You can buy and earn silver there. Or, go and find a local coin shop or online dealer. I recommend Provident Metals. I have done business with them in the past. Their prices are some of the lowest online and their service and delivery is exceptional. Either way, please, please, protect your self. Buy silver, plant a hearty home garden, and build a solid local network.
That, in my opinion, is a realistic number that even the most cash strapped house can afford. Allow me give an example. How many people do you know that begin each day with at trip to the local corporate coffee emporium? To sacrifice one double Grande soy caramel mocha would free up about $5.00 per day, 5 days a week for a total of $25 dollars. At $2.50 for one 90% silver mercury dime it would take a little less than 2 years to have the 1,000 dimes that Chris spoke of. How many of those same people have more than one coffee per day?
Straying From the Flock 