FROM AN APFN READER:

The solution is simple.

Simple does not necessarily mean easy. The first step is an education system (forget the public education system) which will bullshit proof children. A bullshit proof individual is one who recognizes input, from any source,that is designed to affect individual behavior to the advantage of the provider of the input.

TV advertising is the most obvious example in the modern world. Most parents do not really want their children bullshit proofed because if they are the parents can no longer use bullshit to control their behavior. A child who thinks for himself will frequently disagree with parents and teachers.

The public school system will call these children "hyper-active" and want them drugged.

The second step is to fix money. Money should represent forever what it represents when an individual "earns" it. For most of us it represents a period of activity for which we are compensated at an agreed rate. Under our current economic condition if the money is kept it represents less and less of what it represented when it was earned.

This is robbery that has been institutionalized. We have are told "a little inflation is necessary for growth." What if we counter this assertion with the suggestion that a little bit of bank robbery is necessary for survival. I expect that would be unpopular in powerful places though they are morally equivalent. Our honorable congress has decided that salaries of public employees should be tied to the CPI and automatically increased as the cost of living increases. They also very thoughtfully tied their own raises to raises for the civil service. I suggest that we ask congress to tie money to CPI. This would require that they cast off the shackles of their owners (those who bought their allegiance with campaign contributions) but imagine taking a twenty dollar bill that was printed in 1979 and asking a bank to return for it twenty dollars multiplied by the change in CPI since 1979.

That would do away with the need for raises based on cost of living. (Money spent when earned is not subject to inflation -- but the spending of money caused inflationary pressure.) Bank balances, savings and checking, should be adjusted up monthly with the CPI. I expect the federal reserve system would find a way to make inflation disappear.

They are the primary cause of inflation. What we can do as individuals is opt out of the banking system:

1. Do not borrow.

2. Burn credit cards
3. Cash paychecks and pay-as-you-go
4. Purchase money orders when necessary to transact business over distance.