Contrary to what I thought myself, research shows that even above ID theft and personal safety, people are more concerned with the privacy of their financial affairs and keeping them safe and private.

Studies show that without question, people are more concerned about their financial privacy than anything else!

I was truly surprised to learn this. With identity theft having become the fastest growing crime in the U.S.A. and stalking crimes tremendously on the rise, I would have thought that either of these two issues would have been definitely been number one; I was wrong.

People want their banking and financial matters kept private. At least with those who own property (brick & mortar) -businesses, real estate, stocks, bonds and everything in between.

I am now beginning to see why. With the huge numbers of property seizures beginning in California and now having migrated through-out the entire nation. With wage garnishments for unpaid debt and the confiscation of personal and business property; people-especially high-net worth individuals, and business owners are "running a bit scared". They have become very much aware of the importance of making their financial affairs private.

Without question, the informed person can make their entire financial affairs totally private. Contrary to popular belief, this can be done in the U.S.A. In fact, it should be done in the U.S.A. if one lives and works here.

My opinion herein really isn't an issue but I would like to mention that I do NOT agree when it involves the re-payment of money which is owed due to individuals own fault; or missing child-support or any of this...the idea is really - for example - the whold latest mortgage thing mentioned above.

People are losing their homes due to what is now being considered *false baiting of loans* - they are Told one thing and the exact opposite happens. The general public expects to be treated FAIRLY when going in to look at undertaking a mortgage; is that really too much to ask!? I think not!

I read a e-book (not something I normally tend to do, I like paper) but never the less, this e-book I bought told me everything I need to know! I would love to just blab it all out in this hub but of course I obviously cannot do that.

If you are concerned with your financial affairs though, I do HIGHLY recommend that you spend a few bucks and read this book! I actually printed it out and put it in a binder. That still cost me less than if I'd bought a regular book at a book store. It IS available in Hardcover if you want it that way as well!

During the 1970's and 1980's, certain countries offered very attractive privacy options for investors that were not widely (if at all) available to the public in the USA. This has largely come to pass - yes, there are some places which still offer *private* accounts. However, for the most part, these juristictions now are best suited for non-U.S. residents and the services are expensive.

The US government wants to know where your money is, how much of it you have and where you got it from. Every red cent! If you feel this is right, or a *good thing* then obviously, this ebook nor this hub is for you.

Keep in mind that when seeking privacy in financial matters, it matters who you are and who you know. You may be thinking well, then, that leaves ME out! BUT IT DOESN'T! It's a simple ploy, nothing illegal about it or even sketchy about it. You merely need to know HOW to do it! Once you have this information, there is no big mystery to it at all. Communications skills are important.

The writer of this book called "PRIVACY CRISIS" (and after reading the book and deploying the tactics I learned, I TOTALLY believe it) said:

"Recently, I cashed four thousand dollars worth of checks without showing an I.D. or providing any tax identifier.

This method of walking into a check cashing store with checks made payable to another entity that is under your control and leaving with the cash assures you of total "banking" secrecy.

Question posed: I find this very hard to believe. Let me make certain I heard you correctly. Did you just say that you cashed checks totaling four thousand dollars without showing your governemnt issued drivers license, passport or providing a Social Security number? WHERE?

Answer: Again, as I said, the "where" isn't of great importance. Remember, I said, it matters a great deal "who" you are as well as what you know.

The store that cashed these checks is an ordinary store. Nothing special about it. The manager services a great number of customers......... It's all legal. I place honesty as a top priority-not just in business, but in my personal life. Without honesty, total honesty, life is not pleasurable. Honesty is built into my psyche and I value it. My value system is projected when I deal with people-after a time, of course." end of quote.

You CAN travel, bank, work and live anonymously IF YOU SO CHOSE and there is NOTHING ILLEGAL ABOUT ANY OF IT.

Check out "PRIVACY CRISIS" - you get to keep and read it - try it out for a FULL 90 DAYS and if you are not happy wiht it - you get your money back!

"PRIVACY CRISIS" - 5 star Amazon rating. That is pretty hard to beat. This book is being acclaimed the most valuable book on Financial and Identity Privacy "ever written".

THAT is a tall order to proclaim.

THIRD-WORLD CURRENCY STATUS

New York merchants have been accepting Eurodollars as payment for goods, while providing change for cash purchases in U.S. dollars.

Currency exchange houses in the Netherlands refused to exchange American tourist dollars for local currency in some cases recently.

Once viewed as the world's reserve currency, the dollar has been in a multi-decade, secular bear (down) market since the Federal Reserve Act of 1913. Rallies and strength have occurred within this period, of course, but as of today, the

U.S. dollar has lost approximately 97 percent of its purchasing power to buy goods and services since the Federal Reserve system began.

MYSTERY CENTRAL BANK AND BANKERS

Perhaps the least-understood institution in the history of the business world is the money and monetary system of the United States of America. Indeed, it seems that it's not only the public that is uninformed on this most important subject, but also the bankers-mid-level employees, bank managers, and even some in top management-who fail to understand their own business. I discovered the extent of this professional ignorance while doing research for PRIVACY CRISIS and once asked ten bankers about the Federal Reserve Bank. Not one could supply an acceptable definition of the "Fed."

Insert: (Now THAT Scares me!)

Now, I pose this question to all informed readers: What kind of monetary system do we have, when neither the bankers who borrow direct from the central bank understand it, nor the public who uses and depends on thecurrency for stability of purchasing power and investment and savings?

THE "SECRET" FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

When bankers know not the source of their funds, do not understand their own "union," and have never researched the history of the United States Banking system enough even to explain its basis to a non-banker, then the system of banking-the foundation of the industry-appears to have been built with a shaky foundation of "yes men," not business men and women capable of more than being dictated to by their masters-the cartel they serve.

And indeed it is a cartel. The Federal Reserve system was conceived in secret on Jekyll Island, off the coast of Georgia, by private money men. Seven men participated in the planning of the Federal Reserve system prior to the passing of the Federal Reserve Act in 1913.

These men were: Nelson W. Aldrich, Chairman of the National Monetary Commission and father-in-law to John D. Rockefeller, Jr.; Henry P. Davison, Sr., Partner of J. P. Morgan Company; Charles D. Norton, President of 1st National Bank of New York; A. Piatt Andrew, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Frank A. Vanderlip, President of the National City Bank of New York, representing Willian Rockefeller; Benjamin Strong, head of J.P. Morgan's Bankers Trust Company, later to become head of the system; and Paul M. Warburg, a partner in Kuhn, Loeb & Company, representing the Rothchilds and Warburgs in Europe.

UNSOUND MONETARY POLICY

Of all the poor decision makers the cartel has had, their current chairman, Benjamin Bernanke, has to take the prize for "MOST INCOMPETENT." First, this man fails to understand the Federal Reserve's role and responsibility to act as a fiduciary for the American public. That's correct. The Federal Reserve Bank has a responsibility to act on behalf of the American people. Breaching this responsibility-as they have clearly done-is grounds for the abolishment of the entire system.

However, with virtually no American managerial-level bankers understanding the system and with the American public totally unaware of how their money is created, and by whom, no clear way is evident as to how such a measure to abolish the system would ever make it onto any ballot. And, we've seen how ineffective the elected representatives are at doing anything about the blatant abuse of power that's been occurring at the expense (devaluation of the currency) of the American people.

Does Ben Bernanke really fail to understand the Fed's role in setting money policy? Or has he truly given up on the dollar, or worse, is he orchestrating its collapse?

Regardless of its private cartel structure, the "Fed" had better be acting as fiduciaries to you and me, the citizens of the country. That's what they've been hired to do-not to destroy your purchasing power.

On closer assessment, it seems as though the mission of the Federal Reserve Bank is to make the dollar fail. Why else would they lower interest rates in the face of a dollar in free fall and let the market provide a yield of a mere .6 percent on a 90-day treasury bill? That's not the way to entice foreign investors into buying U.S. debt securities and thus strengthen a currency.

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