The Capitalist System According to Banksters

I wanted to share this poster originally printed in 1911 with aspiring banksters. Anyone seeking to enter the bankster profession will find the contents philosophically instructive -- good luck!

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What About the Default Option…?

The US has but three methods for restoring economic growth: austerity measures (as in spending cuts and tax increases), monetary expansion (as in “printing money”), or default (as in not paying back on the various bills, notes, and bonds issued by the US Treasury). The national debate regarding the merits of both austerity measures and monetary expansion is well underway in the public domain. However, the default option has still to be fully considered as an alternative to austerity or monetary expansion.

To start the discussion, consider the following advantages of defaulting on the national debt:

1. The people would enjoy a $13 trillion dollar windfall from principal reduction in the national debt that would never be paid back.
2. The people would enjoy a windfall from the $400 billion dollars a year in interest payments that would no longer be required.
3. The “banksters” would have to abandon their looting operations in Washington, DC and return to regional and local limited purpose banking in order to compete for new investments in small businesses and Main Street.
4. The government would lose its ability to borrow in the future due to zero creditworthiness and would therefore have to end deficit spending and henceforth, balance the budget.
5. Mega-banks would likely split up and reorganize into regional and local service operations in order to redirect their marketing and lending activities toward small businesses on Main Street.
6. The government would have to lay off most of the Federal workforce due to lack of money – these workers would become available to join Main Street investment activities lead by small businesses.
7. The trade deficit would be solved because foreign manufacturers would cease exporting to the US as the world would no longer accept US treasury paper as payment for goods and services. 
8. The Federal Reserve would be bankrupted and closed permanently.
9. Washington politicians would have to redirect their concerns away form Federal issues and toward regional, state, and local politics in order to stay current and involved in the reemergence of small businesses and Main Street politics.
10. Small business on Main Street would be back in business as the centerpiece of American enterprise, employment growth, capital formation, and production of goods and services.

A default on the national debt by the US is an option separate from monetary expansion and austerity measures. I encourage the public to at least consider the default option more fully as part of its discourse on methods and possible courses of action for economic recovery.

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