Forum Post: Let's talk dollars and sense
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 16, 2011, 12:27 p.m. EST by cskarlupka
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from Annapolis, MD
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Borrowing and investing, credit and interest, are the root of our present global economic collapse. This process, exchange of goods and services for a fee, is dictated by governments and financial institutions around the globe. We, collectively, have attempted to thrive while adhering to this economic system and the results have been dismal. Let's forget about the institutions that are in place and create what can be, shall we?
We envision a different economic and financial system. We seek intelligent, viable and equitable solutions for the restructuring of the world's wealth and it's management.
What if 99% of the world's wealth, cash, was withdrawn from every financial institution?
What if 99% of the world's consumers returned to a cash and/or trade basis for goods and services?
What if 99% of the world's 7 billion people exchanged money directly with each other?
We are talking old school here, fair trade. An economy based on sharing or exchanging what you have, with another, for what you need or want. This simple process worked before the advent of money. It could work, again, perhaps.
that means if i got something you want, i charge a "high price" for it. Think about your beloved Apple, they make $50/phone and $150/ipad...is that "fair"?
Fair trade is the opposite of charging a high price, over valuing a product or service. Fair trade is equitable to both parties, understanding that we are all consumers.
The premise that one must charge a high price, over-inflated value, is the corporate or profit mindset. We, people, could adopt a new mind set, based on equitable redistribution in lieu of profiting off one another, and consumer to consumer trade is non-taxable.