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[Steve Consilvio]

Steve,

Feel free to post anything I write.  Asking permission is not  
necessary.  I would not expect payment.

My website has been neglected, and I don't think the essay "Fraud,  
Farce and Foreclosure" is actually posted anywhere, so I am glad to  
hear you are putting it up.  (I may have posted it at opednews.com,  
but I don't remember.) ......so let her rip.  :-)

I think what we need is a "non-profit businesses" model, (like what  
you are trying to do) because non-profit organizations are actually  
increasing the tax burdens on others, whereas ZERO works for  
everyone.  However, as long as the government taxes us in the same  
currency that its coins, it is a losing battle.  The profit the  
private sector makes creates the overhead of the government.

I have been trying to think of a way to restructure my business  
(Squeegee Graphics) but the reality is that most of what I sell  
people don't even need.  I enjoy the work, and I am good at it, but  
like the old saying, you can't serve two masters.  My business has  
suffered tremendously since I recognized that I am/will be the cause  
of my children's misery.  The best we can all do is to try to set an  
example for one another.  It takes a long time to reverse an old  
habit.  As Thomas Paine wrote, "Time makes more converts than reason."

peace,
steve consilvio
www.behappyandfree.com


On Jul 19, 2007, at 6:04 AM, discussion- 
request at globaljusticemovement.net wrote:

> www.jackaikenlancaster.4t.com
>
> Steve Nieman <stevenieman at mac.com> wrote:  Steve,
>
> I enjoyed your essay Fraud, Farce and Foreclosures immensely.
>
> Could you grant me your permission to publish it on two websites I
> maintain, and my blog? (we will prominently cite you as the author).
> I can't afford to pay you now; maybe down the road when a positive
> cash flow is more in the offing. One thing about resisting the
> current monetary/credit infrastructure ?? it's an uphill, dogged
> battle...
>
> For your info, a company I helped start called the Downwind Corp and
> its business plan calls for breaking even. We do not aim for
> profits. We feel it's wasted energy and resources. Instead, we
> offer our stakeholders access to our assets at below-market rates.
> We also over time track their patronage, which allows them to
> eventually buy their pro-rata share of the worth of our company
> without putting a dime down *up front* (binary economics).
>
> Our major obstacle to staying in business?: exorbitant costs of
> (fiat) capital.
>
> So far, we're hanging in there. We're losing money, but building
> good human relationships, and educating people on needed reforms of
> money/credit to make our economy intuitively robust.
>
> Take care and keep writing and advocating; your observations are
> right on IMO,
> Steve Nieman

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