Remember when Congress gave Wall Street a blank check to bail themselves to the tune of trillions?

Where did it all go?

Hint: Not to you. We trace where it did go.

It’s surprisingly simple. They ran the printing presses all day and night – and gave it to the very rich so they could buy stocks, real estate, wine, race horses – and raise the price of everything to you.

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The war on cash continues…

The latest place it rears its ugly head is Australia.

Total media blackout there and everywhere else on this story.

The VAST majority of financial operations that damage the economy are carried out by corporations, banks and other criminals and have NOTHING to do with the use of cash.

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From the documentary “Princes of the Yen”

How Europe lost its freedom

Hint: The Banker did it

This clip from the documentary “Princes of the Yen” shows how they did it.

One bogus study was all it took for the sovereign companies of Europe to give up their freedom to the European Central Bank.

And Europe is not the only place under the yoke: Japan and the US are caught in the same vortex.

Full documentary

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“Only power that is hidden is power that endures”

“Only power that is hidden is power that endures.”

A case study about the power of Central Banks using post-war Japan as an example.

Why does this matter.

What happened almost 25 years ago in Japan is repeating itself in Europe…and the United States.

How is this happened, why and for whom is explained in this film.

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What happened to the older people who were wiped out in 2008?

Those who lost their homes, their savings and in some cases, their livelihoods.

Where did they go? Amazon got ’em.

In 2008 Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world discovered a vast untapped workforce he could get cheap: a generation of people who were wiped out by the real estate-stock market boom/bust on 2008.

Some people wonder why Bezos doesn’t use his money to “save the world” instead of spending it on inane project like building space ships.

He could start by paying his workers a decent wage.

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There are a whole lot of people lavishly employed in the profession of “helping” the poor.

Are they really helping them?

So are, but the total infrastructure is bloated, wasteful and ineffective.

Is there an alternative?

“Poverty isn’t a lack of character; it’s a lack of cash.”

– Rutger Bregman

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Dutch historian Rutger Bregman brought up the forbidden topic in Davos – the idea of the Ultra Rich paying their share of taxes.

You can talk about any topic you want at the annual meeting of the Super Rich in Davos Switzerland, just don’t talk about them paying taxes.

To the Super Richit is a truly horrifying idea.

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Here’s how it works

You pay taxes. I pay taxes.

Everyone you know pays taxes.

But the Super Rich?

They don’t and their money is untouchable.

This excerpt from the film “The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire” shows how it works.

Note: The entire film (1;18:01) was made for just 4,000 British Pounds.

Makes you wonder what Fox, CNN, NBC, PBS, the BBC etc. are dong with their money.

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A flight to safety?

Remember all the hype about crypto-currency at the end of last year?

We were skeptical and the first nearly five months into the year things aren’t looking good.

What’s up?

Are crypto-currencies a store of wealth?

Only if you are OK with losing half your net worth in just a few months.

Are crypto-currencies a currency?

Not if you want to pay your rent or buy groceries.

Are crypto-currencies private?

Not any more. If the government gets a whiff you have some and you don’t report it, you have a good chance of getting audited and many exchanges are handing over their customer data to the IRS.

So everything we were promised about crypto-currencies turns out not to be true.

Common sense spelled out.

Follow the money.

The interview is called “The terrifying truth of corporate power.”

It makes a very important point beyond the obvious and it’s this:

The QUALITY of human life is being steadily degraded – for profit – and the forces involved are for the most part unseen and unchallenged.

Which, by the way, is why Brasscheck does what it does. To shine a light on these forces.

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