To: d:oug who wrote (59614 ) 10/11/2000 9:47:09 PM From: d:oug Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116782 To: Ron Reece, From: Le Metropole Cafe, Subject: Money - Created by Who for Who The Toulouse-Lautrec Table World Markets Topic du Jour Excerpts From: THE INTERNATIONAL FORECASTER OCTOBER, 2000 An international financial, economic, political and social commentary. Published and Edited by: Bob Chapman Vol. 4 - No. -10-2 Phone & Fax: 941 639 4756 E-mail: brockton1_magt@hotmail.com [Start.] ITALY A new currency has made its debut in a small Italian town named Guardiagrele... The Bank of Italy is upset... ... the professor hopes to convince the world that central bankers are the biggest con artists in modern history. ... banks have been robbing the common man by the way they put new money into circulation. ... they should divide the new cash among the people. Debt-based money has roughly only one-half the purchasing power it would have if it were issued directly to the populace, free. He challenged the government and, of course, the courts thwarted his efforts to sue both the Bank of Italy Governor Antonio Fazio, and former Governor, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, for alleged fraud and other offenses. After that defeat he had a printer print his new currency the simec, which the professor will exchange for 2 lira. Daily volume reached $40,000 a day. ... The simec had doubled people’s buying power. Non participating stores did little business. ... who then confiscated the simecs. A court then ordered them returned. The case is on appeal. Now numismatists from all over the world have descended on the town in Abruzzo facing the Adriatic buying simecs for their collections. ... the conservative Northern League has invited Prof. Auriti to address its mayors on how to spread local money nationwide. The professor is looking ahead to Feb. 2002, when European countries are scheduled to replace their national currencies with new euro bills. ... storm is coming, says Prof. Auriti, who thinks global central banks will use the occasion to provoke an artificial cash crunch turning Europeans into monetary slaves. The simec, he says will help European people survive. The professor has bypassed the corrupt fractional banking system that has enslaved mankind for centuries and for that he may very well meet..... IRELAND [End.]