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The War on Cash is About to Go into Hyperdrive
Zerohedge ^ | 11 Feb 16 | Phoenix Capital Research

Posted on 02/11/2016 1:04:34 PM PST by SkyPilot

The global Central Banks have declared War on Cash.

Historically, one of the safest things to do when the markets begin to collapse is to move a significant portion of your holdings to cash. As the old adage says, during times of deflation, "cash is king."

The notion here is that cash is a safe haven. And while earning 1-2% in interest doesn't do much in terms of growing your wealth, it sure beats losing 20%+ by holding on to stocks or bonds during their respective bear markets

However, in today's world of fiat-based Central Planning, cash represents a REAL problem for the Central Banks.

The reason for this concerns the actual structure of the financial system. As I've outlined previously, that structure is as follows:

1) The total currency (actual cash in the form of bills and coins) in the US financial system is a little over $1.36 trillion.

2) When you include digital money sitting in short-term accounts and long-term accounts then you're talking about roughly $10 trillion in "money" in the financial system.

3) In contrast, the money in the US stock market (equity shares in publicly traded companies) is over $20 trillion in size.

4) The US bond market (money that has been lent to corporations, municipal Governments, State Governments, and the Federal Government) is almost twice this at $38 trillion.

5) Total Credit Market Instruments (mortgages, collateralized debt obligations, junk bonds, commercial paper and other digitally-based "money" that is based on debt) is even larger $58.7 trillion.

6) Unregulated over the counter derivatives traded between the big banks and corporations is north of $220 trillion.

When looking over these data points, the first thing that jumps out at the viewer is that the vast bulk of "money" in the system is in the form of...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 666; cashless; centralbanks; economy
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To: EBH
A lot of people better think about that the next time they go to use their smart phone to pay for something. I was out with a friend on Friday and she was all excited to get her Starbucks gift cards loaded on her phone. I watched in utter amazement as she held up her right hand and phone to be scanned to buy her tea.

I have Apple Pay. I use my thumbprint. That's how it works.


41 posted on 02/11/2016 3:08:39 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Maringa
What if silver and gold is outlawed?

Oh, the Federal government would never do that!

Errr......wait.....


42 posted on 02/11/2016 3:10:41 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: I want the USA back

Precisely. Exactly. Control. Good post. Right on the mark.


43 posted on 02/11/2016 3:12:27 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: ctdonath2
Most "money" is debt. Stocks constitute hypothetical value, manifesting ONLY when someone actually sells it to another actually paying money for it. Bonds and other "instruments" are, literally, debt. Even the "cash" in your checking account is debt: the bank owes you, and assumes they'll actually have cash on hand should you "cash out".

Yes.

And if you go to the bank tomorrow and take out $4,000, I guarantee you the bank will send a report to the Federal authorities. The $10,000 threshold went out the window with the Patriot Act, and Obama's thugs have been threatening banks that don't send alert reports, so the banks send them all the time now for much less amounts. Remember, "structuring" is how they convicted former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert. He paid off the blackmail using his own money, but they busted him using "structuring."

"Banks must also report transactions that are less than $10,000 when they believe that the dollar amount of those transactions was specifically chosen to avoid triggering the Bank Secrecy Act. Federal regulations refer to these as "structured" transactions. Withdrawing $9,990 will probably raise a red flag as a potentially structured transaction. In fact, any transaction, regardless of the amount, that the bank deems suspicious can trigger a report."

44 posted on 02/11/2016 3:16:01 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: huldah1776
If I have read the Word correctly, there will be some who live off grid but finding people will be easy, so by the time the two prophets have been killed and the beast, the dragon, and the false prophet proclaim they are god, there will basically be two choices, die for your faith or become a slave. Either way, overcome and experience the peace on earth promised at His birth.

True. That scenario sounds correct for the times of the Tribulation. I believe in a pre-Tribulation rapture, so I hope not to be around at that point.

45 posted on 02/11/2016 3:18:50 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: laplata
Well that is a frightening article (post #19).

Have you heard about the dark joke going around in financial circles?

"How do you say Lehman Brothers in German?"

"Deutsche Bank."

46 posted on 02/11/2016 3:20:55 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: roadcat
Be able to provide a service to others as trade. (Not everyone looks pretty and sexy, so I'm not talking the obvious!)

Well, there goes my Plan B of moonlighting as a Chippendale's dancer.

47 posted on 02/11/2016 3:22:57 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SubMareener

John MacArthur, Jimmy DeYoung, and Brannon Howse seem to believe you CAN STILL BE SAVED after taking the MARK....

Unreal...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU3tjRq6tX4


48 posted on 02/11/2016 3:27:45 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Amnesty advocates call me "Tio Tomas")
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To: SkyPilot

Thanks for the PING...

2016 is really going to be a scorcher IMHO.

Keep looking up!


49 posted on 02/11/2016 3:28:29 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Amnesty advocates call me "Tio Tomas")
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To: SkyPilot

Yes, it’s frightening. This is going to be a traumatic year.


50 posted on 02/11/2016 3:29:43 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Maringa
What if silver and gold is outlawed?

What if carbon is outlawed?

51 posted on 02/11/2016 3:30:08 PM PST by Theophilus (The GOPe are dealers. The Marxist Democrats are duelists.)
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To: SkyPilot

I really don’t think any of us Saved by Him will be here for the cashless society to play out.

Sure I could be wrong, but remember what Jesus says about the day of His coming—and He’s not referring to the 2nd coming.

It was business as usual.....

Luke 17:26-30


52 posted on 02/11/2016 3:33:31 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Amnesty advocates call me "Tio Tomas")
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Well, the Bible says otherwise in several places. This means they are taking something out of the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. Jesus also specifies the penalty for that as having you name taken out of the Lamb’s Book of Life. Bye, bye Heaven. Hello, Eternal Lake of Fire.


53 posted on 02/11/2016 3:40:24 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: SubMareener

What they are doing is leading folks down the path of destruction by even suggesting that such a scenario could happen. Revelation 14:9-11 is crystal clear to most I’d hope.

Not surprised by DeYoung and MacArthur, but from Brannon Howse I am.


54 posted on 02/11/2016 3:45:40 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Amnesty advocates call me "Tio Tomas")
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To: SubMareener

You may be interested in http://october-5-2017.com

It presents an in-depth analysis of The Great Sign of the Woman and The Red Dragon.


55 posted on 02/11/2016 3:50:31 PM PST by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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To: SkyPilot

I got to thinking about this many years ago. By following my credit/debit transactions, my whole life could easily be reconstructed.

That’s when I decided to go completely cash. (Granted, there are some situations where cash won’t do; Amazon.com, et al comes to mind.) But I try hard to pay cash when ever I can. I’m not 100% traceless, but I’m way more that way than I was.

Sometimes you get strange looks when you pay with cash. Recent repairs to my truck came to $349 and change. I paid with cash and the cashier’s eyes got big when I pulled out 3 one hundred bills, a couple of twenties, a five and four ones. Oh, and the change. She said, “Sure you don’t want to pay with a credit card?” I said no, the cash will work.

The bankers can go to he!!.


56 posted on 02/11/2016 3:54:21 PM PST by upchuck (Killary is the poster girl for everything wrong with our government. h/t Mister Da)
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To: SkyPilot

The greatest robbery in history continues apace.


57 posted on 02/11/2016 3:58:05 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: SkyPilot

My point is to be careful about attributing to the Bible claims that are not there. I am not challenging the logic nor the likelihood of your claim that transactions will all be electronic or digital. They are just not something, as far as I am aware, that are described in the Bible.

There are also descriptions in Revelations of horse-mounted armies. (See chapter 8.) This would be unusual using modern warfare. However, we do not know what events may lead up to the one described that could make the use of horses a reality. Or, perhaps the horses are figurative or the best way of describing futuristic technology in first-century Greek.

As far as the mark of the beast goes, it is possible that cash transactions continue but still will require the “mark” for identification purposes. So, you may be right that financial transactions during that time are cashless, or it could turn out otherwise. We do not know for sure right now.


58 posted on 02/11/2016 4:08:58 PM PST by unlearner (RIP America, 7/4/1776 - 6/26/2015, "Only God can judge us now." - Claus Von Stauffenberg / Valkyrie)
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To: Travis McGee

Here You go Matt you might wanna check this out.


59 posted on 02/11/2016 4:10:55 PM PST by StoneWall Brigade (Vote Tom Hoefling of America's Party for President the only person to restore the Republic)
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To: roadcat

We’ve gone through the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University program, too.
Paying off a 4% mortgage has a guaranteed 4% rate of return.


60 posted on 02/11/2016 4:12:17 PM PST by tbw2
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