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Popular Scams of the Rich and Famous
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Richard Backus
Information Clearing House
September 21, 2008
There are an ever-increasing number of linkages between politicians, big businesses, and rich individuals designed to promote their joint prosperity at the expense of the general public. Money flows in both directions between these “players” under various “pay for play” schemes. Because they unfairly absorb federal tax revenue or deprive the general public of legitimately earned benefits, I refer to these schemes as “scams’. Most are technically “legal’ being based upon law or statute, or founded upon government policy and practice, but have been set up in ways designed to benefit favored individuals. In most cases, these practices are promoted by Republican politicians serving their primary clients, rich individuals and “big business”. Hopefully, in the coming elections, legislators will be chosen which will have the courage to rectify these abuses. The following are just a few of the more popular scams.
Social laws, uncertain as to constitutionality, have been passed to control the general populace, and are generally ignored by those creating them, as evident in many recent court cases. Prostitutes do quite a brisk business during political party conventions, and a “madam” recently interviewed claimed that the “family values” group, the Republicans, are the the best customers. But all this has been pretty well hidden from public awareness by the establishment media, and grudgingly and belatedly disclosed, if at all, after previously promulgated on blogger sites. This situation was not reported during the 2004 conventions by a single major U.S. media, and I read about it only in foreign news sources, the Guardian and Reuters. So much for the fearless American press! But news media in the U.S . practice self-censorship because they are fully aware of what they can and cannot report. Anything critical of the rich and famous is forbidden.
There has been no effort to contain medical expenses that have caused a great many of the financial problems currently plaguing the U.S. The AMA and ADA have so well financed the campaigns of our legislators that we are now facing multiple financial crises substantially directly cause by health care costs. The 2007 federal government deficit of approximately $180 billion would have become a $300 billion surplus simply with a reform of this sector. Americans pay, on average, nearly $7,000 per person for medical costs, whereas citizens in the next-highest-cost developed pay around $3,200 per person. Bringing the U.S. health costs in line with those of the rest of the western world would save U.S. citizens directly $720 billion and the federal government $480 billion more. The U.S. physician’s claim is that costs are so high because we get the best health care in the world. This is a real con job. The World Health Organization ranks the U.S. 26th in quality of health care of the advanced countries. The major problem is that a monopoly has been created by limiting the number of teaching hospitals as well as the number of students who are entitled to enroll. The selection process for medical school positions involves the usual custom of picking predominantly children of those politically connected. The “special” qualifier for positions in the few medical schools places offered, that determines appointment more often than demonstrated academic excellence, is participation in extra-curricular activities indicating “leadership” abilities. This is a standard trick for all appointments in this vast conspiracy, made to benefit unqualified candidates supported by political elites. It avoids the serious business of determining the truly deserving (who are frequently passed over because they are considered “nerds” (because they study so much)) and for admission committees to give preference to candidates whose academic performance is not quite up to par. George W. qualified as a possible “leader” because he was a cheerleader at Andover, and others are selected because of their participation in college political activities. When training people for highly technical and critical jobs (e.g., physicians), the last thing the candidate should be doing is playing political tricks or scheming for political office. They should be studying.
The whole system of “globalization” is simply a way to exploit workers worldwide thereby maximizing the profits of essentially western-owned multinationals. The results are now coming in, as demonstrated by the current disinflation in the western countries. By allowing multinationals special tax breaks and accounting practices the U.S. government has encouraged the transfer of almost all high wage U.S. jobs overseas to low wage (exploited) workers. By simply calling these lost jobs “low skilled” they have convinced U.S. workers that they really deserve less for their labor, which in many cases were the most stressful and demanding in the country, Soon middle level professional jobs will be moved overseas as well, and similarly described, no doubt, as “low skilled”. This includes engineering and product design, paralegal and brokerage back office jobs, and accounting and auditing jobs as well. Even radiologists will miraculously end up as “low tech” workers.
Still extant farm subsidies unfortunately not only violate those “economically sacrosanct” principles of globalization but result in higher prices for the American consumer as well as increased cost to the American taxpayer. As a bonus, they frequently produce serious economic consequences for other “global” players, especially for our South American “partners” (and incur their resentment).
The U.S. government has made no effort whatsoever to assist in providing support for displaced U.S. workers by demanding reciprocity of employment opportunity with those countries whose citizens are flooding the U.S. labor market. While surveying foreign papers in Europe and Australia/New Zealand for jobs in the IT business, I found loads of ads promising unlimited amount of IT opportunities in the U.S. But ads for IT jobs in these same countries all ended with statements that these local jobs are reserved for their own citizens. Recently the U.S. government passed an amendment to its visa rules allowing other country’s workers to enter the U.S. for 6 months without a prior job offer. Most other western countries did the same I believe, offering job opportunities for U.S. workers. But there was a limit to the ages of these workers, 27 years I believe, suspiciously approximating the average age of the children of our current members of Congress. These job opportunities can not possibly benefit those most damaged by U.S. outsourcing policies, those who had irreplaceable (at their ages) experience, without finances to retrain, and facing huge and continuing family bills in the U.S. They still have no realistic possibilities to work overseas even though the great god “globalization” based its legitimacy on the free movement of capital and labor. What a joke!
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The entire USAID program has become an excellent way to feed money to political supporters. This scam involves granting taxpayers money as USAID “aid money” to friendly foreign governments with “tied” aid (agreements to purchase in most cases U.S.-made products and services). The so-called “aid” money never reaches the country supposedly receiving it. The “receiving” country gets products and “advice” from U.S. corporations and individuals selected from the U.S. governments “preferred list” of suppliers. The organizations providing these services and products are basically weapons suppliers and “international” accounting and law firms providing “advice” to the recipient country’s government. These “select” suppliers and “advisers” are, of course, those companies and individuals who are the major suppliers of campaign finance funds. The recipient country gets weapons systems and armaments used by the local military to control discontented locals (and also expected to support U.S. regional political goals). The result is a lot of money is transferred to American multinationals and private companies located in the U.S. with the bill payed out of taxpayers funds. This is an excellent way to create campaign finance funds with the bill paid by U.S. taxpayers.
Flight of capital from the U.S., (unrestrained by laws regularly established by other more prudent governments) is increasing the risk of a banking default in the U.S. and a drastic drop in the dollar. It is accelerating at the same time that foreigners dollar holders (private and public) are thinking twice about keeping their funds here because the U.S. government has shown no interest or willingness to restrain this process.
The much ballyhooed one-man, one-vote election under a democracy simply does not exist. With the caucus system still being practiced in many states, the candidates the public finally gets to vote for (essentially one of 2 choices) have been chosen by the powers-that-be within each state, and under these conditions, the private citizen’s vote is practically meaningless.
Most of the efforts of the U.S. government to contain Communism have involved the setting up of American-friendly foreign governments who were willing to turn a blind eye to exploitation of their country’s resources and populace by U.S. corporations. To make matters worse, the U.S. Government, which has established these regimes, insist on calling the resulting U.S.-friendly governments (oligarchies of the rich at best) as “democracies” when,in reality, the government which it replaced was far more democratic than the one established by the U.S. government. This was all done under the pretext of constraining Communism, but was also a handy scheme for U.S. businesses to gain possession or control of the few assets these poor countries possessed and a new supply of exploitable local workers. Now that Communism is no longer a realistic treat there is no longer any pretext for doing this. No governments should be overthrown by actions of the U.S. government regardless of its having a political or economic system inimical to presumed western interests, and certainly no one should be going around bragging about setting up a “democracy” when the opposite occurred.
Bidding on all levels of government contracts is also riddled with ways to allow the contract manager to give the contract to a friend. If the manager’s friend is not the low bidder, the manager can simply reopen the bidding on any number of pretexts and advise his friend what he needs to bid to get the contract. Bids can be thrown out as “non-serious” bids without notice, on the basis that the bidder is incapable of performing at that price. This device is used when the winning bid is so low that even the manager’s friend can’t compete even knowing the prospective winning bid price. This is because he is really a ‘prime contractor’, won’t be doing the work, and needs extra funds to cover his “cut” and to cover possible gratuities for the contract manager. The government has even set up a separate agency, at taxpayer expense, to “prove” this type of fraud can not occur. All the public exposure over the years of these practices puts the lie to the honesty of this organization.
The FED’s constant claim of incipient inflation over the last 18 years (when none has ever materialized) has finally resulted in our current economic crises. The latest FD-sponsored recession might well be the final straw that breaks the back of U.S. consumers. There is a serious “moral hazard” involved in improper disclosures of these continuing, unpredictable, and totally uncalled- for adjustments in interest rates as well.
The federal government has been playing footsie with fascism for quite a long time, supported only by the inability of the general public to recognize it. Ecclesiastic appointments, corporate management, charity, “brain trust” ,foundations, university appointments, and even scholarship awards are controlled by political elites, with the consequent assurances that these appointees will play ball with the politicians and their “sponsors”. The Pols now essentially control everything under the direction of the rich and famous.
The “justness” of the U.S. legal system can be compromised by anyone with unlimited funds. The Constitution certainly would not have countenanced the use of multiple lawyer (with political connections) for any one case, for jury selection advisors, and the abusive use (and misuse) of expert witnesses.
Foundations, “brain trusts”, charities, and other non-profits are the most dangerous potential source of political influence-buying of all these “scamers”. Foundations, formed by individuals to avoid inheritance taxes, can provide jobs, grant contracts, and purchase goods and services from a large number of politically-sponsored individuals and companies. They pay no taxes even when they accumulate funds, which they call “surplus”. These surpluses can be invested with the proceeds not subject to taxes. Their employees are well compensated and live quite luxuriously while on ‘company business’. Contract awards and grants tend be generous, and the foundations can purchase supplies and services without oversight. Most recipients of this largess are politically-connected and are expected to promote political goals and to funnel funds to political campaigns.
There are literally hundreds of thousands of other varieties of non-profits,categorized as NGOs, which conduct their businesses in essentially the same way. They are set up to perform certain socially-beneficial services, but after all the above-mentioned expenses, only a small percentage of their income are used in this way. Typically, 30 percent of their income (tax deductible write offs from corporations and individuals, and government giveaways) are spent on salary and payroll taxes to top employees and their generous “business expenses” (5-star hotel accommodations, chic restaurant and 1st class air travel costs). The remaining 70 percent can be used for “public relation fees” (to supporters) and some is even spent on legitimate promotion programs. What is left, perhaps 50 percent, can, by the “50 percent rule” be passed on to another tax-exempt having similar expenses, with the result that the claimed public-service, used to obtain tax-exempt status, can end up with practically nothing. Certain charities are particularly offensive perpetrators of this same scheme, disbursing for political purposes the monies donated for the most-needy individuals of all, the poor and defenseless, mostly children. Principles of those organizations practicing this blatant “welfare to the rich” scheme should be, but seldom are, prosecuted.
All in all, most of the American populace’s problems derive from a lack of understanding of how their job opportunities and financial success are being jeopardized by these practices. A great deal of the blame for these scam’s success can be attributed to the establishment media’s self-censorship on these important issues, with a consequent inability of the public to correctly determine what is going on. Thankfully, there is now a self-appointed group who are now providing the news so instrumental in allowing the public to make necessary political decisions. They are called “blog sites” and are America’s version of the old soviet “samizdat”. Hopefully the government can be prevented from meddling with them.
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September 21st, 2008 at 5:58 pm
i would browse the infowars site from time to time now its daily and i compare it to mainstream media and local paper. the proof is in step with alex he is going toe to toe with these entities. the gloves are off and very concerning. they will suppress the truth at all cost and the elections are right around the corner.
September 21st, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Found this while browsing around. A must read. There is no end to the corruption our Presidents, Congress, and Supreme Court has shackled us with.
http://www.worldreports.org/ne.....e__georgia
September 21st, 2008 at 8:33 pm
FYI, listen to some of the audio clips to wake up NOW to the New World Order.
http://arcticbeacon.com/sound_tidbits/Cuppett/wav/
September 21st, 2008 at 8:36 pm
thank God for Alex and Ron Paul for educating us !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8fgAS0w9Q8
September 21st, 2008 at 8:41 pm
As the ‘bailout’ debacle unfolds revealing fresh scenes of a new, ever expanding, hell on earth, the end game begins. There is no escaping the feeling that we have become unwilling participants in some cruel oligarch’s snuff film.
September 21st, 2008 at 9:00 pm
If you thought the Million Man March was something, just watch, The Billion Armed Men and Women March” and take back our Country! I do not think the government can “keep us blinded” much longer.
September 21st, 2008 at 9:31 pm
I am tired of viewing and listening to the “New World order”. It is time to march and man handle those pussies that have guided our country and you and I into Bankruptcy and total sudserviant political status.
These men live and breath under “marshall law” well boys, what will you think when 2,000,000 Americans confront you armed at any one point in America!!!
We need to organize and uproot this cancer that is our Government.
The time is now and who will lead us???
God give us a Thomas Jefferson, someone who will take us to take back our country. God knows that it is past time to act act!!!!Buying videos and news papers that preach what we already know are not going to do it.
Act now!!! Where are you patriots??? Where is our Nebuchenezzar?? Help our cause. And screw thos who believe that we need to just talk. Talking is over!! It’s time to act is now!!! Balls to the walls!!!!
September 21st, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Repent Sinners before it is too late.
The Bible says;
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
II Thessalonians 2:11,12 KJV
September 21st, 2008 at 9:38 pm
We will be lucky to sustain this economic thievery for another month at the rate they are looting the nation, that’s right, LOOTING THE NATION!
All the elite are using you and your money to transfer ALL of the wealth of this once great nation into the private pockets of the filthy rich on the planet and the fat politicians are in on this game and allowing this to all take place right before your eyes.
You watch, very soon here they will come out with an ALIEN Invasion to be used as a pretext to ultimately put you into the camps. They will claim that the ALIENS have been breeding with us and are armed, so as a preventive measure, they will claim they must place all people into the camps and confiscate all guns until they go through each human to verify that their DNA is not mixed with the ALIEN DNA and most people will fall for this lie because their alien invasion will look so realistic that it will be completely believable by using their high tech satellite HOLOGRAPHIC imaging in combination with their “REAL” prototype UFO’s they have been building since the 1950’s.
This may be their OCTOBER SURPRISE so just be aware of this possibility….THEY DO HAVE THIS TECHNOLOGY!! So be aware of them pulling a supernatural event around the middle of October.
September 21st, 2008 at 9:51 pm
you gotta be crazy on acid to think that
September 21st, 2008 at 10:14 pm
IncrimanllySane: I like your moniker!!! Comment…GOOD!!! “All HAIL Thermal Expansion!!!”
September 21st, 2008 at 10:34 pm
We ought to out-source our government jobs. Then listen to the cries.
September 21st, 2008 at 11:24 pm
#8, where do I sign up. I’m changing my name today. Good Patriort Guy from now on.
September 21st, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Yea, we should outsource bureaucrat jobs… Wouldn’t really make a difference since so many damn immigrants are already in those positions. Speaking of jobs, how can I become an editor for infowars.com? These articles are peppered with errors. I’d love to make the text more intellectual.
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:35 am
It is time to overthrow the entire power structure/government of the country formerly known as the United States of America. The 3000 wealthiest people in America should have their entire fortunes confiscated, be tried for treason, and crimes against humanity, and they and their entire families executed live on the recaptured national networks!
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:06 am
we can pay off the national debt and pay for a nationalized health care citizen for a century if we just confiscate the wealth of the owners of the federal reserve.
the greatest scam is the federal reserve.
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:42 am
Clearing the national debt would be good. Creating a nationalised healthcare system would be bad in as much as such a scheme would bankrupt the US. The trillion dollars a year the US can’t afford for its current foreign policy, would be even less affordable as a $1.5-trillion healthcare programme, which would provide no better healthcare than the US currently enjoys. The UK, with a population of 20% of the US’, is running at $0.2-trillion per annum, with endless demands for much more.
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:55 am
how much does that vincente’ fox douche look like saddam?
USA born mexico president..
some brother in law sh*t going on..
global plantation is for chumps and chickeneck circus chimps
This is the USA bitch.
you have about pushed far enough.
WE the people will push back and you wont wonder where we come from.
Americans must find their own way, we are being sold like cattle.
You will not like us when we are angry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErFOsoKzpD0
the runaway train is folly
next stop nowhere land
GS
September 22nd, 2008 at 4:13 am
Just start the NWO already. I am ready to die but I am going to take a few elites with me. So choose your pleasure.
September 22nd, 2008 at 4:46 am
GOD BLESS RUSSIA, USA S.S IS AT FAULT FOR 9/11,AND THE DEATH OF USA ALL USA REPORTERS ARE LYING,RUSSIA CAN NOT BE STOPED USA CAN NOT WIN,ALL USA POLITICIANS ARE LYING,RUSSIA WILL CRUSH THE USA,YOU CAN BLAME THE USA SOCIAL SEURITY ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL THE DEAD,SWEENY TODD.AMEN AMEN COME TO USA RUSSIA NUKES KILL THE RICH KILL THE POLICE KILL ALL FBI KILL ALL CIA KILL S.S WORKERS LIKE 9/11 KILL THEM ALL DON’T CARE USA IS GUILTY MUST DIE FOR WHAT USA DID TO GARY GANN 9/11 TO SMALL KILL ALL OF USA.
September 22nd, 2008 at 5:22 am
good comments todays regarding this subject. But unfortuneatly the taking back of the country I feel is too late. Without a concrete plan of immediate segregation of the NWO puppets, illuminati demons involded with GWH.Bushes “Thousand points of light” of which you will never get these meglomaniac crooks to comply. They will be escorted out of the country faster than the Bin Ladens after 911 with all their money, gold, silver and patents. Leaving the USA, broke, broken and diseased. With a jack boot rear guard of crazy military units and power hungry police with their only mission to turn you into chattle in their assignment regions with them acting as lords and masters. Tyrants over you.
But what to do?
For this there is no definative answer. Since soon martial law will be implimented and the people that are still asleep enjoying the American Dream will be ushered into camps ready for processing wishing they took the red pill long ago.
So to all patriots,, get prepared with your bug-out plans, food, medicine, water, guns and ammo get into those mountains. Be prepared for the time when another 1776 is needed.
Keep your family and friends safe. Good luck and good speed.
September 22nd, 2008 at 7:23 am
To #22 Gary….Are you INSANE or are you just so messed up from all of the floride and merc shots that you can’t see clearly((wow))
Look Folk’s call your Congress criters and LAY IT ON THE LINE. Tell them that they work for us and that we will hold them accountable to ther actions. We need to audit the FED and thier Bankster buddys A.S.A.P just like the IRS would do to any one of us ((GOT IT))
WHAT’S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDOR
September 22nd, 2008 at 7:38 am
Quick, get a numerlogist!
The universe is based on sacred numbers and geometry. The dark side takes these and subverts
them (what all that satanic architecture in Washington D.C., etc., is based on). What the people need is the ability to block or counteract this use of numbers. It sounds kooky, but I believe this is
at the heart of the matter.
Please listen to the interview at
http://www.redicecreations.com.....080608.php
September 22nd, 2008 at 7:58 am
THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND WE ALL WANT IT TO START TO GET IT SORTED BUT IT WONT BE LIKE THAT. THE POWERS WE ARE AGAINST ARE NOT FLESH AND BLOOD BUT SPIRITUAL, THE DROP IN MORALS AND FALL INTO DECADENCE IS WHAT GAVE THE BEAST TEETH. WHEN PEOPLE REJECTED GOD, SATAN GAINED CONTROL THROUGH HIS WORSHIPERS IN THE ILLUMINATE AND MASONIC BROTHERHOOD.E ALL BECAME CONVINCED CREDIT WAS UNLIMITED AND WE COULD GET WHAT WE WANTED WHENEVER WE WANTED, WELL THATS ALL OVER BUT THE IDIOTS STILL DON’T FULLY KNOW IT. THE CASHLESS CONTROL GRID IS IN PLACE AND WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AS SOON AS PAPER MONEY VANISHES. THEN THE REAL TYRANNY WILL BEGIN. WAR PLAGUE AND FAMINE WILL COVER THE EARTH. YOU JUST HAVE TO CLICK ON INFOWARS AND ITS PLAIN AS DAY.I JUST WONDER ABOUT PLANET X OR THE DESTROYER, IT CANT BE A COINCIDENCE THIS THING IS ON ITS WAY, IT HAS HIT EARTH BEFORE, WHEN THE SATANIST ILLUMINATE HAVE CAUSED ALL THE DEVISTATION WILL GOD THEM WIPE THEM OUT IN TURN. I WISH I WASN’T SAYING THIS BUT I THINK THE WORST BITS OF THE BIBLE ARE ABOUT TO HAPPEN. ALL THESE THINGS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME CAN NOT BE A COINCIDENCE
September 22nd, 2008 at 8:12 am
Line in the sand…
Way to late for the useless “Calling” of your Congress crap !
Tried that by voting in 06…Didn’t work then…won’t work now !
September 22nd, 2008 at 8:30 am
This article rings true. I had a brilliant relative who couldn’t get into med school. With straight “a’s” for a grade record, he could’t figure out why. Friends indirectly let him figure out that the fact that he was of working class origin, and was not connected and protected, was the sole reason for denying him consideration. He lodged a campaign for himself for an investigation into why a respected medical school wouldn’t accept a qualified applicant with straight a’s..and he won! They had to admit him. He succeeded, and earned his medical license after his residency, but he was harrassed every step of the way for being from a working class background.
September 22nd, 2008 at 8:53 am
Rob,
If you are interested in the planet X aspect of this situation you can find some answers if you were to Google “ANNUNAKI” this may explain some of the Biblical and Alien aspects of what is happening right now. Thanks
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:33 am
hey, here’s a solve all plan, just raise the retirement age to 100
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6ZIHbFQAzU
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:22 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gudEttJlw3s
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:46 am
What if the government believed that the Constitution was no longer valid because all of the original signers are no longer living.
What if we decided to reclaim the constitution and bill of rights (minus the 11th thru the 17th of course) and got the MAJORITY to do this, would this force the government to re-think it’s policies?
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:04 pm
who gives you the 25% when someone opens this gold account. There are only two costs in purchasing metals as an investment (metal content & dealer markup). Markup is much lower than 25%. Sounds too good to be true ZenMaster.
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
i wonder if these messes have anything to do with the Bilderburg meeting few months ago where Beneke and Paulson and Obama attended (since Obama supports the bailout)
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:36 pm
We had participated in a competitive bid on a US Gov’t concession contract. We were the only bidder. The bid was withdrawn by the government, we believe, due to a letter from a “partner” of theirs who did not submit a bid because he said the proposal was unprofitable. We did the bid and showed how it would be profitable, but the Gov’t withdrew it anyway.
Another family I am familiar with recently lost a Gov’t concession to another bidder. They had substantial contractual rights which were being arbitrated as required under the existing contract which arbitration award would be FINAL. The family’s case was very strong and the potential award very large.
Some Gov’t employee attached a provision to an unrelated State Dept. appropriations bill whcih required any arbitration award involving any concession contract to be tried over again in a Federal Court if anyone disagreed with it!! The State Dept bill had no relation to concession contracts.
That provision is blatantly unconstitutional!! That provision was designed to interfere with the contractual rights of that family, to the benefit of a “preferred” party.
Our government at work!!