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        <Description>&lt;p&gt;Many people are trying to decide how to protect their assets and save money in a safe, yet profitable way.&amp;nbsp; This is more difficult than it sounds in a country whose currency is fiat, that is, made up out of thin air by a central bank.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You see, our money, the money in your wallet, isn't based on anything real like it used to be.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's not based on gold, nor on silver, not even on corn or coconut leaves.&amp;nbsp; The Federal Reserve (which is as &amp;quot;federal&amp;quot; as Federal Express) just decides how much money to create and then injects it into to economy through various channels.&amp;nbsp; Like any other comodity, the more of it that exists, the less valuable it becomes.&amp;nbsp; Over the past six months the Federal reserve has injected billions of dollars into the economy to prop up the falling stock market.&amp;nbsp; They have their own reasons for propping up the market at the expense of the dollar's value.&amp;nbsp; It buys them time.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; After all, if we are in the grips of a depression, no one will want to antagonize Iran and Syria anymore.&amp;nbsp; People have to be fat and sassy to be angry.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So what do we do to protect ourselves?&amp;nbsp; The answer is &amp;quot;We practice common sense.&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; First, pay off or pay down your debt, and then don't adquire any more.&amp;nbsp; Pay off those stupid credit cards and put them away.&amp;nbsp; Using them isn't completely stupid IF you pay them off monthly, or at least pay them way, way down.&amp;nbsp; The dark side is that your transactions are easily trackable if you use a card.&amp;nbsp; It's preferable to use cash.&amp;nbsp; Cash is freedom.&amp;nbsp; Get some, use it, keep it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Buy some of the things you would buy with gold during hard times if you had any gold, and buy it now.&amp;nbsp; Buy some extra canned goods, some flour and put it in the freezer, and some extra clothing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stop buying so much stupid stuff.&amp;nbsp; Shop less, drive prices down and you cash supply up.&amp;nbsp; This is how you get rich.&amp;nbsp; Learn do do with what you need and a little of what you want.&amp;nbsp; Plan.&amp;nbsp; Seek self-discipline.&amp;nbsp; This is a large part of being a man or a woman.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find something that you know about and like and invest in it.&amp;nbsp; For example, if you know and love silver dollars, reserve a certain amount of your income to collect them.&amp;nbsp; Familiarize yourself with the community in which they are bought and sold.&amp;nbsp; If you&amp;nbsp;love canoes, learn to build them and sell them.&amp;nbsp; People will&amp;nbsp;always need to get from one lakeshore to another, and to fish.&amp;nbsp; If you like tools, collect them, especially hand tools.&amp;nbsp; These are extremely valuable investments that every day people can profit from. The same is true for almost anything you may really enjoy, provided it's practical in some way.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stop using credit.&amp;nbsp; Trade with your friends when possible.&amp;nbsp; It's time to cut your way out of the usurers' net and to be free.&amp;nbsp; But remember, freedom is also a state of mind.&amp;nbsp; You're lured into the net in the first place by want of luxurious things.&amp;nbsp; Do without those things and be free.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Google search Most Holy Family Monastary on the web and go to their &amp;quot;Watch Our Videos&amp;quot; page.&amp;nbsp; Scroll down and watch the video called &amp;quot;The Money Masters&amp;quot;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;These guys have sat around their monastary for years figuring things out.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; It's very imformative and will really open your eyes to what you're up against.&amp;nbsp; It will make you want to build a statue to honor Andrew Jackson.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, remember to use common sense an to say no to most expenditures.&amp;nbsp; Oh yes, mute the commericals on your teevee.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;</Description>
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