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There are currently two very important bills in the General Assembly that all South Carolinians should pay close attention to.
First, there is the Enforcement of Foreign Law Bill which is aimed at preventing international law from imposing tyranny on the citizens of South Carolina:
The General Assembly finds that it is necessary to protect the citizens of the State from the application of foreign law from a forum outside of the United States or its territories when that application will result in the violation of a constitutionally guaranteed right including, but not limited to, the right to due process, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, or any right of privacy or marriage as specifically delineated in the constitution of this State or of the United States.
I like the spirit of this bill. They are standing up for our rights and that is what the state government is supposed to do. Of course, it would also be great if we could prevent the enforcement of federal law on South Carolinians, as it is also tyranny. Finally, I wish they would also include the right of private property, or just the right to self-ownership, but this is a step in the right direction.
Anyhow, the second bill does take aim at some federal law, namely having to do with currency and sound money. It is the “Gold and Silver to be Legal Tender” Bill:
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OS SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 18 TO CHAPTER 1, TITLE 1 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT GOLD OR SILVER COIN, OR BOTH, SHALL BE LEGAL TENDER IN THIS STATE FOR PAYMENT OF CERTAIN DEBTS; AND BY ADDING ARTICLE 26 TO CHAPTER 1, TITLE 1 SO AS TO ESTABLISH A JOINT COMMITTEE FOR THE ADOPTION OF AN ALTERNATE FORM OF CURRENCY.
There is an especially important part of this bill that I want to point out:
If by its terms a debt requires payment in gold or silver coin, or both, then the only allowable medium of exchange for payment of it is gold or silver coin, or both, as the debt stipulates. In any case or controversy involving the enforcement of a debt, the courts of this State shall specifically enforce payment in gold or silver coin, or both.
This essentially nullifies the legal tender laws of the United States, which require that all debts are payable in Federal Reserve Notes, and that no person may deny payment in FRNs (Dollars) under penalty of fines and/or imprisonment.
If this law passes, it will mean that individuals and businesses can refuse payment in dollars, choosing instead to use a real money like gold or silver. I believe this is the lynch-pin of the federal reserve’s power over the people, and if we can get this through, we will restore at least some economic freedom to the people of South Carolina.
If you support these measures as I do, then please let your state Senator or Congressman know that they need to vote to protect South Carolinians from tyranny!
The following is cross-posted from the Utah Tenth Amendment Center:
Two weeks ago, the Utah Senate passed HB317, a bill which will legalize gold and silver as tender within the state of Utah and exempt the exchange (purchase) of such specie from sales and capital gains taxes. Having already passed the House, the bill will now be sent to Governor Herbert to be signed into law, should he so decide.
This type of bill is one that is becoming increasingly popular throughout the country, with multiple states introducing and considering such legislation. Though Utah is now the first state to have a legislature approve of the idea, the sustained momentum of getting other states to review the proposal demonstrates the resiliency of the campaign for sound money. With the U.S. Dollar plummeting in value, this is an issue that will become more popular as time goes on.
As the author of the bill noted in a Fox News article on the subject, this bill will allow Utahns to better prepare for financial turmoil ahead, more easily diversifying into currency with a long history of stability.
This bill, however, is a watered down version of the original submission by the author, Larry Hilton. As we reported previously, the goals of this effort are far more comprehensive and specific. The limited provisions included in this final bill, while certainly welcome, are merely a first step. Expect to see successive legislation in upcoming sessions to expand and broaden the scope of what the legislature passed today.
Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution states emphatically that “no state shall make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts.” Plainly put, this is the goal: to restore the Constitution’s mandate of gold and silver as the only currency accepted in payment of debts by the states. A recent op-ed at tenthamendmentcenter.com notes what the realization of this goal would achieve:
Over time, as residents of the State use both Federal Reserve Notes and silver and gold coins, the fact that the coins hold their value more than Federal Reserve Notes do will lead to a “reverse Gresham’s Law” effect, where good money (gold and silver coins) will drive out bad money (Federal Reserve Notes). As this happens, a cascade of events can begin to occur, including the flow of real wealth toward the State’s treasury, an influx of banking business from outside of the State (as citizens residing in other States carry out their desire to bank with sound money), and an eventual outcry against the use of Federal Reserve Notes for any transactions.
With this vote, Utah has demonstrated leadership among the states on the issue of sound money in taking one step towards the constitutional mandate that has for decades been ignored. Please contact Governor Gary Herbert’s office at 801-538-1000 and ask that he sign this important bill into law.
The short film “The American Dream” was put on YouTube recently (by its creators) after being sold online in DVD format. You can still buy the DVD online and I would encourage everyone to own a copy.
The animation is about the Federal Reserve, the origination of money and fiat currency, and the evils of the collusion between central banks and governments. These subjects usually put people to sleep but presented in this 30 minute film they are actually pretty entertaining. Personally, my favorite part is the Andrew Jackson scene, in the second half of the video.
In order for South Carolinians to regain their independence we are going to have to break free of the central banking regime known as the federal reserve system. One way to do this, as we’ve already covered, is to nullify all legal tender laws, allowing free trade in competing currencies, a competition in which the ever-inflated federal reserve note would stand no chance.
If you don’t understand what I’m talking about, or if you’d just like to be entertained for a half hour, check this video out. Caution: realizing you are nothing but a debt slave is very shocking, so be prepared.
Part 1:
Part 2:
The European Union was formed in 1993 and is already unraveling at a rapid pace due mostly to financial problems wrought by massive spending programs, high taxes, and a centrally controlled currency. With Greece and Ireland under water, and more bankruptcies on the way in Portugal and Spain, the EU leaders are pushing for more central control, more taxation power, more confiscatory power, more credit, and all the while they’ve invented a new “national” anthem and a new flag to try and unite the people of the various states of Europe, at a time when many of the people are questioning why they have to keep giving up more and more to bail out their irresponsible neighbors.
Does any of that sound familiar?
Well Nigel Farage represents UKIP, the UK Independence Party, in the EU and in this series of videos he presents his ambition, his driving motivation, and his vision for a free and independent UK. Take a minute to watch these three videos because I believe a lot of these same principles apply to South Carolina and the United States government, especially the part about how being pro-independence is not anti-European, it is actually pro-European.
Mr. Farage is a great speaker and I would recommend browsing through his videos on YouTube. My favorite of all time is this auto-tuned version of a speech he gave in the EU Parliament blasting the EU PM:
The following article is reprinted from LewRockwell.com with permission of the author, Ron Holland:
Beware an ‘American Style’ Federalized EU
A Warning From South Carolina To Europe:
Say No to EU Elite Plans for a Federalized Union
The state of South Carolina has been an independent republic and nation twice in history, first in March of 1776 and again in December of 1860. History here certainly shows how it is far easier to get into a political union than to get out again. In South Carolina, we have found that once in a voluntary union, the open door slams shut as political and monetary elites who benefit from this arrangement seldom give up their power to tax, inflate the currency, protect special interest monopoly rights and engage in mercantilism without fighting to retain their distant dictatorial controls.
The photos above aren’t of terror bombing of London, Berlin or Dresden but rather Columbia, SC on the left and Charleston on the right. There were no land battles fought in either city but rather Columbia was burned at the end of the war by union forces and the civilian areas of Charleston were targeted by a union naval bombardment which lasted longer than the World War Two German siege of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Russia.
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
The corrupt, power-hungry EU elites like politicians here in America are always ready to use a crisis to advance their agenda of accumulating power, increasing taxes and controls over local governments and independent citizens. Contrary to their false promises that a political and monetary union would guarantee economic safety and monetary security, here in the US, the very opposite has been the case with our exploding national debt and long-term downtrend in the dollar.
The call for a political and monetary union in Europe to counter the sovereign debt crisis is the dominate elite theme of the week from Europe to the United States echoed hourly on cable channels and in editorial written comments. Just a few minutes ago, one of the beautiful woman de jure reporters on a financial channel, again repeated the message with something to the effect, “what Europe needs is what we have here in the United States, one fiscal system, one political system and one country.” Since Germany is the titular head of the EU, this subliminal message has a frightening historic ring to an earlier “One People, One Nation, One Leader” refrain repeated ad nauseam during another time in Germany.
“We can’t have a monetary union without some form of economic and – er – political union.” ~ EU president Herman van Rompuy
“It seems that the sovereign debt crisis could be acting as a catalyst for an ever closer union of European countries. The decisions taken this weekend first by European leaders and then by finance ministers mark a big leap towards a fiscal union in the euro area, we think.” ~ Elga Bartsch, European Chief Economist for Morgan Stanley
To Europe we say, don’t move from a failed monetary union to a failed political union to solve the problems created by your local and supra-national EU politicians. The world meltdown and now sovereign debt crisis was predominately caused by our Wall Street firms which offered your politicians sovereign debt scams guaranteed to fail. We have found giving politicians short-term debt financing to buy re-election is like giving unlimited heroine to a heroine addict as a solution to their addiction problem. This only works as long as the drugs are available. When the drug or credit ends, these power or drug addicts will do absolutely anything to maintain their addiction. Looking through the past false war propaganda, all too much of European and American history is made up of wars and economic dislocation created by politicians to advance their agenda and addiction to power and wealth.
Don’t make the mistake we made. A voluntary union or confederation of sovereign states approved by a vote of the state or nation’s citizens can have many advantages but when this becomes a forced union, you can be assured that one day in the future, military force will be used to keep you in line. Hasn’t Europe suffered enough already from wars caused by national politicians and economic and banking elites, why add another level of political scum to the volatile mixture.
“Powerful government tends to draw into it people with bloated egos, people who think they know more than everyone else and have little hesitance in coercing their fellow man. Or as Nobel Laureate Friedrich Hayek said, “in government, the scum rises to the top.” ~ Dr. Walter Williams
Here in South Carolina, when we look at the national debt, foreign empire wars without end and a two-party monopoly that works together to maintain the political and monetary elite controls over our currency and central bank, the national debts and liberties, we sometimes wish for a Third South Carolina Palmetto Republic. Do as we say and not as we did and you’ll have the best of alternatives in the future. Currency competition between nations and the euro, more local control over your politicians and economic interests. “American style” government was to be envied and copied when we were a confederation and voluntary decentralized republic but today our centralized system has failed and the fighting for survival in Washington and Wall Street is one reason for the problems you face, certainly not the solution.
If you want a government solution for individual nations and even the EU that protects liberties, then consider the most successful model in Europe: look at Switzerland and their limited decentralized confederation government. It is envied by investors and people who value freedom around the world but hated by socialists, empires and politicians everywhere. Trust me, I’m not just “Whistling Dixie”!
May 21, 2010
Ron Holland [send him mail] is a contributing editor to the Swiss Mountain Vision Newsletter and Swiss Confidential published by Appenzeller Business Press.
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