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4/25/13, ""The Battlefield Is The United States Of America"," Zero Hedge, Submitted by Simon Black of Sovereign Man blog
"When you’ve got a guy like Senator John McCain who says “The
battlefield is the United States of America,” it tells you that almost
nothing is safe in the Land of the Free.
Whatever remains of civil liberties is going to feel the full brunt of the state’s boot heel.
They’re already regulating some of the most fundamental aspects of
life, from how we are allowed to educate our children to what we can /
cannot put in our bodies to the very nature of money.
People are forced to hold their savings in insolvent banks backed by
insolvent insurance funds backed by insolvent governments. And those
insolvent governments have demonstrated that they are perfectly willing
to directly confiscate accounts.
Retirement funds have proven to be an easy, tempting target. A number
of countries including Argentina, Ireland, and Hungary have
appropriated private pensions. Even the US government temporarily dipped
into federal employee pensions.
Western governments are making every possible effort to take over the
Internet. Despite every previous attempt (SOPA, PIPA, etc.) failing due
to public outcry, they keep trying and trying (ACTA, CISPA, etc.).
They’re raising taxes, creating new ones (including Maryland’s
new ‘rain tax’), imposing capital controls, racking up debt, and rapidly
devaluing their currencies.
It all reeks of desperation… and it’s all so obvious. At least, for anyone paying attention.
Unfortunately it’s easy to lose sight of the truth. After all, how
can there be any economic problems when the stock market is at an
‘all-time high’ and Nobel Prize winning pseudo-scientists tell us that
debt levels don’t matter?
Truth is, these enormous challenges shouldn’t be ignored. The entire
global financial system is sitting on a bed of dynamite. Central bankers
are dousing the pile with gasoline while politicians are standing
around smoking....
Governments in trouble almost ALWAYS resort to the same destructive tactics. When things are clearly on the decline, rather than INCREASING freedom and opportunity, they try to control EVERYTHING.
We’re already seeing the early stages of this with competitive devaluation, basic capital controls, and bank withdrawal limits.
These will soon give way to wider capital controls, increased
border controls, wage and price controls, asset confiscation, and more.
It only delays the inevitable. The more they control, the more rapid
the deterioration becomes. Again, this isn’t some sensationalist
prediction; it is the very common historical trend.
The other thing that history shows us, however, is that there
are always a handful of people who see the writing on the wall and take
action. And that action has almost universally involved looking abroad
and diversifying internationally.
This is a time-tested strategy that was once available only to the
wealthy landed class. But with modern air transport, digital
communication, and global competition, solutions are now available to
just about anyone.
I’ll be honest with you– moving one’s assets, business, and even
family overseas isn’t easy. These are complicated topics with numerous
tax, financial, and professional implications. So go carefully and
rationally.
But when structured properly, history shows that a well-informed
offshore strategy can have a generational impact should chaos ensue.
And, should nothing ever go wrong in the world, you won’t be worse off for it."
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Ed. note: This doesn't mean I consider McCain to be a sane human being looking out for the country's interests over his own. I see the statement as something that slipped out.
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