I just discovered a new author some of you probably already know.

[lildreamer316]

http://www.ellenbrown.com/

This woman looks fascinating; because she has written/been partners in writing such titles as:

Forbidden Medicine, Nature's Pharmacy (co-authored with Dr. Lynne Walker)
Healing Joint Pain Naturally:Safe and Effective Ways To Treat Arthritis, Fybromyalgia and Other Joint Diseases
Nature's Pharmacy for Children: Drug Free Alternatives for More Than 160 Childhood Ailments
Nature's Pharmacy: Break the Drug Cycle with Safe, Natural Treatments for 200 Everyday Ailments
A Woman's Complete Guide to Natural Health
The Key to Ultimate Health: Non-toxic Dentistry
Menopause and Estrogen:Natural Alternatives to Hormone Replacement Therapy
Breezing Through the Change:Managing Menopause Naturally
The Informed Consumer's Pharmacy: The Essential Guide to Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs

BUT
the reason I'm so interested in her is that she wrote this new book:

"..Web of Debt, her latest book, she turns those skills to an analysis of the Federal Reserve and "the money trust." She shows how this private cartel has usurped the power to create money from the people themselves, and how we the people can get it back."

She gives a wonderful, common-sense excerpt of this in an article published on truthout, about the idea of having states create and maintain their own banks. Part of the article:

"Could the sort of commercial model tested by Commonwealth Bank work today in the United States? Economist Farid Khavari thinks so. A Democratic candidate for governor of Florida, he proposes a Bank of the State of Florida (BSF) that would make loans to Floridians at much lower interest rates than they are getting now, using the magic of fractional reserve lending. He explains:

'For $100 in deposits, a bank can create $900 in new money by making loans. So, the BSF can pay 6 percent for CDs, and make mortgage loans at 2 percent. For $6 per year in interest paid out, the BSF can earn $18 by lending $900 at 2 percent for mortgages.'

The state would earn $15,000 per $100,000 of mortgage, at a cost of about $1,700, while the homeowner would save $88,000 in interest and pay for the home 15 years sooner. "Our bank will save people about seven years of their pay over the course of 30 years, just on interest costs," says Dr. Khavari. He also proposes 6 percent credit cards and 6 percent certificates of deposit.

The state could earn billions yearly on these loans, while saving hefty sums for consumers. It could also refinance its own debts and those of its municipal governments at very low interest rates. According to a German study, interest composes 30 percent to 50 percent of everything we buy. Slashing interest costs can make projects such as low-cost housing, alternative energy development, and infrastructure construction not only sustainable, but profitable for the state, while at the same time creating much-needed jobs.

http://www.truthout.org/1031091

(I posted the article in Editorials also)

The reason I'm so excited and have come to post this here in this group, is that I feel this addresses the new forward movement of the shift and possibly the new way money will be handled. This seems like a much more community-minded approach, and therefore moving towards a more spiritual way of dealing with these issues.

Hope you can find something interesting here... :)

[BlueIris]

1. I love me some Ellen Brown. nt

[winyanstaz]

2. maybe this should be posted in the main forums?

A lot of people would be interested in this I think :)

[lildreamer316]

3. I did, but a bit too early I think.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=493941&mesg_id=493941