Central banks are supposed to be the great economic watchdogs. They claim to slow down bubbles by increasing interest rates, and stimulate the economy by lowering them. But the alleged benevolence of these institutions is an illusion.
The true purpose of central banks is to drain energy and wealth out of the population they “service.” Once a region has been sufficiently liquidated, then the central bankers can declare themselves landlords over the once free people, who have now become wage-slaves to ruling oligarchs.
The European Union it seems is about to transition into this form of modern feudalism, but to be sure, the whole planet is on the same course.
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Helicopter Money is a catchall term that refers to when a bank distributes money or stimulus directly into the hands of the people or corporations. There have already been several EU nations that have discussed distributing basic incomes to the population.
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On the surface, it sounds like a reasonable solution to the economic hardship suffered by billions. A basic income might actually be a viable option if it is handled properly. But that’s the problem. Left in the hands of criminal banking institutions it wouldn’t be. The term helicopter money implies that everyone would get a fair and equal share, but I suspect that wouldn’t really be the case.
For example, if one group of people is working on sustainability projects that would eventually allow them to live independent of the central bank, would the bankers fund this sector of the population? No, they probably wouldn’t.
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So while on the surface helicopter money, or a basic income for all, sounds like it could be a good thing for the average Joe, it will most likely further entrench the plutocratic meritocracy that has divided the masses for eons. This is, of course, the economic class system of our world today, one that seeks to pit brother against brother and mother against daughter. It’s a grand game of musical chairs with the global elite always having a seat at the table and the average person becoming more dependent on the system.
But the bigger point is that when a nation or social group has becomes so hopelessly dependent on a central bank for economic growth — as most of the world’s nations have become — then it indicates the global economy is in free fall. It is only a matter of time before the whole house of cards collapses and a new financial system will come in to take its place.
Now the question is, what will this financial system look like? I suspect the answer depends on humanity’s participation.
If we continue to do nothing, if we continue to let the global elite push their plans on to the unwitting masses — who are unable to make sound choices due to their ignorance — then the bankers will usher in more draconian policies, and a dark NWO is seemingly assured. Yet if those with key knowledge and understanding become active and share this with their fellows in the measure and form they are able to receive it, then when the economy finally collapses, the people will call for a truly honorable and fair system.
We are in a critical moment of change in history, and the future of life on this planet will be decided by those who are living right now. I for one don’t want to wake up one day to find out I had the chance to make a difference and didn’t. Future generations will look back and ask us what we did to make the world a better place, I would like to tell them I did everything I could.
The good news is as the economy continues to implode the sleeping masses will be more open to receiving the truth, we need only take the time to develop rapport so as to share it with them.
Source – The Economic Collapse Blog
By Michael Snyder
So as they rapidly run out of ammunition, global central bankers are now openly discussing something that might sound kind of crazy. According to the Telegraph, central banks are becoming increasingly open to employing a tactic known as “helicopter money”…
Faced with political intransigence, central bankers are openly talking about the previously unthinkable: “helicopter money”.
A catch-all term, helicopter drops describe the process by which central banks can create money to transfer to the public or private sector to stimulate economic activity and spending.
Long considered one of the last policymaking taboos, debate around the merits of helicopter money has gained traction in recent weeks.
Do you understand what is being said there?
The idea is basically this – central banks would create money out of thin air and would just give it to national governments or ordinary citizens.
So who would decide who gets the money?
Well, they would.
If you are anything like me, this sounds very much like Pandora’s Box being opened.
But this just shows how much of a panic there is among central bankers right now. They know that we are plunging into a new global economic crisis, and they are desperate to find something that will stop it. And if that means printing giant gobs of money and dropping it from helicopters over the countryside, well then that is precisely what they are going to do.
In fact, the chief economist at the European Central Bank is quite adamant about the fact that the ECB can print money out of thin air and “distribute it to people” when the situation calls for it…
ECB chief Mario Draghi has refused to rule out the prospect, saying only that the bank had not yet “discussed” such matters due to their legal and accounting complexity. This week, his chief economist Peter Praet went further in hinting that helicopter drops were part of the ECB’s toolbox.
“All central banks can do it“, said Praet. “You can issue currency and you distribute it to people. The question is, if and when is it opportune to make recourse to that sort of instrument“.
Apparently memories of the Weimar Republic must have faded over in Europe, because this sounds very much like what they tried to do. I don’t know why anyone would ever want to risk going down that road again.
Here in the United States, the Federal Reserve is not openly talking about “helicopter money” just yet, but that is only because the stock market is doing okay for the moment.
Most Americans don’t realize this, but the primary reason why stocks are doing better in the U.S. than in the rest of the world is because of stock buybacks. According to Wolf Richter, corporations spent more than half a trillion dollars buying back their own stocks over the past 12 months…
During the November-January period, 378 of the S&P 500 companies bought back their own shares, according to FactSet. Total buybacks in the quarter rose 5.2% from a year ago, to $136.6 billion. Over the trailing 12 months (TTM), buybacks totaled $568.9 billion.
When corporations buy back their own stocks, that means that they are slowly liquidating themselves. Instead of pouring money into new good ideas, they are just returning money to investors. This is not how a healthy economy should work.
But corporate executives love stock buybacks, because it increases the value of their stock options. And big investors love them too, because they love to see the value of their stock holdings rise.
So we will continue to see big corporations cannibalize themselves, but there are a couple of reasons why this is starting to slow down.
Number one, corporate profits are starting to fall steadily as the economy slows down, so there will be less income to plow into these stock buybacks.
Number two, many corporations have used debt to fund buybacks, but now it is getting tougher for corporations to get new funding as corporate defaults rise.
As stock buybacks slow, this is going to put downward pressure on the market, and we will eventually catch up with the rest of the planet. At this point, many experts are still calling for stocks to fall by another 40, 50 or 60 percent from current levels. For example, the following comes from John Hussman…
From a long-term investment standpoint, the stock market remains obscenely overvalued, with the most historically-reliable measures we identify presently consistent with zero 10-12 year S&P 500 nominal total returns, and negative expected real returns on both horizons.
From a cyclical standpoint, I continue to expect that the completion of the current market cycle will likely take the S&P 500 down by about 40-55% from present levels; an outcome that would not be an outlier or worst-case scenario, but instead a rather run-of-the-mill cycle completion from present valuations. If you are a historically-informed investor who is optimistic enough to reject the idea that the financial markets are forever doomed to extreme valuations and dismal long-term returns, you should be rooting for this cycle to be completed. If you are a passive investor, you should at least align your current exposure with your investment horizon and your tolerance for cyclical risk, which we expect to be similar to what we anticipated in 2000-2002 and 2007-2009.
When the S&P 500 does fall that much eventually, the Federal Reserve will respond with emergency measures.
So yes, we may see “helicopter money” employed in Japan and in Europe first, but we will see it here someday too.
I know that a lot of people out there are feeling pretty good about things for the moment because U.S. stocks have rebounded quite a bit lately. But remember, the fundamental economic numbers just continue to get even worse. Just today we learned that existing home sales in the United States had fallen by the most in six years. That is definitely not a sign that things are “getting better”, and I keep trying to warn people that tumultuous times are dead ahead.
And if global central bankers did not agree with me, they would not be talking about the need for “helicopter money” and other emergency measures.
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