Paul, a brief comment on your remarks about the economy:

WE NEED A MONETARY SYSTEM WHICH ENCOURAGES TRADING AND THE CREATION OF EMPLOYMENT, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. THEN THERE WILL BE NO NEED FOR AN UNDERGROUND ECONOMY.
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Are you aware that it is not illegal for local communities to create they own complementary community currencies(CCC)? It was done on the island of Guernsey in 1816. Check out the following:
http://goldnews.bullionvault.com/node/2323/print
http://www.michaeljournal.org/guernsey.htm
http://www.prolognet.qc.ca/clyde/Guernsey.html

The use of CCC will not only put more and more local people to work for each other, it will increase the use of locally produced and useful products.

I am not just speaking theoretically. A group of us here, in Markham, ON, are doing it. For those interested, if you have something to trade, we are willing to share this information as to how we are doing it.

Last edited by Revlgking; 11/20/08 03:42 AM.