The USA needs a Monetary Revolution to end distortions and losses in our economy, repeal unconstitutional laws, and end corruption in government and the financial services industry. Most of our citizens have accepted the immoral and counterproductive attitude that; 1) The government should and will bail out most people and businesses that get in financial trouble, even if due to irresponsible, self-serving, conduct, and 2) It is proper to tax others (typically 'the rich' and 'corporations') to fund benefits for yourself. Federal money feeds these bad habits. The economic and moral decline of our country and its worldwide empire are the result. What does our monetary system have to do with this? The key underlying issues are: 1) Internationally, the US Dollar is the world's reserve currency (while this status lasts), so we can create dollars out of thin air to pay our foreign debts without facing exchange-rates (very handy for our big spending government !), and 2) Domestically, our central bank, the Federal Reserve System, supplies the fake money to fund the excessive federal spending (politicians like that better than raising taxes), plus recent massive bailouts of firms run by their friends, using phony reasons such as 'too big to fail'. All of this Federal spending leads to an excess increase in our money supply, which causes price inflation and eventual failure of the US Dollar as its value drops worldwide. Thus, our present mode of operation is not sustainable and must end. All developed nations today control their monetary systems tightly, including 'legal tender' laws that in various ways force people to use the 'official' government money. History shows us that private money and banking always works well, where anyone can create money and run a bank, and the only government role is to prevent fraud and theft. Thanks for your interest and support, Dave Redick
About the Author: Biography of Dave Redick Personal: Dave grew up with his two brothers in a middle class family near Detroit, MI. When he was 14, the family moved to an 80-acre general farm near Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has an honorable discharge from the U.S. Army Reserve. After 46 years in California, he moved to Madison, WI in 2004 to be near his family. Education and Business: Dave won a four-year tuition scholarship to the University of Michigan, based on grades, activities (Sr. Class President, sports), and need, and started in the fall of 1953. He completed his engineering degree in 1958.Upon graduation he worked as an aerospace engineer for 5 years (rocket engines and satellites) in California, then started his career in telecom sales and management. In 1965 he earned an MBA in Economics from Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA, and after management positions in several other firms, in 1995 became VP Sales, then President, of a wireless engineering consulting firm www.hntelecom.com. He left in 2000 to be VP and cofounder of a Silicon Valley telecom startup 'Fiberstreet' (closed, see Google), and helped raise $6 million of venture capital. He moved to WI in 2004, and started Sustainable Energy Earth, a renewable energy engineering consulting firm. Since 2009 he has also worked as a Speaker and Author of books on the interaction of governments, business, people, and economics. Political: In 1978, Dave became concerned about economic and social damage caused by counterproductive government 'management'. He then read about and discussed this subject widely and became an activist for more cost-effective, and less abusive, government. He ran for Congress as a Libertarian in 1982 in District CA-1, then returned to his Republican roots and ran again in 1984 with Reagan in the same District. During the G. W. Bush administration, Dave became concerned about the Republican Party's departure from its core principles. In 2007 he was the Wisconsin contact for The Republican Liberty Caucus (see www.WI.RLC.org and www.RLC.org), which promotes the principles of limited government and free enterprise. In May, 2008 Dave founded 'Americas' Roadmap to Success' (ARTS), as a project on his website www.forward-usa.org. Contact Dave at: Dave@Forward-USA.org.