http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tally_stick
While all of this link is of interest, scrolling down and reading split tally stick in England is telling.
After reading and understanding it we can see the very basis of todays concerns.
That a stick was issued by a King as money, and made acceptable as payment of tax, a telling reason for its acceptance, is stunning.
Do we all understand,in all but one religion bared lending for interest?
And wait before exploding! that stopped inflation and deflation dead.
We are in complex ground.
But one group for 300 years, have prospered by controlling fed/national banks.
We will be promised a return to gold standard or one international currency.
Both are threats not promises, both enrich those folk and we pay for it.

Any person with any street smarts would surely have millions or billions of dollars tied up in lucrative property around the world, given that property is tangible and can’t disappear on wall street overnight.
I once read that the owner of Mc Donalds said that his main wealth was in the land the Mc Donalds Restuarants stood on, which was worth billions more than the business also made in selling food.

Don’t the Saudi Sheiks who own million dollar race horses etc., own a couple of banks in America, also. There surely must be some extremely wealthy Chinese business men. A lot of whom buy up extensive parcels of Australian rural properties that come on the market.

Just looking at alternatives to the Banking ideas put forward, although I am sure the wealthy
Have some huge eggs in those baskets too.

CHERFUL it would interest you if you looked at some of my searches.
While conspiracy's are a blackened thing in most minds, just see comments here are stopping.
It is worth while, we all know or should, that the whole subject is tainted by lies.
BUT if you look you will find evidence that may challenge your views about property.
A story exists,it tells of one of the very roots of the owners of many world banks, who miss reported Napoleon had won at Waterloo.
As the panic began, his agents bought up the stocks,at reduced prices.
And in the great depression, research it, those who bought it about,bought at cents in the dollar, land business shares every thing.
I think the Internet has the ability to save humanity and even free those who live under dictators.
IF it remains free, and if we can use it to find out if what we each think is true.
Sadly based on nothing but our own opinions some will not look over the next hill.

Dear Belly,

There are continual attempts in the US Congress to pass legislation to control the internet so that it is a mere creature of the corporate interests. http://perezhilton.com/2011-11-16-congress-wants-to-censor-the-internet is one link to the story. There are many others.

Davidf very true and understood, just maybe the open nature of the web will stall those efforts.
As my education was not formal, mostly self taught I have developed my own learning.
Even if I disagree with a thought or statement I research it, from both sides.
It has often helped me learn, even change my views.
I think if we lost this medium we would, all of humanity, be the worse for it.

I will start out by saying that throughout this thread I've been rather dismissive of the idea of a conspiracy, but this article in Alan Kohler's Business Spectator this morning has certainly given me cause to reconsider.
As many of you may know, Alan is a highly respected Australian financial journalist and publishes a first rate financial advisory letter, so he's certainly not someone you could call a raving Lefty - quite the opposite in fact.
In any even, I do think that what he has to say is extremely relevant to this thread.
And somewhat sobering.
Here it is:
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/hayman-oligarchies-elites-pd20120813-X4SQN?opendocument&src=idp&utm_source=exact&utm_medium=email&utm_content=89496&utm_campaign=kgb&modapt=commentary

Anthony
http://www.observationpoint.com.au