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Apr 20 2009

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Neal Katz

I Want To Invest In America! The Movement

Filed under Economic Recovery

The Prosperity Mandate information only group has launched a national campaign calling for a sustainable and renewable national monetary policy.  TPM is asking every citizen in America to tell President Obama:  “I want to invest in America.”

I WANT TO INVEST IN AMERICA!

I want to invest in America.  I want protection and incentives for my money.  I want a FundAmerica plan.   President Obama:  I want to invest in America!

Faced with the dilemma of financing WWII President Franklin D. Roosevelt received adamant advice to raise taxes and introduce a forced savings program.  Instead, FDR wisely followed the advice of Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgentthau, JR., who working with Peter Odegard, a political scientist specialized in motivating masses (read propaganda) created the War Advertising Council.  The result was a whopping $187.5 Billion ($2.5+ Trillion dollars adjusted for inflation into 2009 dollars) to fund the war effort.  Just as important as the money, the War Bonds became a rallying cry for the public to express its patriotism, follow its iconic leaders’ calls for action, and allowed for 85 million Americans to actively participate in the War effort. Continue Reading »

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