What you don't know CAN hurt you.

In my last couple emails I promised I’d be sending you some mind-altering information that would completely reshape your game plan when it comes to the future of the economy, your long term business strategy, your investments and even your personal banking habits. I have that information for you in this email and I promise you will never be the same again after viewing it. Consider these facts. (The longer you have been around the more you will appreciate what I’m about to share with you...) In 1913 a gallon of milk cost $.32. In 2008 the average price was $4.00. That’s a 1,250% increase. In 1913 a loaf of bread cost $.06. In 2008 it was about $2.16. That’s a 2,246% increase. In 1913 a car cost $490. In 2008 the average car cost $27,800. That’s a whopping 5,673% increase. In 1913 a gallon of gas cost $.12. In 2008 $1.50. A 1,250% increase. In 1913 you could buy a house for $3,395. In 2008 the average median home cost $206,200. A 6,074% increase. Here’s just a couple more... In 1950 the average US income per year was $3,210. In 2008 it was $30,465. In 1950 you could buy a new house for $8,450. Again, in 2008 the average home cost $206,200. In 1950 a box of Ritz Crackers cost $.32. In 2008, $2.99. So let me ask you... Did the value of a box of Ritz Crackers really APPRECIATE by 934% in that time? Did homes really go up THAT much in value since 1913 (6,074%)? Or did the unit of measurement (in this case the US dollar) used to purchase these things just go DOWN that much in value? Have the hard costs of producing a loaf of bread really gone up 2,246% (from $.06 to $2.16)? Quite the opposite in fact. In a true free market economy, prices actually go DOWN over time because we get better and more efficient at producing things. Machines replace human and animal labor. Computerized assembly lines allow the mass production of items at a fraction of the cost they used to. People come up with new and innovative ideas. In fact, did you know that wholesale prices for most goods were the same in 1913 as they were in 1787? Amazing. So what changed in 1913? Well, in 1913 the Federal Reserve was created and handed the responsibility of printing and issuing our nation’s currency. And contrary to popular belief, the Federal Reserve is no more Federal than Federal Express. It’s a private bank with shareholders that are paid a 6% dividend every year and that earn interest on every single dollar the Federal Reserve LOANS to the US Treasury. (When the Federal Reserve issues more greenbacks, it’s not actually issuing money. It’s issuing more DEBT. This is a burden the global financial structure can no longer support) This is a pretty big deal when you consider what three different US Presidents from three different centuries and three different political parties had to say about private banking controlling our money supply... "I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies..." "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless..." --Thomas Jefferson "I see in the near future a crisis approaching. It unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country ... the Money Power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people, until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed." --Abraham Lincoln, just after the passage of the National Banking Act of 1863 "The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government of the U.S. since the days of Andrew Jackson. History depicts Andrew Jackson as the last truly honorable and incorruptible American President." --Franklin Delano Roosevelt Private banking has attempted to control the issue of currency in the United States since it was founded but for the most part was successfully prevented until 1913. These rising prices, like the ones I just gave examples of, are actually not because of the value of things going up... But a result of the value (or the purchasing power) of the dollar going down. This is due to inflation, which is an increase in the amount of currency in circulation. This is very easy to do with paper currency (also known as fiat currency) because all they have do to is print more of it. It’s simple supply and demand. The more OF something there is, the less it’s worth. In the past, our dollars were backed by gold (this was called the gold standard), so they could only print as much as they had in gold. Really, they could be thought of more as gold receipts that could be redeemed for gold at any time. With the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913 we went from the gold standard to a partial gold standard. And then in 1971 we went completely off the gold standard (meaning our money is backed by nothing, it’s literally worth no more than the paper it’s printed on) giving the Federal Reserve the ability to print unlimited quantities of it. But here’s the scary part... It took 95 years (from 1913-2008) for the price of most things to go up 1-6,000% (ie – for the dollar to lose 1-6,000% of it’s value). That rate may soon be vertical. Since then, when the housing bubble burst in 2008, in order to artificially prop up the economy the Federal Reserve has printed more dollars into existence in the last 18 months than the United States has in the past 300 years COMBINED. And just this month another $900 billion was added into circulation. This is basically like trying to keep a dying person who just had a heart attack alive by shooting them up with cocaine. It might work for a little bit, but the long term repercussions will be severe. So where does all of this leave us? Unfortunately, this isn’t just your everyday, run-of- the-mill recession. We are, right now, still living in the greatest bubble that has ever been created and the only thing keeping it from popping is the Fed’s frantic printing of more money. But what happens when the people doing the bailouts need to be bailed out? This is a pattern that has repeated itself hundreds of times throughout history with the exact same result every single time – without fail. Fiat currencies are nothing new. Governments don’t like using gold and silver for money (the only kind that has any real true value) because it’s available in limited quantities and therefore it limits their ability to spend. Historically, fiat currencies only last for about 30 years. And then what? “All paper currency eventually returns to its intrinsic value – zero.” --Voltaire, French Historian It’s been almost 40 years for us since the US dollar became completely fiat in 1971 when it was taken off the gold standard entirely. So we’re about due. The problem is bigger than almost anyone could possibly imagine and there’s way more to it than I can possibly share in this email. That’s why I’ve put together a very important and urgent presentation for you, which I’ll share with you in a second. But essentially the short version is this: We are in the final phases of yet another fiat currency in the pages of history (there has NEVER been a successful fiat currency, EVER, just to give you an idea of the kind of odds we’re up against). And there are really only two options: 1.If the Fed stops printing money in order to allow the markets to naturally correct themselves we will fall into a depression that will make the 1930s look like the California gold rush. 2. If they keep printing money at the rate they are, it will trigger hyperinflation with the end result being the US dollar becoming utterly worthless. Or BOTH in the form of a “Hyperinflationary Depression” that people like Robert Kiyosaki are predicting. Again, I’m not the be-all-end-all on this and nothing in life is guaranteed (although in my opinion this is about as close as you can get and there are some very smart people who are pretty much betting everything on this whom I’ll introduce you to shortly). The important thing is to at least be informed and aware of it so you can make your own decisions. If this sounds a little extreme or you would like to think that maybe things will be different this time, I don’t blame you. But keep this in mind... This has already happened in dozens of countries this past century alone and hundreds of times throughout history (it’s even happened twice in the US before during the Revolutionary War and the Civil War). There is not a single case where the printing of fiat currency didn’t result in hyperinflation and the eventual destruction of that currency. For example, in Germany in 1923 their currency had become so worthless as a result of hyperinflation that it literally took a wheelbarrow full of cash to buy a loaf of bread. The only difference this time is that the US dollar is the reserve currency for not only the US, but also the entire WORLD. For the first time in history, it’s global. Everything we know and depend on in our world today is based on the trust in the US dollar. All fiat currencies are based on trust, nothing more. Once that trust is lost (and if you pay any attention to the headlines about the international currency wars brewing you know that we are dangerously close to that point) it is irreversible and the money becomes worthless regardless of its scarcity at that point. The track record for this pattern of inflation is flawless and gold has replaced every fiat currency that has ever been created in the past 3,000 years. Now on the surface, I know this might not seem like the most pleasant topic to think about. If you’re not careful, it can have a pretty negative effect on your outlook and productivity. That is, until you realize that... More people become wealthy during times of economic turmoil than at any other point. We’re actually living through the ultimate investing environment right now, if you can see it for what it is. You might be tempted to think that talking about all this stuff conflicts with having an abundance mentality, when actually the complete opposite is true. I’ve heard many people say things like “We’re only in a down economy if you believe we’re in a down economy.” Or that negative thinking attracts negative events into your life (absolutely true, but we’re talking about two very different things). It is 100% TRUE that you create your own reality through your mindset... But having a positive mindset and an abundance mentality doesn’t mean ignoring relevant facts. It means being able to improvise, adapt and overcome any circumstances and having the creativity to turn any situation into a positive. History repeats itself and you can either be hurt by it (like most people) or benefit from it, if you’re conscious of it. ----------------------------------------------------- “The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” --Winston Churchill ----------------------------------------------------- Napoleon Hill calls this “accurate thinking” and the legendary marketer Dan Kennedy says it’s the most important AND overlooked quality in Think and Grow Rich. You CAN create wealth and value in ANY situation. But first you have to be able to size up the situation and recognize it for what it is. The phrase “down economy” is relative and means different things to different people. Smart people make lots of money in both bull (up) AND bear (down) markets, but NOT if you fool yourself into thinking a bear market is actually a bull market or vice versa. Both are natural, totally normal and nothing to fear. The key to prospering no matter what is to realize that nature (and business, government, society, history, civilization, the seasons, our bodies, etc) operates in cycles. Nothing goes up forever and nothing goes down forever. That’s not natural. Trying to operate against these cycles is like trying to keep your body awake for days at a time using artificial stimulants. This particular economic cycle we’re in just so happens to be the biggest cycle the world has seen in 6,000 years. And I want to make sure you come out on top. Because we’re going to need people like you and me when all is said and done. Now like I said before, I’ve studied this stuff off and on for awhile but I am by no means an expert on it. Which is why I asked my friend Mike Dillard if he’d be willing to sit down with me and share what he’s been up to with you. Unless you’ve only been online for a few weeks you know who Mike is. He created the online funded proposal model with his book Magnetic Sponsoring (get paid to prospect people by selling simple, high-demand info products first and THEN building your downline) which is used by basically every network marketer on the internet today. He’s generated over 1,000,000 leads since he’s been online and has sold over $15 million worth of products, so he doesn’t know how to do anything half-heartedly. And when it comes to this, it’s no different. Mike’s been studying this whole subject intensely for the past 3 years and has made connections with some of the world’s top experts when it comes to the global currency and finance systems. I’ve had some conversations with him about this recently and I thought it was so important that I recently flew down to Mike’s office in Austin, Texas to film an exclusive presentation with him. I asked him to explain everything he’s been doing to position himself to take advantage of this massive economic shift going on... As well as some details on a new investment project he’s been quietly working on over the past few years. The full presentation is available to view here (but don’t go there yet): http://www.thegreatwealthtransfer.net/ There have been some really good books written on this, but for the most part, most of them kind of leave you with a feeling of... “okay, so the world’s coming to an end, now what?” And very few of them offer you any real steps you can take on what to DO about it. It’s kind of been the big elephant in the room. A lot of people have a feeling that something is seriously, seriously wrong, and there’s a lot of crazy “conspiracy” videos on YouTube about it, but most serious business people have been afraid to “go there.” At least publicly. Because frankly, no one has really had any concrete answers or solutions. That’s about to change. I’ve never seen anyone tackle this issue head-on like Mike is. I’ve been wanting to refer you to some resources on this for awhile but I knew if I was I didn’t want to present this information without handing you a way to turn it into a huge positive opportunity at the same time. Up until now I didn’t really see anything and my investment knowledge isn’t extensive enough to teach this myself. Mike’s put together what is by far the most organized, realistic and viable action plan I’ve ever seen for the average person to turn what will unfortunately be a catastrophic event for many into the opportunity of a lifetime... And to experience gains that most would consider incomprehensible today. (There's a lot more to it than just hording shekels of gold. This stuff will blow your mind. It’s already been done, and is happening right now.) Not only that, but how this pivotal event in human history will affect your business, your community and your family for the next 5-10 years. And how it will be used by the working entrepreneurs of the world to create REAL positive change in society. I encourage you to invite your family, friends and anyone you care about to attend this 60 minute presentation in its entirety with you. It’s totally free, but time is of the essence. Here’s the link. Go here now and please be ready to take notes and write down any and all questions you have. http://www.thegreatwealthtransfer.net/ To Your Success,