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Money is created out of nothing. Myth: it's based on Gold: Not so! The Gold Standard was abandoned years ago. -Well....it's not quite created 'out of nothing': it's created out of a faith based on the credit of a nation: otherwise, it would be worthless. If I give you a $20 bill, you believe (have faith) that you can use it as a medium of exchange to buy other goods or services. Moreover, there are two ways to create money (out of essentially nothing). GCM (Government Created Money), created by the federal government. People understand this method. Most people when asked would say, "well, the government creates money." That's true. But how MUCH of the money supply each year does the government create? About 5%. That's all. So who creates the rest? BCM (Bank Created Money): the private banking system. How does the private banking system "create" money? Simple! But unbelievable! Bear in mind that MONEY IS CREATED OUT OF NOTHING. So, when you make that $30,000 loan at your bank for a new truck, that amount is typed into you bankbook. Seconds earlier it didn't exist! Now YOU owe that money TO the bank, + interest! Myth: the money for your loan is somehow "backed" by deposits on-hand in the bank where the loan is made... Not so! You, as a citizen or a business, don't have a choice. Much though you might like to, you can't create money. You have to borrow your money from private banks or other lending institutions.
z It is important to realize that this is not some abstract, intellectual exercise. It's YOUR money! z You are being flim-flammed!! Year after year after year.... z Your LARGEST expenditure- (The so-called 'public debt interest', i.e., "paying down the debt") is to the private banking system!!
Article 18
The Law is the Law! In this section, we refer to Article 18 of The BoC Act, (http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/B-2/) listed under BUSINESS AND POWERS OF THE BANK. Our commentary is added in red; emphasis by underline. We mentioned earlier that since 1938 the BoC has been owned entirely by the federal government. It is essential to understand what this means, in order to understand the full significance of the powers of the BoC. In a word, the BoC may create the money to finance federal projects on a near interest-free basis. It may, if it wishes, lend money to the provinces and municipalities as well. It works this way: the coupons paid on government debt held by the Bank of Canada find their way back to the federal treasury with the rest of the bank's earnings. In recent years this important function of the bank has been left, in large part, to rust. Article 18 sets out the Bank's powers of lending to our governments. Article 18 (c), dealing with funded debt- bonds or treasury bills- authorizes the Bank to "buy and sell securities issued or guaranteed by Canada
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or any province." No restriction is set on such holdings; limits on these powers must then be sought in the real economy- whether or not further money supply created by such loans would add to the demand in an economy already employing all available resources. Were the Bank to go on increasing its lending to governments under such circumstances, it would indeed be inflationary. But such a state of affairs has not existed for decades. (i) make loans or advances for periods not exceeding six months to the Government of Canada or the government of any province on the pledge or hypothecation of readily marketable securities issued or guaranteed by Canada or any province; (j) make loans to the Government of Canada or the government of any province, but such loans outstanding at any one time shall not, in the case of the Government of Canada, exceed one-third of the estimated revenue of the Government of Canada for its fiscal year, and shall not, in the case of a provincial government, exceed one-fourth of that government's estimated revenue for its fiscal year, and such loans shall be repaid before the end of the first quarter after the end of the fiscal year of the government that has contracted the loan... Article 18 (j) deals with unfunded loans to governments- ie, advances against their income not formalized in security issues. The passage "but such loans outstanding at any one time shall not..." clearly implies that such unfunded debt may be rolled over when due. Health Care 5 Education 2 Affordable Housing 2 Kyoto Fund 1 Municipal Infrastructure 2 Armed Forces 3 Total ($billion/year) 15 Let us stretch our horizons a bit before concluding. Just suppose the money-creation function were split equally between the government of Canada (GCM), on behalf of the citizens of Canada; and the private banking system (BCM). This would release $15 billion/year (approx.) to be used for the needs of Canadians. -More good news! This would: z Reduce unemployment z Increase the GDP z Increase tax revenues for all governments, so making funds available for other projects. It would create a win-win situation! The people of Canada would benefit immensely, and on an ongoing basis; and the private banking system would still be making considerable profits. Would it 'cause inflation'? Absolutely not! It is the total amount of money which determines prices, not who creates it.
~ Conclusion ~
None of what we have been saying is all that hard to understand; nor is our 'Vision' impossible, untenable, or out of reach. But ideological persuasion is strong, especially when supported with the full force of media. Even many activists and investigative journalists appear to be unaware of the importance of uses of national Central Banks. On the basis of the information given in this tutorial, you can see that what is desperately needed in Canada (and in all G-8 countries!) is for the federal Finance Minister to direct the Governor of the central bank (in Canada's case: The BoC) to create a larger percentage of what constitutes the money supply each year. If this were done, we would have a national (and global) social structure quite different from the one we have today! The tragedy is that this could be done- today- given the political will to do so. The hope is that, someday, it will be done. We hope that YOU will do what you can to make it come to be, through educating others about the powers and capacities of national central banks. If you have any questions or comments about our tutorial, please contact us.
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posted by Chris Gupta on Thursday July 20 2006 URL of this article: http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2006/07/20/a_bank_of_canada_tutorial.htm
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