I am so glad I am 67yrs old and not 20yrs old starting out!! This world is on a slippery slope down and as I look at it, there is no stopping it. Everyone thinks the computer age, everything electronic is great, and a lot of it is, but with it. is coming to where the world governments will have total, complete control over everything we do, everywhere we go, who we see, what we buy.
Today I had to fill out a form to open a personal bank account with a bank where I already have my business account, what a goat screw. About the only things they didn’t ask me is if I go to the toilet once or twice a day! I remember opening my first bank account in Idaho, I went to the office, sat talked with the bank guy, when we were done, I walked out with a book of checks and my account was good to go. Today, after filling out the forms online, and before I was done I had to make a call to the bank where I got put on hold, then once I was talking to a “person”, she had to transfer me, I got cut off only to recall, then had to start all over again. Finally after getting a “person” back again and getting my questions answered, he said it will be a week or so to see if I am “good” enough for an account, then they will see about opening the joint account the wife and I want.
Banks are so afraid of you are using cash these days. They think you are a criminal if you deposit cash into your account. The bank my wife and I are leaving was really bad. “They” wanted me to tell my customers not to pay in cash, but to do electronic transfers. I told the bank if people want to pay me in cash, I will always accept it. If I deposit too much cash in the bank, they want to know where it comes from. “They” say it is because of money laundering. Guess what – the electronic age has made money laundering and fraud so much easier today, the guys in the know, all they got to do is know the process, and they can still do it. So much easier than cash. Governments are making laws so hard and strict they are making criminals from normal people. I hear all the time of Bank fraud just as much today, even more.
Today, if you are a thrifty person who can save money, you are a criminal if that money is not put into a bank where it can be tracked, where they can see what you buy, how much you spend. I have had my own business, I understand all the costs of running a business. After I buy a new vehicle, I immediately start to squirrel away cash to start buying my next one. Not much at a time, just a little, but over the course of four or five years I got enough usually to pay the majority of the cost – but not today. Here in Denmark they have passed a law I can no longer buy a vehicle with cash, legally I can only put about 10% then the rest has to come from a bank. Yes, I know I could put all my money in a bank, but what happens if times get really bad and the banks go down, they will go and take money from your account, you don’t think so? It has happened already – Cyprus, 2013. Here is a link you can read about it: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/03/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-cyprus-bank-disaster/274096/
You say, “Oh this is the U.S. or England or a “trusted” country, well, it is getting so governments can and will allow anything “they” want and guess who is behind the governments – big business, the “money” people. “These people” are behind the one world order, one world currency, and finally getting rid of currency so there is only a digital money world. Once this happens, you will loose what freedoms you have left. The governments of the world will have total control of everything. So what happens when your account gets hacked, you loose your house, your identity? These things are already happening as I write, and it will only
worse. Why do you think all this new security, as we used to call in the military: sign, counter sign setup is going on now? Because of all the hacking. One thing I have learned in life, every time a defense has been put in place, a way to breach that defense is already being worked on. Hackers are working night and day trying to get us and it doesn’t take much. Just look at your emails or text messages you receive. How many times is there a “You are the winner”, but people got wise to them, so now we are starting to get phising email which start to look real, from the government post office, from DHL, or these package firms. Once you start looking at these, you will see they are not exactly right, but the hackers are getting better and better all the time. All it takes is for a person sitting in a bank or business to click on the wrong link or email, then boom the hackers will get access to all our accounts, and this has already happened where customer’s personal information has been “robbed” and now where is the next step?
I still believe in two things: IN GOD WE TRUST AND ALL OTHER PAY CASH, and MONEY TALKS, BS WALKS. If I could, I wish all my customers would paid me in cash, just to keep the cash flowing, just to give the “finger” to banks, big business and Governments.
As I am writing this, I get an email notice that my subscription is about to run out – subscription to what? – from an xyz email server!! But how many older people get caught up in some of these scams? Must be enough that these scammers keep on trying. Just think how much good could be accomplished if all these scammers worked for good. Also where do you think all the governments get guys to develop programs to fight these hackers – hackers!!
Unfortunately here in Denmark if a business does not want to take cash, they do not have to, so I just walk out and go somewhere else. I am sorry to say, I think I am fighting a lost cause, but this old man will keep on fighting for the “cash in hand”.
Thoughts of a Crazy Old Man 