MONEY OR YOUR LIFE.
Chapter Eighteen.
HOW THE FUTURE COULD BE. PART 2.
Let us look at how our monetary reform would affect the problem of unemployment.
In the first place if we look around at what needs to be done to improve our environment and obtain the sort of living conditions that we, as members of the human race, deserve, then we see that there is an awful lot of work to be done, for many, many years ahead.
Work, all of which is highly desirable and which we would eagerly embark upon if we had enough money to cover the cost.
In other words there is no shortage of work, but there is a shortage of money.
At one time, Alberta in Canada was in terms of natural resources the wealthiest place on earth. But because Alberta had no money and was hopelessly in debt it was one of the poorest places on earth.
The history of Alberta makes interesting reading and if you read the Alberta story after reading this book you will see what I mean about the need for an ample supply of money to make an economy viable - An ample supply of credit is no substitute at all. Credit is a trap.
Back in 1935 the Provincial General Election in Alberta was won by 57 seats out of 63 seats by a party which proposed restoring to its Government the right to be the sole source of new money.
At that time Alberta was hopelessly in debt to the banks and had no means of exploiting the vast resources of oil in its tar sands.
That election victory gave the people of Alberta the opportunity to rise out of the trap of starving in the midst of plenty and instead to live in peace and prosperity.
A formula badly needed in Europe at the time,as the darkening clouds of war thickened by the day.
Unfortunately for Alberta, the banks in Ottawa so corrupted the Cabinet Ministers elected to reform the monetary system of Alberta that nothing ever happened.
Read that bit of history it is interesting.
Therefore when we establish the correct attributes for our currency i.e., a plentiful supply of money, the quantity of which is very strictly controlled by universally agreed upon principles, then work on a grand scale can commence, and unemployment will cease to be a problem.
Every skill under the sun will be needed, every form of expertise will be required, to renovate this old planet of ours which is getting a bit second hand.
In thinking along these lines we must remember that the work ethic has been hopelessly corrupted by an unworkable monetary system.
Work has almost become a dirty word, to be avoided if at all possible. Work has become so scarce that it has to be rationed. We are persuaded to retire early, to start working late in life, to work fewer hours and preferably to become redundant and go on the dole.
Work is out of fashion and no longer the in thing to do.
Therefore from such a climate of opinion orchestrated by the credit industry, we may find the prospect of full employment difficult to contemplate.
Nevertheless it should be clearly visible that unemployment is a completely unnecessary problem. It is too easily solved by getting our monetary system corrected.