From: "ScanThisNews" <mcdonalds@airnet.net> Subject: [FP] National "Know Your Banker" Campaign Kick-off Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:12:22 -0600 To: "ScanThisNews Recipients List" <scan@efga.org> ====================================================================== SCAN THIS NEWS 12/23/98 National "Know Your Banker" Campaign Kick-off Following are two combined SCAN notices regarding the "Know Your Customer" banking proposals, and our own SCAN-proposed "National Know Your Banker" campaign: 1ST NOTICE: NATIONAL DIRECT DEPOSIT WEEK The nation's banks are planning to gradually convert everyone over to electronic banking. A series of campaigns have been planned with the objective of getting people to sign up for debit-cards, smart-cards, and direct deposit banking. (Direct Deposit means that you sign an agreement with your employer to have you paycheck directly deposited into your bank account electronically.) Total electronic banking will result in a windfall profit for the banking industry as a whole. In furtherance of their goal, the week of January 25-29, 1999 has been designated as "National Direct Deposit Week." That week, banks across the country will participate in a campaign to condition people to acceptance electronic "Direct Deposit" banking. According to one promotional piece, "the Direct Deposit marketing campaign will target employers; financial institutions; government officials; as well as community, professional, and civic groups." During the promotional period, banks will offer incentives for consumers to sign up for Direct Deposit; radio promotions will be aired in local markets; and financial institutions and corporations will be encouraged to create similar activities with their customers and/or employees. So far public acceptance of electronic banking has been somewhat lackluster. However, at the upper levels of the world's banking community, the decision has been made to convert to total electronic banking linked to a global financial network. The upcoming Direct Deposit campaign is just one small example of the overall plan. Here's a link for additional information: Promoting Direct Deposit -- The Public Education Campaign http://www.ezpay.org/campaign.html 2ND NOTICE: NATIONAL KNOW YOUR BANKER WEEK SCAN would like to propose that the week of January 25-29, 1999 be declared National "Know Your Banker Week" to run concurrently with the banking industry's Direct Deposit campaign. During that week, we encourage EVERYONE to make a concerted effort to learn as much as you possibly can about your nation's banking system. Learn how check clearinghouses are already monitoring every checking transaction, and how profiling is already being done in that industry. Learn how credit card companies also currently monitor each purchase and "flag" suspicious or out-of-character activity. Find out how money is "created" (according to the Federal Reserve) at your local bank whenever a loan is "granted." Learn how every single "dollar" is loaned into circulation - at interest - which means that, at all times, more money is owed (principle + interest) than has been "created" or loaned out into the economy. Hence, we as a nation can NEVER again be "solvent;" we will be perpetually in debt to the bankers; we can never "pay back" more than has been circulated. (For explanation, see http://home.hiwaay.net/~becraft/CARDS.html ) Learn about "fractional reserve banking," which by definition means that only a "fraction" of the public's money can be withdrawn from the system at any given time without inducing a banking collapse. Learn how bankers use this "fraction" to "create" more "credit money" which they then "loan" to you under demand for some real property collateral. Learn how your money has been gradually debased: silver coins which used to be made of "precious metal" have been surreptitiously converted to a substrate of worthless composites sandwiched between two thin layers of slightly less-worthless "silver colored" nickel to make them resemble the genuine silver coins. In circulation, they all look the same. But the latter versions are "worth" about 90% less than the former. Even the lowly penny has been stuffed with totally valueless zinc leaving only a thin shell of co pper a few thousandths of an inch thick on the outer surface to fool the public. Seems to have worked well. Who stole the "precious" material and substituted the cheap slag? Who profited from the change (pun intended)? Was your banker a willing participant? Learn how gold and silver "certificates" which were once redeemable for warehoused gold and silver coin were substituted with worthless, un-backed "Federal Reserve Notes" that cannot be redeemed but look exactly like the redeemable certificates - save for the absence of any "promise to pay." Who was manning the warehouses when this substitution took place? Your banker perhaps? Based on what you learn from the foregoing exercise, decide whether or not the banking institution's "Know Your Customer" program is being instituted with YOUR best interest in mind. Use this "Know Your Banker" campaign to ask your banker to sign a simple affidavit certifying that your funds WILL ALL BE AVAILABLE for withdrawal "on demand" come January 1, 2000. Take the opportunity of the National Know Your Banker Week to learn about all that your banker has done and is planning to do (for you) as you are converted to total electronic banking over the next few years. (Remember, the federal government has already converted to total electronic transactions, and it can be fairly anticipated that soon all employers will be compelled to make employee payrolls using direct deposit so that payroll tax payments can be collected electronically.) Most importantly, take the opportunity of the "National Know Your Banker Week" to file a comment with any or all of the four agencies that have submitted "Know Your Customer" proposals. After the upcoming holiday period, we will provide all the necessary contact information along with a selection of sample "letters of objection" so that everyone can easily take part in this campaign. We will also provide material which will reveal that, in reality, under our current system of "fiat money," ALL banking activity IS "money laundering" engaged in BY THE BANKERS. Looking forward to your participation. Happy holidays, Scott --------------------------------------------------------- Complete detailed information on all four of the proposed Know Your Customer regulations can be found at: http://www.networkusa.org/fingerprint.shtml See these important links to learn more about how money is created. http://home.hiwaay.net/~becraft/MONEYbrief.html http://home.hiwaay.net/~becraft/FRENEAUbanking.html http://home.hiwaay.net/~becraft/FSanders.htm Franklin Sanders - "The Money Changer" http://www.the-moneychanger.com/ --------------------------------------------------------- Promoting Direct Deposit -- The Public Education Campaign [From the pages of the New York Clearing House Association] http://www.ezpay.org/campaign.html Campaign Goal: The goal of our campaign is to increase Direct Deposit use among consumers by 5 percent each year for the next five years. Campaign Activities: The Direct Deposit marketing campaign will reach employers, financial institutions, government officials and community, professional and civic groups. In addition, January 25-29, 1999 has been declared "Direct Deposit Week" -- an opportunity to spur excitement through incentives for consumers to sign up for Direct Deposit. Radio promotions will take place in local markets, and financial institutions and corporations are encouraged to create similar activities with their customers and/or employees. Campaign Success Over the past two years, Direct Deposit enrollment has increased by over 540,000 employees. Outreach to Employers: Top 1,000+ Employers (Fall 1998) Direct mailing to solicit interest among Payroll Managers throughout New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Kick-off luncheons in September/October 1998 -- New York City, Long Island, Rochester, and New Jersey Catalog of promotional materials, offered at cost, for interested employers A Guide to Increasing Direct Deposit Participation [link] A Guide to Implementing Direct Deposit [link] Outreach to Financial Institutions (Fall 1998) Catalog of promotional materials, offered at cost, for banks' use with retail customers "How to Guide" for promoting Direct Deposit to retail customers Media announcement to banking trade publications, general business media Grassroots Outreach (Fall 1998) Mailing of information and materials to community, labor unions, professional associations, women's/men's groups, minority associations, fraternal groups and civic groups. Promotional Events and Media Relations (Winter 1999) Direct Deposit Week (January 25-29, 1999) Radio Promotion -- Call-in contest to answer "What is the most impulsive thing you've ever spent your paycheck on?" Winners to receive equivalent of one week's pay via Direct Deposit (up to $1,000). Media Relations -- Outreach to print and broadcast news media, both general interest (daily newspapers, local radio and television) and trade (payroll publications, banking trades); release of research survey results. Branch/Company Activities -- Financial institutions and company activities, incentives and events to celebrate Direct Deposit Week e.g. free/discounted services, giveaways of promotional items, free concert tickets or other prizes for 100th customer to sign-up, contest/quiz with week's pay as prize. We welcome your thoughts, ideas and recommendations on making the Direct Deposit Campaign a success. 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