An Example of Cooperation

During the time period of 14-17 November, 2008, a fire storm engulfed thousands of acres of southern Californian and destroyed hundreds of homes.   Here's what I witnessed:

Shortly before midnight, I was awakened by the sound of a siren and to the smell of smoke.   I immediately  got up, checked the house, and found nothing unusual inside.   The outside air was filled with smoke, so I closed all the windows and turned on the TV to see if there was any reports of fire.   The screen became immediately filled with the red glow of a wild fire consuming a home and the surrounding hillside.   The commentator was describing an out-of-control fire that was slightly north and east of my home.  

Over the next several hours, with a mixture of dread, hope, and  trepidation,  I watched the television reports with bags packed and pet carriers ready to evacuate if necessary as the smoke engulfed my neighborhood and a rain of ash covered everything with a dull, speckled, gray and black dust giving the world outside my window and eerie, surreal  ghost-like appearance.    

During those four crisis days and in the days following, the level of cooperation,  the masterful coordination, and the skillful execution countless in-the-moment actions on the part of the  dozens of government agencies, numerous relief organization, hundreds of fire control units, and tens of thousands of individuals was something unseen in the United States since the end of the Second World War.   

Nobody held back because they weren't going to make a profit.  Nobody was playing any false roles.   Nobody withheld for lack of personal gain.   The level of cooperation was phenominal.   Hundreds of professionals and dozens of private individuals  risked their lives is service of others and in service to the collective well being of all of us.   Everybody involved had a common goal, a common objective, and each did his or her part with the overall good of everybody in mind.   There were even some who, while their own homes were burning, worked feverishly to save their neighbor's home.   To date, no hidden agendas have shown up.   

What would happen if we had that kind of commitment focused on solving our financial crisis?   For example, with a simple commitment to stop home foreclosures for a designated time period, the banks could end the home foreclosure crisis in a matter of a few days.   Renegotiating the specifics of of the actual loans could take a months, but ending the crisis could be done immediately.    This would allow time for  overall financial system to readjust itself and time for each individual loan to be re-analyzed.   

Considering the fact that the banks are charging customers real, hard-earned interest money for the use of non-existent, make-believe money, **m2   this does seem like a reasonable compromise.   Readers are directed to three pages on TLC-Life-Center's  Economic Sanity 101 website: 

 Funding Small Businesses &  Loans to Individuals

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Notes and References 

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 http://www.Money-God-Money.info/money-defined.html#FiatMoney