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LIES THE BANKERS TELL (put out by http://www.dsci.ca/)


THE LIE: Banks make free loans on credit cards.

THE TRUTH: There are no free loans - People who are told they are getting a free loan are often paying more than 60% per annum (a Criminal rate of interest). See "Merchant" Discount Chart (LOOK IT UP ON THE 'NET)

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THE LIE: Loan Fees are not interest.

THE TRUTH: Every charge for the use of someone else's money is interest. - See definition of interest in the Criminal Code.

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The LIE: Banks lend out depositor's money.

The TRUTH: Banks issue credit, they do not loan money and they do not have the money to cover the credit they issue or the deposits they have taken.

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The LIE: The annual interest rate (as stated in bank loan documents), accurately represents the rate paid by the borrower.

The TRUTH: Banks state a Nominal Rate which is always less than the true (effective) rate as it does not account for compounding, which takes place every time a payment is made, or for fees which are also interest.

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THE LIE: Globalization and Huge Bank Profits are good for all Canadians.


THE TRUTH: Large corporations and speculators, particularly those in the parasitic financial sector are the only ones that benefit.

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The LIE: A "Banking Ombudsman" who is paid by a bank and can only make recommendations, is a realistic way for financial consumers to solve problems with their banks.

The TRUTH: This type of ombudsman is a joke and nothing more than an extension of the bank's collection staff. - see Canadian Community Reinvestment Coalition (CCRC) Position Paper # 1. (LOOK IT UP ON THE 'NET)

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THE LIE: Banks make financial service available to all Canadians.

The TRUTH: Access to banking and cheque cashing is denied to a significant number of low income Canadians. - see Canadian Community Reinvestment Coalition (CCRC) Position Paper # 2. (LOOK IT UP ON THE 'NET)

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The LIE: Bank lending practices meet the needs of Canadian Small Businesses.

The TRUTH: Canadian banks are not required to collect and disclose the information needed to determine how effectively lenders are meeting the needs of small business. The percentage of small businesses reporting problems with access to capital in Canadian Federation of Independent Business surveys doubled (from 20% to 40%) between 1990 and 1996. - see Canadian Community Reinvestment Coalition (CCRC) Position Paper # 3.

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A BIG LIE: There is no need for a strong, well funded, Financial Utility Board (Consumer Organization) in Canada.

THE TRUTH: See the lies above and the need is obvious. For how to make it happen
ps: here is the website that you were supposed to look up:
http://www.cancrc.org/

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"Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws."
~ Amschel Mayer Rothschild - 1838

American poet Ezra Pound warned about the inevitable coming of the american debt national travesty 70 years ago; by "Usura," Pound meant fiat currency issued by a private bank - "The Fed" - in clear defiance of our Constitution, (Article I, sections 8 and 10):

Canto XLV
by Ezra Pound

With usura hath no man a house of good stone
each block cut smooth and well fitting
that design might cover their face,

with usura

hath no man a painted paradise on his church wall
harpes et luthes
or where virgin receiveth message
and halo projects from incision,

with usura

seeth no man Gonzaga his heirs and his concubines
no picture is made to endure nor to live with
but it is made to sell and sell quickly

with usura, sin against nature,
is thy bread ever more of stale rags
is thy bread dry as paper,
with no mountain wheat, no strong flour

with usura the line grows thick

with usura is no clear demarcation
and no man can find site for his dwelling
Stone cutter is kept from his stone
weaver is kept from his loom

WITH USURA

wool comes not to market
sheep bringeth no grain with usura
Usura is a murrain, usura
blunteth the needle in the the maid's hand
and stoppeth the spinner's cunning. Pietro Lombardo
came not by usura
Duccio came not by usura
nor Pier della Francesca; Zuan Bellin' not by usura
nor was "La Callunia" painted.
Came not by usura Angelico; came not Ambrogio Praedis,
Came no church of cut stone signed: Adamo me fecit.

Not by usura St. Trophime

Not by usura St. Hilaire,

Usura rusteth the chisel
It rusteth the craft and the craftsman
It gnaweth the thread in the loom
None learneth to weave gold in her pattern;
Azure hath a canker by usura; cramoisi is unbroidered
Emerald findeth no Memling

Usura slayeth the child in the womb
It stayeth the young man's courting
It hath brought palsey to bed, lyeth
between the young bride and her bridegroom

CONTRA NATURAM

They have brought whores for Eleusis
Corpses are set to banquet

at behest of usura.

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