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Navigating the Falling Dollar

& the Shift to Sustainability

Catherine Austin Fitts

Solari Inc. November 2006

“You’re either part of the solution, or you’re part of the problem.”

-Eldridge Cleaver

“You’re either or you’re financing the solution, financing the problem.”

-Solari

Overview

Diagnosing The Tapeworm

$1mm Portfolio Example - Before and After

Feeding the Tapeworm vs. your financially intimate networks

But, but, but … what if I don’t have $1mm?

What that Means in Your Community

$1mm here and $1mm there, and pretty soon the Tapeworm has all our money

Powershifting towards a New World Together

Opportunities expand as our financially intimate transactions and networks grow

Getting Started

Seeing diamonds in your own backyard

Introducing

The Tapeworm

Our Central Banking - Warfare Economy

Are you intimate with the Tapeworm?

Tapeworm vs the People

• We are a “we”

• We have harnessed the power of prayer and meditation

• We are emerging fields and plans all the time

• We are networked globally

• We build our own maps

• We understand how $ works

• We use community currencies

• We are integrating sustainable technologies and reducing our economic footprint

• We have the power of nonviolence and right dealing

• We minimize money to and from government

• We have brought transparency to government money in our areas

• We pay each other well

• We are financially sustainable

• We invest in ourselves and our networks

• We admire ourselves and our networks

• We are attracting capital and building control of strategic and tangible resources worldwide; our living and financial equity is rising

-WE ARE MANY , THEY ARE FEW --

Let’s look at all parts of our financial operations

• Time, Attention & Admiration

• Currency

• Purchases

• Deposits and Debt

• Investments and Pension Funds

• Donations

• Taxes

Mapping the money flows through my home, my neighborhood and my networks

The Tapeworm:

Central Banking - Warfare Economy

Example: A $1mm portfolio

US Govt Fixed Income

Full Faith & Credit:

$100,000 US Treasury Bonds

25,000 US Treasury Note

75,000 Mortgage Securities

Indirect Credit:

$25,000 Mortgage Securities

25,000 Mortgage Securities

25,000 Student Loan Securities Debentures

Global Govt Fixed Income

$140,000 World Bond Fund

Corporate Fixed Income

$50,000 Bond Fund

Bank CDs

$100,000 CD in NY Fed Member Bank

25,000 CD in NY Fed Member Bank

25,000 CD in NY Fed Member Bank

Short Term & Cash Equiv.

$25,000 Big Mutual Fund Co. Tax Exempt Fund

10,000 NY Fed Member Bank Checking Acct

Stocks

$75,000 Individual stocks in large govt contractors and large NY Fed banks

40,000 Energy Fund – oil, gas and coal

100,000 in two SRI Social Index Equity Funds

Home

$500,000 Split level in suburbs

350,000 Shore condo

700,000 Mortgage debt

Favorite Charity: Harvard University

What are we financing?

Example: Novartis & Ritalin

Kids on Ritalin US (est.)

Novaritis P/E (est.)

Profit Per Kid (est.)

Stock Market Value: (est.)

Per Kid on Ritalin US

All US Kids on Ritalin

10,000,000

32x

$54

$1,720

$17,200,000,000

The Tapeworm:

Central Banking - Warfare Economy

Our sample $1mm …what are we financing?

•NY Fed Member Banks

•Barrick

•Bank of NY

•CACI

•CCA

•Citibank

•Energy Companies

•Exxon

•Fannie/Freddie/Ginnie/Sallie

•Global governments

•IBM

•Halliburton

•Harvard

•Local school district and local govt

•Lockheed Martin

•McDonalds

•Monsanto

•Novartis

•RJR

•SRI Social Index Fund

•US Treasury

 Centralization of political corruption

 Financial Coup d’Etat: trillions missing from US government

 Fiat currency and debasement of the currency

 “Piratization” and market manipulation

 Jobs moving abroad

 Debt bubble and fraudulent inducement

 Black budget ops & assassination

 Food seed/water/energy monopoly

 Environmental degradation

 Arms and narcotics trafficking

 Warfare and economic warfare

 Dirty money, money laundering & financial fraud

 Torture in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay

 Space weaponry, surveillance and invasion of privacy

 Drugging and poisoning of children

 9-11 and global conquest

 Suppression of technology

 Suppression of financial disclosure

 Corruption of government officials and process

Socially Responsible Investment

• Solari Audio Seminar: Beyond SRI I

• Most SRI is pro-Tapeworm

• Most SRI promotes intentional naiveté

The Tapeworm:

Central Banking - Warfare Economy

Our $1mm portfolio - is it sound?

• Zero Diversity

- Entirely dependent on US Federal Credit

• Federal Credit is Unsound

- Heart of the Negative ROI System

• What needs to grow to provide the investment yield?

Warfare … Dirty Money … Facism … Inflation …

Depopulation … IMF Workout …Market Manipulation …

Peak Oil … Suppression of Technology … IRS

• What always happens in the end?

- Insiders are protected … Outsiders thrown overboard

My Kids’

School

Mom’s

401k

My Bank

Where is the money in your neighborhood going?

My Family

Budget

Taxes

Grandma’s

Church

The Tapeworm

Who’s Who

 Large banks

 Large corporations

 US government

 Corporate media

 Oil companies

 Defense and other govt contractors

 Agribusiness

Activists

Municipality

Would YOU push the red button?

What Went Wrong?

Dow Jones vs. the Popsicle Index

Dow Jones

Index

Popsicle

Index

1950s

150

Very High

Now

10,000 +

Low

Tapeworm Equity Takeover

Centralizing the Financial Data & Equity of a Place

After

Profile

Retail Sales

Govt $

Profits

Multiplier

Local Equity

Ownership,

Expertise,

& Control

Before

100 small businesses

& farms

$100,000,000

$50,000,000

$10,000,000

1-5x

$10-50,000,000

90% locally owned

100+ local owners

• Financially Intimate

• Reinvesting locally

• Local control, expertise

2 big businesses

$100,000,000

$50,000,000

$10,000,000

10-15x

$100-150,000,000

10% and declining

10+ local owners

• Loyal to the Tapeworm

• Reinvest in Tapeworm

• Declining control, exp

• HUD Assets

• $4 Trillion Missing

• Private Prisons

• Mt Shasta

“Piratization”

US & Global

• Rape of Russia

• Enron in India

• Latin America

• Precious Metals

Manipulation

The Definitive Case Study On

The Tapeworm

by Catherine Austin Fitts

“Make a law, make a business.”

-- old New Jersey street saying

Purging

The Tapeworm

It’s time to reverse the drain!

Coming Clean

The Solari Strategy

Goal

-Maximize Your Returns

Invest in Increasing

Total Returns

-You: time and money

-Your Ecosystem: living & financial equity

-The Players in Your Ecosystem: their needs and risks

Risk Management

- Delete Bad Dogs & Debt

- Finance strategic resources/lower expenses

- Organize/invest in your allies

Result

-Use knowledge about how to create value for the good guys and the whole system to create greater security and value for yourself

• Example: Monsters, Inc.

Investment Strategies

Makes Money

Loses Money

Popsicle Index

Ex: Anticipate

Popsicle Index

Play With

Tapeworm

Build Real

Wealth

Ex: Follow Ex: Drop Out

Our Greatest Leverage Point

How do we make money turning the Red Button Green ?

Financially Intimate Investing

Global Local

Liquid

Example:

Stock in Small

Sustainable

Technologies Co.

Example:

CD in Local Bank

Non-

Liquid

Real Estate in

High Popsicle

Index Place

Example:

Your Home,

Local Venture

Think “cui bono” – who are your financial intimates?

Note: Nothing in this presentation should be taken as individual investment advice.

One Family – After Financial Intimacy

Example: $1mm portfolio -- diversified and profitable

Local Non-Liquid

$550k

$300,000 30 acre farm in farm community with improvements (no debt)

95,000 Mortgages financing homes for my sister and a neighbor

5,000 Refinancing of cousin's credit card debt (warning/disclaimer)

150,000 Reserved for direct local investment and to pool with

Solari Investor Circle:

Financial investments

Networking, lobbying, asset mapping/databank

● Learning and intellectual mastery

● Donations/tithes

*Technically it is currently in Local Liquid – however treating as non-liquid for purpose of aggregates

Think “cui bono” – who are your financial intimates?

Note: Nothing in this presentation should be taken as individual investment advice.

Anyone seeking investment advice for his or her personal financial situation should seek out a qualified advisor and provide as much information as possible so that such advisor can take into account all relevant circumstances, objectives, and risks before rendering an opinion as to the appropriate investment strategy.

One Family – After Financial Intimacy

Example: $1mm portfolio -- diversified and profitable

Local Liquid

$75k

$5,000 Checking account/money market at well managed local community bank

20,000 CDs at well managed local community bank

10,000 Cash, silver and gold coins in deposit box

10,000 Cash, silver and gold coins at home

25,000 Publicly traded stocks for companies based in my area or region with leadership and products personally known to me or to people I trust

5,000 Local tax-exempt bonds of municipal agencies run by people we know and respect doing things that we believe raise our Popsicle Index

Think “cui bono” – who are your financial intimates?

Note: Nothing in this presentation should be taken as individual investment advice.

Anyone seeking investment advice for his or her personal financial situation should seek out a qualified advisor and provide as much information as possible so that such advisor can take into account all relevant circumstances, objectives, and risks before rendering an opinion as to the appropriate investment strategy.

One Family – After Financial Intimacy

Example: $1mm portfolio -- diversified and profitable

Global Non-Liquid

$200k

$100,000 IBC/Gold and silver bullion in depository in Europe

90,000 IBC/Investment in land and cottage next to cousin's in-law's farm in Central America (High Popsicle

Index, Low Cost)

Expected IBC/$25,000 Reserve for improvements to land and cottage (Currently held and counted in interest bearing accounts under Global Liquid)

Expected IBC/$25,000 Micro equity – Reserve to invest local

Currently held in interest bearing deposits at local bank in Central America under Global Liquid)

10,000 Angel investment in college roommate’s wind farm company

Think “cui bono” – who are your financial intimates?

Note: Nothing in this presentation should be taken as individual investment advice.

Anyone seeking investment advice for his or her personal financial situation should seek out a qualified advisor and provide as much information as possible so that such advisor can take into account all relevant circumstances, objectives, and risks before rendering an opinion as to the appropriate investment strategy.

One Family – After Financial Intimacy

Example: $1mm portfolio -- diversified and profitable

Global Liquid

$175k

$25,000 IBC/Digital Gold and Silver

75,000 IBC/High Popsicle Index Places

25,000 IBC/Basket of Local Stocks and Local Bank CDs

50,000 IBC/Small and Mid-Cap Stocks – Focus On:

•Decentralizing, sustainable solutions

•Products & services that lower monthly expenses and/or increase self-sufficiency, promote good health, save time, make fresh food more available/affordable

•Operations that are excellent on sustainable basis

•Stocks of above available on an economic basis

Think “cui bono” – who are your financial intimates?

Note: Nothing in this presentation should be taken as individual investment advice.

Anyone seeking investment advice for his or her personal financial situation should seek out a qualified advisor and provide as much information as possible so that such advisor can take into account all relevant circumstances, objectives, and risks before rendering an opinion as to the appropriate investment strategy.

Solari

Circles

My Kids’

School

Mom’s

401k

Where is the money in your neighborhood going now?

My Family

Budget

Taxes

Local Venture

Funds

Financially Intimate

Who’s Who

 Local banks

 Small companies

 Local municipal

 Independent media

 Renewable energy

 Local contractors

 Local organic farmers

Grandma’s

Church

Activists

My Bank Municipality

Expanding intimate knowledge, intimate networks & places

What does a financially intimate neighborhood look like?

Decentralizing and growing the financial equity of a place

Now

Profile

100 small businesses

& farms

Retail Sales

Govt $

Profits

Multiplier

Local Equity

Ownership,

Expertise,

& Control

$100,000,000

$50,000,000

$10,000,000

8-12x

$80-120,000,000

51% locally owned

100+ local owners

1,000+ local investors

• Financially Intimate

• Reinvesting locally

• Local control, expertise

• Alignment of local/global

$30,000,000 capital gains locally for small business owners, individual investors, and Solari circles

From Centralizing Tapeworm …

To Financially Intimate Neighborhoods

WALL ST Central

Government

Main

Street

Main

Street

Main Street

Getting Started

Do only what gives you energy

 Free up 2-4 hours/week + $x/month

- turn off your TV, eliminate corporate media, resign from Tapeworm organizations

 Ask ‘Where do I live?’ and ‘Who is my affinity group?’

 Acquire maps and techniques for Tapeworm evasion

 Start coming clean

- prayer and meditation, bank local, eat fresh and local, purge Tapeworm toxins

 Lower overhead and debt, increase self-sufficiency & skills

 Become an investor

- cultivate intimate knowledge, intimate networks, sphere of influence

- become investment worthy, focus on tangibles, local, sustainable technologies

 Network globally/Access offshore resources

 Play Solari Strategy

- use the Popsicle Index to identify opportunities

- build equity, rather than yield

- cultivate transparency

 Start or join a Solari Circle asap

Solari Circles

Don’t ask if there is a conspiracy….if you are not in one, you need to start one

New at Finance and Investment Seasoned at Finance and Investment

• DVD Series

• Financial Workshops

• Alternative Energy Series

• Reducing Debt Together

• Finding a Local Bank Together

• Freecycle members homes

• Energy audit members homes

• Doing a Hand

• Lending within the Group

• Joining a Precious Metals Savings Plan

• Aggregating Purchases

• GP for local and sustainable technology securities

• GP for angel investment

• Going local campaign with local bank stock or farmers or home repair equity investment

• Do feasibility study for local venture fund

• Look for local government reengineering opportunity

• Back local candidate

One Neighborhood

Becoming Financially Intimate

• More and more neighbors practicing financial intimacy, building real wealth

• Forming Solari Circles to come clean together

• Forming financially intimate networks between individuals, circles, farmers, businesses, government, other locales

• Increasing liquidity of currency and equity outside the Tapeworm

• Expanding opportunities for place based and solution based investing

• Building databanks of how our money works

• Forming local venture funds; attracting investors; shopping where you invest

• Increasing Tapeworm risk management strategies

• Living and financial equity rising

Next Steps

 Solari Workshop: Saturday

Access: Solari Audio Seminar CDs & DVD

Beyond SRI 1& II, Precious Metals Miniseries, Building Real Wealth, Where

Would Jesus Bank, Navigating the Housing Bubble

Consulting & Speeches: By appointment

 Website: solari.com

 Sign up for updates

 Links to resources

 Catherine’s Blog - Top Picks

 Upcoming Solari Audio Seminars & Wikipedia

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