Zone1 Should CHURCHES and Synagogues USE Alternative Currencies to assist Homeless people?

Should churches and synagogues use alternative currencies to finance reality film projects?

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  • Maybe.. .but don't turn the house of God into a "den of thieves?!"

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DennisPTate

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Now in 2026 it is theoretically possible for Churches and Synagogues to use the production of
reality films to turn homeless people or drug addicts that they are attempting to assist into
reality film stars so that putting them into homes could be financed?

Rabbi's and Pastors and Priests and Nuns and other active church members cooperating
with each other to assist people who are in big trouble could assist some people to take
churches and synagogues more seriously.

If sincere church activists would pray and ask for wisdom I do believe that Jesus would show them how the Worgl Austria Local Money Experiment of 1932 could be applied very effectively in this modern era with Social Media and the possibility of turning homeless people into actors, playing the role of themselves, and the video footage could be used to finance getting homeless people into homes before the winter?

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Imagine the usage of Calgary Dollars notes as props in a series of reality films where Homeless People become actors and organizations like Celebrate Recovery help homeless people through making them famous, [if they are willing to sign artistic waivers so that the people who try this don't get sued]?
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I am hopeful that something along the line of this could even begin up here in Canada?

This could be done by USA film producers here in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and area though?
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The Truth About Money: The Money SystemIsnt There a Better Way?
by Francis and Lia Ayley] :

"City in Austria Printed Local Currency
Worgl, like many other European towns and cities, was hit hard by the Great Depression. There was mass unemployment; four of the five local factories had closed, and the people were starving in the streets. Nobody had any money to buy anything. One of the features of an economic depression is that there is not enough money in circulation to ensure that people can meet their basic needs, and in the 1930s, the shortage of currency in many countries of the world became catastrophic.

The mayor of Worgl, together with local businessmen, decided to try to break this economic impasse by creating their own local currency. They printed and issued 60,000 Austrian shillings worth of local currency. These shillings could only be spent in Worgl, so they remained in the local community and were exchanged over and over again.

The positive impact was immediate and surprising to everyone. In only six weeks, unemployment disappeared, all the factories had reopened and everyone had food. For the inhabitants of Worgl, the economic depression was gone. This dramatic transformation became known as the “miracle of Worgl.” Surrounding towns, inspired by the success of Worgl, immediately started printing their own local currencies.

Sadly, the miracle did not last long. When the Austrian Central Bank heard about Worgl’s local currency, they initiated legal proceedings against the mayor and local businessmen. According to Austrian banking law, it was illegal for anyone except the Austrian Central Bank to issue money. The bank won the court case, and the mayor was ordered to shut down the local currency, which he did, under threat of imprisonment. The town then returned to the devastating economic depression of the 1930s, with all the human pain and suffering associated with this catastrophe. Factories closed, and once again, the people starved.

Alternative Currency in the U.S.
Irving Fisher, an American professor of economics at Yale University, visited Worgl before the local currency was suppressed and witnessed the ‘miracle’ firsthand. When he returned to the United States, Fisher spread the word by traveling and lecturing across the country, advocating the use of the Worgl ‘scrip’ everywhere. Inspired by his vision, hundreds of communities began issuing their own currency, and by 1934 there were over 1,000 local communities using ‘scrip’ throughout the U.S.

Every one of these communities experienced a tremendous rejuvenation of their local economies. They thrived while others suffered. Fisher then met with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, proposing the implementation of government-sanctioned local ‘scrip’ in every community in America. When FDR consulted with his top financial advisors and bankers, however, he was advised to shut all the ‘scrip’ systems down, which he did. Instead, he borrowed large amounts of money from bankers, at interest, and used it to pay for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the other work-creation projects, which collectively came to be known as the ‘New Deal.’ So ended the last widespread use of a local currency within the U.S.

This pattern of economic collapse and re-emergence of local currencies has occurred thousands of times in many parts of the world. When these currencies have failed or have been suppressed, banks have not always been to blame. Sometimes, local currencies fail because they have been badly designed or implemented. Sometimes, people lose interest in them when the mainstream economy recovers. But they have always returned in one form or another during times of economic failure.

Our present world situation is uniquely different. Despite a relatively prosperous and stable world economy, a quiet monetary revolution has been occurring around the globe over the last 20 years. Awareness is growing about the flaws in our current monetary system, and people are re-creating viable alternatives. We are witnessing for the first time the worldwide creation of money systems designed by the people who use them, instead of by central banks.

Time Dollars in Whatcom County"

[ The Truth About Money: The Money SystemIsnt There a Better Way?
by Francis and Lia Ayley}

www.CalgaryDollars.ca/

Zone1 - this is just one way churchs are failing in their duties..


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There are reasons why film production companies in Canada could perhaps get this started. The number of Homeless people in the City of Hamilton is astonishing.




 
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