nelsonwinters
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My partner and I are happy to announce the public unveiling of a new site. We have already begun spreading the message with great success, as I believe you will agree after reading below.
We both were trying to figure out an alternative means of spreading the message to passing out DVDs to people. Passing out DVDs is a great idea. For $1 or $2 you can educate people on the truth about the Federal Reserve, IRS, RealID, Fractional Reserve Banking, Ron Paul...
Unfortunately, a lot of people don't watch them, they just toss the DVDs out (in my personal experience). And if they do watch them, how do you know what impact it had on them? What if they have any questions? What if they want to learn more? What if they want to get involved?
Don't get me wrong... I think giving out the DVDs is great! Especially to people who don't use the Internet. However, we kept thinking about what could be a better way to distribute the videos and came to the following idea: we'll pay people to watch videos. Jamie figured out how to make the idea work. Paying people $1 or $2 in exchange for their opinions will create the motivation. After they watch the video, we could ask (or answer) questions and get instant feedback which we will share with the community, which will create excitement, just as a successful encounter during canvassing creates excitement.
So we set up a sample and on April, 15th (ironically, tax day) we offered 10 people (Americans) $2 each to watch "America: Freedom to Fascism" and give us their opinions on it (we offered a bonus for the best response). We used Amazon's Mechanical Turk which is a service that allows you to pay people for completing tasks. The reaction far exceeded our expectations! Within minutes 10 people took the offer. The next day we read the responses. I was so surprised and pleased by the responses. Here are few excerpts:
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"I have learned a great deal about how the federal income tax is not really supported by law. That it is the lower courts that prosecute and impose as if is law. It was a really thought provoking film. Makes me leery of a lot of decisions that on the surface sound good for national security, yet when you look deeper take on a whole different meaning. I will definitly be doing research on this and follow these types of issues more closely."
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Favorite parts? "The interview with Ron Paul. After watching this video, I have been educated on many subjects that I knew little about. I wasn't really sure what the federal reserve was and what purpose it serves. I wasn't aware that we only started paying federal income taxes after 1913. These are both very new to me. I also found it quite frightening that the IRS cannot point out a law that requires U.S. citizens to pay federal income taxes. It was a coincidence that I happened to save my taxes for the last second and then watched this video. I almost don't know what to do."
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"This film impacted my opinions in that I am going to research, investigate, and ask questions on my own, before voting in the all-so-important PA Democratic Primary next week. I want to share this information with people close to me and get word out to those who go about like "blind sheep."
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I believe this could be an incredible tool in Spreading The Message to people who otherwise would not have found this information! We can see how effective the videos are to people who are unfamiliar with the information and we can direct the people who are interested in finding out more to useful websites. We will also be able to request a donation if they want to help get others educated as well, especially since some of them seem pretty fired up after watching these videos.
After we offered A:FTF, we offered "Money As Debt" to 20 Americans for $1 each with a bonus for the best response. We got great responses to that too:
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"I learned things that I'd never learned before and really never even thought of, which is scary considering that this whole money cycle is a part of life. I kept asking myself, "Why didn't I ever wonder where money really comes from?". I have always thought it was that it was the gold = paper and that the paper and coins in the world only represented what was available in tangible gold. However, now I feel a bit ripped off and angry."
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"This movie makes me realize that our system needs change, and I want to show it to everyone so that change can actually happen. If I had seen this a month ago I would have thought much more intensely about taking out my student loan."
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"This video made me realize a lot about the secret side of the banking system I was previously unaware of. I'm going to try to not rely on my credit/debit card as often and I'm going to research what each Democratic candidate (I'm undecided) wants to do about the economy, national debt, and other subjects covered in the video."
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You can read more responses for A:FTF and MAD here:
http://operationeducation.org/responses.cfm
We've tried this, we know it works, and it's a low cost way to educate people. We want to continue to do this and reach more people.
And so it is with great excitement that we would like to announce http://OperationEducation.org . We have started a Chip-In on the site with a goal to raise $2000 and use it to reach 1000-1500 more people in the next month. 100% percent of the money raised will be used to spread the videos (we've covered all the website costs ourselves). We will post the responses we get on the website, so everyone can read the exciting success stories of people "waking up".
"Such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing. The sun needs no inscription to distinguish him from darkness." -Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man"
If you feel this is a worthwhile effort please donate.
If you have any questions, ideas or comments please post them here or feel free to email us.
In Liberty,
[email protected]
[email protected]
We both were trying to figure out an alternative means of spreading the message to passing out DVDs to people. Passing out DVDs is a great idea. For $1 or $2 you can educate people on the truth about the Federal Reserve, IRS, RealID, Fractional Reserve Banking, Ron Paul...
Unfortunately, a lot of people don't watch them, they just toss the DVDs out (in my personal experience). And if they do watch them, how do you know what impact it had on them? What if they have any questions? What if they want to learn more? What if they want to get involved?
Don't get me wrong... I think giving out the DVDs is great! Especially to people who don't use the Internet. However, we kept thinking about what could be a better way to distribute the videos and came to the following idea: we'll pay people to watch videos. Jamie figured out how to make the idea work. Paying people $1 or $2 in exchange for their opinions will create the motivation. After they watch the video, we could ask (or answer) questions and get instant feedback which we will share with the community, which will create excitement, just as a successful encounter during canvassing creates excitement.
So we set up a sample and on April, 15th (ironically, tax day) we offered 10 people (Americans) $2 each to watch "America: Freedom to Fascism" and give us their opinions on it (we offered a bonus for the best response). We used Amazon's Mechanical Turk which is a service that allows you to pay people for completing tasks. The reaction far exceeded our expectations! Within minutes 10 people took the offer. The next day we read the responses. I was so surprised and pleased by the responses. Here are few excerpts:
--------------------------------------------------------
"I have learned a great deal about how the federal income tax is not really supported by law. That it is the lower courts that prosecute and impose as if is law. It was a really thought provoking film. Makes me leery of a lot of decisions that on the surface sound good for national security, yet when you look deeper take on a whole different meaning. I will definitly be doing research on this and follow these types of issues more closely."
-------------------------------------------------------
Favorite parts? "The interview with Ron Paul. After watching this video, I have been educated on many subjects that I knew little about. I wasn't really sure what the federal reserve was and what purpose it serves. I wasn't aware that we only started paying federal income taxes after 1913. These are both very new to me. I also found it quite frightening that the IRS cannot point out a law that requires U.S. citizens to pay federal income taxes. It was a coincidence that I happened to save my taxes for the last second and then watched this video. I almost don't know what to do."
-------------------------------------------------------
"This film impacted my opinions in that I am going to research, investigate, and ask questions on my own, before voting in the all-so-important PA Democratic Primary next week. I want to share this information with people close to me and get word out to those who go about like "blind sheep."
------------------------------------------------------
I believe this could be an incredible tool in Spreading The Message to people who otherwise would not have found this information! We can see how effective the videos are to people who are unfamiliar with the information and we can direct the people who are interested in finding out more to useful websites. We will also be able to request a donation if they want to help get others educated as well, especially since some of them seem pretty fired up after watching these videos.
After we offered A:FTF, we offered "Money As Debt" to 20 Americans for $1 each with a bonus for the best response. We got great responses to that too:
-----------------------------------------------------
"I learned things that I'd never learned before and really never even thought of, which is scary considering that this whole money cycle is a part of life. I kept asking myself, "Why didn't I ever wonder where money really comes from?". I have always thought it was that it was the gold = paper and that the paper and coins in the world only represented what was available in tangible gold. However, now I feel a bit ripped off and angry."
-----------------------------------------------------
"This movie makes me realize that our system needs change, and I want to show it to everyone so that change can actually happen. If I had seen this a month ago I would have thought much more intensely about taking out my student loan."
-----------------------------------------------------
"This video made me realize a lot about the secret side of the banking system I was previously unaware of. I'm going to try to not rely on my credit/debit card as often and I'm going to research what each Democratic candidate (I'm undecided) wants to do about the economy, national debt, and other subjects covered in the video."
-----------------------------------------------------
You can read more responses for A:FTF and MAD here:
http://operationeducation.org/responses.cfm
We've tried this, we know it works, and it's a low cost way to educate people. We want to continue to do this and reach more people.
And so it is with great excitement that we would like to announce http://OperationEducation.org . We have started a Chip-In on the site with a goal to raise $2000 and use it to reach 1000-1500 more people in the next month. 100% percent of the money raised will be used to spread the videos (we've covered all the website costs ourselves). We will post the responses we get on the website, so everyone can read the exciting success stories of people "waking up".
"Such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing. The sun needs no inscription to distinguish him from darkness." -Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man"
If you feel this is a worthwhile effort please donate.
If you have any questions, ideas or comments please post them here or feel free to email us.
In Liberty,
[email protected]
[email protected]
