Open Letter to Barack Hussein Obama – English
Dear Mr. President Barack Obama:
Several weeks ago I sent you a letter written in Spanish. Now, I'm writing to you this
note in English; it contains very similar concepts to the developed in my previous
message. This way, I hope you understand me better. This way, I hope English
speakers better understand my reasoning, my said and my suggestions.
In my previous letter -to which I referred recently- I started congratulating you for
your successful campaign and for your nomination. And then I said more or less as
follows:
You, Mr. Barack Obama are a new Democratic president in this great country of the
North American continent, and indeed you are the first African American president
in your home country. This quite possibly will represent additional difficulties, while
it will probably pursue new directions and positions, original, interesting, special,
different lines to those developed and promoted by your predecessors.
Mr. President, I wish you good luck in your presidential term.
I personally hope that your mandate would be marked by sagacity and intelligence,
and from the bottom of my heart, I hope you understand that money matters are on
the basis of the major structural and social reforms that should be carried forward in
the United States of America and the world.
From the depths of my being, I hope that you invite your advisors to deeply explore
the real possibilities of bringing forward some of the ideas promoted from Spain by
the Joan Bardina Center, in relation to what in Anglo-Saxon literature is known as
"book-money" or "telematic money" or "telematic currency". Your advisors and
counselors will easily find interesting information on this subject at the official site
for that Spanish organization; this documentation is in English and Spanish, as well
as in various other languages, please see: http://www.bardina.org
From my humble point of view, telematic currency is called to fulfill a significant role
in our social organizational structure, and therefore it would be better if this issue
urgently goes to the top of the media and political agenda.
By the way, my suggestion is not directed to adopt the original proposal by Agustí
Chalaux without knowledge of it. His original draft might well be the starting point,
as there will be details to be changed because there will probably be approaches
adapted to local circumstances of the country concerned.
Oh, Mr. President, I almost forget. There is also another important and disturbing
issue: the use of dollar in the global economy. This is not logical and coherent, as in
the current imbalances there are obvious and irritating inequalities.
Impel your advisors to consider the matter, for the sake of humanity, and for the sake
of your country.
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The solution might be to create a truly international currency, such as an imitation of
or likeness to Bancor, proposed by the economist John Maynard Keynes.
Think about it, Mr. President. If you are the one to take such an initiative, most likely
in your hands will also be some very important definitions of the details regarding the
transition period and the final solution.
This way, if you lead this structural change, you may be in the privileged position to
make the transition less traumatic for everyone. Thereby, you may get your own
country prepared for this transition.
Think about it, Mr. President. An international currency not directly linked to a
particular currency or a group of currencies, sooner than later it’s something that is
going to impose. So you better take the initiative yourself.
Again I wish you much luck and success in your presidential term. It's really my
sincere wish.
And finishing this note, Mr. President, I send to you my best and most sincere
feelings.
Juan Carlos Anselmi Elissalde
2 / 2 - Autor: Juan Carlos Anselmi Elissalde
Digimundo al servicio de la comunidad, Digimundo atendiendo necesidades de los usuarios