The Book of Thieves
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The Book of Thieves is the story of how a greedy few destroyed a nation called Oblivion.
Oblivion was once a great place to live and work in, with excellent laws to protect everyone who worked there, and to keep conditions fair for them.
Not anymore.
A greedy few called Banksters cheated and stole after working harder at getting the rules changed and finding ways to simply ignore them than at earning an honest living.
The Banksters were assisted by an untrustworthy Trustee, a Key Holder, and Dealers.
The Oblivious - the citizens of Oblivion - did not notice until the deed was done.
This cautionary tale should be read carefully, because it can happen anywhere.
It can happen in any country, even with the best of laws.
All that's necessary is for people to not pay attention, and for a few to cheat, lie, and steal.
Those who do not pay attention can expect to lose their homes and worse.
Life is unfair, and so are the Thieves.
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The Book of Thieves - Stephanie C. Fox
The Book of Thieves
Stephanie C. Fox, J.D.
Bloomfield, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Copyright © November 2011 by Stephanie Carole Fox
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by QueenBeeBooks, Connecticut.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Name: Fox, Stephanie C., author.
Title: The Book of Thieves / Stephanie C. Fox.
Description: Connecticut: QueenBeeEdit Books, [2011].
Identifiers: ISBN 978-0-9996395-5-9 (paperback)
Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking. TRUE CRIME / General. LAW / Government / Federal.
www.queenbeeedit.com
Cover design by Stephanie C. Fox
Cover art by Stephanie C. Fox
Printed in the United States of America
Also by Stephanie C. Fox
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New World Order Underwater
The Nae-Née Inventors Strike Back
What the Small Gray Visitor Said
Elephant’s Kitchen
– An Aspergirl’s Study in Difference
Almost a Meal –
A True Tale of Horror
Scheherazade Cat:
The Story of a War Hero
An American Woman in Kuwait
Hawaiʻi – Stolen Paradise:
A Travelogue
Hawaiʻi – Stolen Paradise:
A Brief History
This story is dedicated to the next generation of citizens
in the hope that they will take their country back, and keep it.
I wish that the previous generations had thought ahead more on their behalf.
Table of Contents
The Tale of the Thieves
The Land of Oblivion
The Loophole
The Tools of Thievery
The Trustee
The National Casino
The Banksters
The Codification
The Key Holder
The Dealers
The Obliterated
The Observers
The Sudden Flushing Sound
The People Who Wouldn’t Pay Attention
The Moral without Morale
Appendix: The Menu
Appendix A: The Want Ad
Appendix B: The Flash Cure
Appendix C: The Bedtime Story Ending
The Tale of the Thieves
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I will tell you the story of how a great country lost its security.
There once was a great country with people, leaders...and thieves.
The people did not notice the thieves, and the leaders did not see that the thieves were thieves, because the thieves were called by other names.
The thieves had labels that made them seem benign and respectable, such as bankers, brokers, investors, corporate attorneys, and other such titles. The thieves handled money, and most of it belonged not to them, but to the people.
The thieves knew that it wasn’t their own money, but they did their best to control as much of it as they could, and to keep as much of it as they could for as long as they could. The thieves also worked hard to find ways to take money away from people and to never, ever give it back to them. After all, that is what makes them thieves.
The people did not notice what was happening until it was too late, because they had a great system of laws that applied to the thieves and to themselves. They thought that this would be enough. But it wasn’t enough, because laws need honest people to make sure that they are followed and not eroded with lots of little conflicting rules and regulations.
No system sits on its own, taking care of itself, no matter how well written it is.
It took a while for the people to realize this.
Meanwhile, the thieves had a wonderful time.
The name of the country is Oblivion, and its people are the Oblivious.
The characters in this tale are: The Banksters, the Dealers, the Trustee, the Key Holder, the Obliterated, the Observers, the Assembly, the High Court Judges, and the Chief.
Together, their actions and inactions, their crimes and carelessness, ruined Oblivion.
None of this is new; it has happened to other nations in the past, and will happen again.
It happens because some people are greedy criminals, and others don’t pay attention.
This is an alarming tale, perhaps too frightening for children. Then again, perhaps not...
It is a cautionary tale, and cautionary tales are exactly what children should be told.
The Land of Oblivion
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The Land of Oblivion was a huge, beautiful country. It stretched across an entire continent, and had many different climates, landscapes, species of plants and animals, and fish. It had mountains and plains, forests and deserts, lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and waterfalls.
Many of these beautiful places were set aside, not to be built upon, and called parks. The people of Oblivion went to the parks when they wanted to see and hear and smell nature, and to enjoy the quiet, away from the ambient light of buildings,