Real Deal Dim Sum — Is the Popsicle Index Important?

October 14, 2006

By Catherine Austin Fitts

The Popsicle Index is the % of people in a place who believe that a child can leave their home, go to the nearest place to buy a popsicle (ice cream) and come home alone safely.

As a government official and private investor, I found that the Popsicle Index was essential to understanding return on investment in the management of the US financial system.

A deterioriating Popsicle Index globally has been a leading indicator of the slide in our physical and financial security and the centralization of wealth through predatory currency, lending and business practices managed by the central banking and G-8 governmental apparatus.

Today, in an effort to explain relative values to a colleague, we decided to to see what the Internet might indicate about whether or not people care most about the basics — a home of our own, a safe environment, free time, an education and a good job.

I checked Google to see how many hits numerous topics commanded in terms of internet attention. My colleague described them as “most interesting.”

 

Google Hits for the following subjects — in millions
October 12, 2003
Home 1740
Time 430
USA 392
Security 337
Community 301
School 281
Sport 259
Money 254
TV 236
Love 222
Jobs 186
Health 185
War 185
Family 179
America 170
Phone 159
Environment 150
Law 149
Music 124
Kids 122
Energy 117
Water 117
Sun 103
Credit 97
Star 94
Earth 93
Land 92
Talk 90
Food 88
Medicine 79
Heart 73
Economy 64
Gold 63
Sex 63
Stock 61
Bank 57
Investment 57
Religion 54
Gas 51
Drug 49
Church 47
Ships 49
Crime 46
Politics 46
Disease 44
Oil 37
Fraud 36
Peace 36
Cat 36
Teacher 33
Cancer 33
God 31
Spirit 28
Sleep 27
Currency 26
Democracy 26
Basketball 22
Dog 22
Catholic 18
Neighborhood 16
Equity 17
Debt 17
Wealth 16
Mortgage 13
Angel 12
While each one of us will interpret the meaning of this data differently some immediate opportunities are indicated. Imagine a world where government workers were paid according to the actual performance of the Popsicle Index as voted on by the citizens. Imagine a stock market in which a rise in the Popsicle Index would trigger a rise in the Dow Jones Index and a fall in the Popsicle Index would trigger a fall in the Dow Jones Index and as a result we enjoyed a total expansion of total wealth.

Like Chinese dim sum — it’s something lite on which to chew.