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To: C19fan

Why did FDR confiscate gold?


13 posted on 02/24/2015 12:18:47 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Government contracts payable in gold were voided. He confiscated the gold to inflate the currency.


29 posted on 02/24/2015 12:50:07 PM PST by citizen352 (Gold info)
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