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To: x_plus_one
This guy says that the reason for the civil war was to preserve the union. And he said the union was in jeopardy due to the international bankers who did not want the U.S. to be able to print it's own 'greenback' currency. Apparently, the bankers who print the money want a monopoly, globally.

Very odd notion. The US was on the gold standard, which didn't let anybody "print the money," prior to the war. And there was essentially no demand by anybody to go to a different currency system.

The CSA and USA started printing money to help pay for the war.

IOW, paper money didn't cause the war, the war caused paper money.

31 posted on 11/25/2012 5:55:21 PM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan

Watch the video, then comment.


41 posted on 11/26/2012 1:18:20 AM PST by x_plus_one
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