To: I got the rope
CAN THE U.S. RETURN TO A GOLD STANDARD
No, I don't think so, but we can go to a land standard with the U.S. dollar back-up by the 900 million acers held by the government.
7 posted on
01/31/2004 10:29:35 PM PST by
Paul C. Jesup
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To: Howlin; Neets; ChadGore; dubyaismypresident; tgslTakoma; kristinn; Johnny_Cipher; .cnI redruM; ...
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To: Paul C. Jesup
That's scary.
To: Paul C. Jesup
My only difficulty with that is that there is a differential between what the government will pay you for land and what you could get for land on the private market. Also, there have been instances where the government will assess land at one value to maximize there ability to collect revenue, while they will then turn around and eminently domain the land for a lower price.
Resolving this difficulty could lead to a movement to abolish private real property, in order to stabilize the currency baseline.
64 posted on
02/01/2004 11:09:53 AM PST by
.cnI redruM
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