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To: DebtAndDelusion
On April 5, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered Americans to surrender their gold coin; the country effectively went on a paper-money standard...

Yeah and when they'd paid the public $20 +/- per once for it, he arbitrarily had it revalued to $35 !!!!

A 75% profit for Uncle on the backs of Americans the SOB
15 posted on 12/07/2005 11:10:06 AM PST by Marxbites
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To: Marxbites

"A 75% profit for Uncle on the backs of Americans the SOB"

You got that right - exactly what FDR was - an SOB.


89 posted on 12/07/2005 6:20:31 PM PST by GGpaX4DumpedTea
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