If you think that Federal Reserve Notes are “coins”, why should we even bother to have a Constitution? Really, this is like Alice in Wonderland:
When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.
The question is, said Alice, whether you can make words mean so many different things.
The question is, said Humpty Dumpty, which is to be master thats all.
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And as for Japan, they still haven’t recovered (haven’t they?) because the government protected the zombie banks and the zombie borrowers. Someone who is ostensibly interested in a Free Republic, ought not to mischaracterize failures of government as failures of a free market.
If you think the Constitution allows a $20 fiat coin but not a $20 fiat FRN, say so.
Really, this is like Alice in Wonderland:
Said the goldbug.