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To: SeekAndFind

Unless this money is backed by a form of collateral (US notes were backed by gold and silver), it is fiat money and eventually be worth only the paper it is printed on.


8 posted on 12/19/2011 9:37:44 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it. (plagiarized))
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To: Navy Patriot

“Unless this money is backed by a form of collateral (US notes were backed by gold and silver), it is fiat money and eventually be worth only the paper it is printed on.”

Not necessarily. Any currency the government accepts as payment for taxes is real money.


21 posted on 12/19/2011 10:56:39 AM PST by mas cerveza por favor
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