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To: TBP

Yes, I am not totally sold on the gold standard, but any return to an honest money policy would be golden. Instead of the fiat, expansionist monetary policy followed by the world since Nixon.


46 posted on 07/04/2019 11:44:08 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: Sam Gamgee

It’s the most effective way to stabilize the currency and prevent rampant inflation.


49 posted on 07/04/2019 9:12:34 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: Sam Gamgee; All

There is no such thing as “fiat” currency. Currency values are determined by what it can purchase. Currency is more a “faith” currency than a “fiat” currency.

Money supplies cannot be held static without being a drag on economic expansion. Gold supplies cannot expand rapidly enough to foster growth and not to do so would be politically impossible anywhere in the world.

Can you imagine using gold to pay a ten dollar bet? Would be about 135th of an ounce. Unless you are considering paying with gold dust or beads of gold, the idea is ridiculous.

They day of gold and silver as a monetary base is over never to return.


52 posted on 07/05/2019 10:15:08 AM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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