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To: dollarbull
Fractional reserve banking was practiced during the gold standard years.

Exactly. So banks should hold 100% of their deposits as reserves. It's the only thing that can save us.

Not understanding this is what caused you to stay long BAC and other financials into this meltdown. Things are pretty much unstoppable at this point.

Because fractional reserve banking will cause these stocks to go to zero. Got it.

After things completely meltdown and the $US has been replaced by the Amero,

LOL!

And if they don't meltdown?

375 posted on 06/26/2008 12:44:33 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Why are doom and gloomers, union members and liberals so bad at math?)
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To: Toddsterpatriot
Exactly. So banks should hold 100% of their deposits as reserves. It's the only thing that can save us.

straw man

Because fractional reserve banking will cause these stocks to go to zero. Got it.

straw man

And if they don't meltdown?

Then you'd be correct, but that would be a 1st. I'm not betting on it.
376 posted on 06/26/2008 2:29:21 PM PDT by dollarbull
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