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Old 09-20-2007, 03:45 PM
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Default Re: Explain to an idiot the benefits of going back to the Gold standar

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As long as the government is involved, you still have the attendant problems of faith in government, no matter what type of currency you use.

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yeah the US was against a national bank for most of the 18th/19th century, president andrew jackson was totally anti-banker, in the sense of central banks.
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