online.wsj.com — Ben S. Bernanke doesn't know how lucky he is. Tongue-lashings from Bernie Sanders, the populist senator from Vermont, are one thing. The hangman's noose is another. Section 19 of this country's founding monetary legislation, the Coinage Act of 1792, prescribed the death penalty for any official who fraudulently debased the people's money....
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basalcellbosskDec 6, 2009
The !right wingers get together and try to push thru their crazy ass articles while normal sane people are asleep. They have websites and s**t devoted to ganging together and voting up certain submissions. They can only succeed during US night period, because in the day, normal people see the submissions, go 'wtf is this s**t?' and vote it down into oblivion. These aren't conservatives, btw, they give conservatives a bad name. Conservatives are AOK. It's the crank extremists we're talking about here.
govtdoesnotworkDec 6, 2009
Doubtful. More like an ounce of gold could buy Jesus Christ, Thomas Jefferson, and you-today a pretty nice suit of clothes, with whatever style is fashionable in each person's era. If gold were an investment, what you claim about mansions would be true. It's not. Gold is an INSURANCE POLICY to protect your value, because it's real money. In ten years, an ounce is likely to buy you a nice suit, just like it buys today. And just like it would have for either JC or TJ.
govtdoesnotworkDec 6, 2009
Keep on trollin'!
cowlesyDec 6, 2009
Dugg!!!
henri3Dec 6, 2009
Boy the trolls are out in full force on this one. Good! maybe they will learn something. Audit The Fed!! I want to know who got my money by way of the bailout's.
murrdpirateDec 6, 2009
I do agree that there are ways you could make our system work, at least in theory. But I think I'd rather have an imperfect gold standard rather than a system the government controls and inevitably f**ks up.
pintomp3Dec 7, 2009
Why make gold when you can use child slaves to mine it for you?