You didn't mention what caused gold to go down. It seems to me this might deserve a word or two so that one can determine if the same events are...
This seems like the classic straw man logic. That is, create a very improbable but bad situation, make it sound as if the party is 100%...
Gold is also held by central banks and governments as partial backing for their base money supplies.
You are correct about this, but if anything else, rising rates will force Americans to make sacrifices which they are not used to. I don't pay...
That was a good article, and I appreciate the topic, so I will offer up another perspective. I think what you are seeing with our coinage is the...
As long as the world runs on fiat (only for the last 41 years), then the USD will be the reserve currency. The US Military absolutely guarantees...
If interest rates are increased to say 8% - 10% or more, the price of gold & silver would start to drop and I predict the drop would be rather...
Don't accuse me of being stupid and being a copy & paste troll. If you actually read that statement that I posted and subsequent follow-up, you...
If we decide to ignore Bechtler's private minted coins which every modern numismatic description that I have ever seen refers to as a coin, then...
Indeed. At this point I was really referring to the earlier discussion of the counterfeit coins and the question asked in the OP. I agree you...
Private banks issue "money" through fraction reserve banking and they are not part of the government. There apparently isn't an official...
The point is what you said. You said that because FDR seized gold in 1933, then government can do this now and will at the behests of the...
OK using your own case, Kelo vs the City of New London and the fact that you now wish to consider state & local goverments. I cite Wikipedia on...
President Bush issued an Executive order in 2006 which limited the Federal government's ability to seize private property. There have been tens...
It won't happen because it would absolutely destroy a certain gubment owned car company which has stuffed it's dealers with close to a million...
Your argument still fails. In 1896 the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson that state sponsored racial segregation was...
I don't agree, as you neglected to get the entire definition. Dictionary.com states that they use multiple sources to pull definitions. You can...
So if the President signed an executive order to re-authorize the ownership of slaves it could do this as well? I don't think so. Again this...
Very true, but I stated my case for believing it. There is a difference between citing examples of history, coinage law, and precedent over just...
For some reason Westerners believe that 100s of millions of Chinese will be demanding Dragon coins that are being produced by a mint in Australia....
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