I would bet you are correct. Where CME/COMEX drops the ball is in permitting enormous concentrated short positions by a few large players, but...
Why JPM?
The free market system relies on the ability of lenders and borrowers to contract with each other in any manner they wish. If you force a lender...
Nations such as Brazil and Argentina had as much going for them as the US in terms of population and resources, yet never quite reached the same...
Prohibiting interest would mark the end if the free enterprise system, and would probably cause only very short term loans to be made so enough...
One thing to remember is that it is more important to own a form of silver that can be easily resold for full value than to purchase the cheapest...
Well, the central banking system is in the process of crashing down around us all over the world with the potential for all sorts of reversals in...
No, people also had the choice of trading gold for silver to use as money instead of FRNs. As the saying goes, you can look it up.
I don't know anything about mintages for silver rounds, but the engelhard prospectors from the early 80s have always sold at a small premium. If...
This is the pullback you have been waiting for. Everyone looks at the price every day and wishes they could buy just a little bit cheaper, but...
Well, there is no such limit in the Constitution, the unlimited printing of FRNs has a mixed history at best, and the government did not seize...
Of course, the assertion is merely opinion. Did the dollar lose more value in the 100 years prior to the Federal Reserve Act or after?
Tariffs are currently unpopular but a proven way for the government to raise revenue and to encourage domestic investment. Globalists don't like...
That's a pretty big leap. In my view, the Fed is completely unconsitutional since the power to create money was placed squarely with Congress in...
You are correct that people would not be able to hold FRNs in the form of Treasury securities if we switched to USNs. They would have to spend...
Regarding (2), the vast majority of treasury bonds are held by people and institutions for investment purposes. If the bonds were paid off, the...
Well, you still haven't explained why there would be a cap. Besides, I doubt that your way would be used anyway. There wouldn't be a conversion,...
There is no reason why USNs and FRNs won't trade 1:1 and this could easily be made so by law. The flaw is in imagining that a new USN would...
My point was that use of USNs would save money because no interest or principal payments would be required for holders of the debt other than the...
Regarding (1), my larger point is that the nation would be better off with no national debt and no interest payments on the debt. And the...
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