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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1326215, member: 26302"]You are correct, but Cloud's point is if the average Joe in a bank, seeing money all day, have no clue as to the legal nature of the obligations, just what chance does the average Joe on the street NOT working at a bank have? The answer is none. </p><p><br /></p><p>Its not bragging, but everyone here has to face it that you are a tiny little elite in this nation who has a clue as to what money really is, the nature of it, and forms of it and how they are different. Cloud is right, most all Americans simply see money as paper given them, and if its a US note or silver certificate, its just "funny looking" money, but will still buy a pair of jeans or gas for the truck. We are the 1% who has a clue, and I think that 1% number is very high.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Btw, this is why arguments here can be pretty dang funny if you think about it. Its like 4 Ph.D's in astrophysics arguing as to the subterranean nature of Europa and its propensity to hold life when our sun goes to red giant. They agree on 99.8% of every theory in existence as to this far off event, yet by gosh sure get po'ed at each other when the EXACT same conclusion is not reached by all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1326215, member: 26302"]You are correct, but Cloud's point is if the average Joe in a bank, seeing money all day, have no clue as to the legal nature of the obligations, just what chance does the average Joe on the street NOT working at a bank have? The answer is none. Its not bragging, but everyone here has to face it that you are a tiny little elite in this nation who has a clue as to what money really is, the nature of it, and forms of it and how they are different. Cloud is right, most all Americans simply see money as paper given them, and if its a US note or silver certificate, its just "funny looking" money, but will still buy a pair of jeans or gas for the truck. We are the 1% who has a clue, and I think that 1% number is very high. Edit: Btw, this is why arguments here can be pretty dang funny if you think about it. Its like 4 Ph.D's in astrophysics arguing as to the subterranean nature of Europa and its propensity to hold life when our sun goes to red giant. They agree on 99.8% of every theory in existence as to this far off event, yet by gosh sure get po'ed at each other when the EXACT same conclusion is not reached by all.[/QUOTE]
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