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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bigjpst, post: 1608382, member: 21015&quot;]I can&#039;t remember where I read it, but I seem to remember that Lincoln felt the railroad was the key to not only winning the war, but stimulating the economy. But because the outcome of the war was not really certain, the banks didn&#039;t want to issue the loans. So Lincoln issued the greenbacks instead of borrowing from the &quot;central bank&quot; Can&#039;t remember if it was the first or second U.S. bank. I have also read conspiracy theories that believe that this course of circumventing the central banking system was the reason for his assassination, along with pretty much every other presidential assassination, and attempted assassination. But I suppose that is a topic for a whole other thread. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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