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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCB1983, post: 1297263, member: 23885&quot;]I hope shows like pawn stars, storage wars, and American pickers continue to attract new audiences to the coin world.&nbsp; It was actually pawn stars that brought me back into collecting.&nbsp; I started collecting books of pennies, nickels, and dimes at the age of 5 and trying to fill them.&nbsp; Besides that I hadn&#039;t touched coins since I inherited part of my grandpa&#039;s collection back in 95.&nbsp; I just got back into collecting about 6 months ago after watching a show of pawn stars and a double eagle was bought and sold.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as State&#039;s comment about his educational background, I didn&#039;t perceive it as him trying to flaunt superior intellect, but sharing the fact that UC Berkley is a very left wing school. </p><p><br /></p><p>One thing that did catch my eye was &quot;minimal world entitlements.&quot;&nbsp; I just wanted to point out that Iran is in the process of creating its own entitlements programs and we in the United States might as well pay for it right out of our pocketbooks, because indirectly we will pay for it through higher oil prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last thought I am going to slip in that I find very interesting regarding the housing market is the CRA (Community Reinvestment Act), and the Gramm-leech-Bliley act.&nbsp; The GLB in particular I find very interesting.&nbsp; It is the repeal of the Glass-Steagall act.&nbsp; The GLB allowed for the de-regulation of banks, and essentially lead to Wall Street gambling with Billions of dollars of our money.&nbsp; One of the most respect economists, and Nobel peace prize awardee, blames the entire housing bubble and collapse on the Gramm-Leech-Bliley act.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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