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<p>[QUOTE="Shoewrecky, post: 1112030, member: 22350"]To give you a brief explanation here it is: (please dont quote me on this)</p><p> </p><p>I am going off the History Channel that talked about this. Back in 1933 when Roosevelt was president, he had a meeting with a gentleman who convince him that he needed to make hoarding gold illegal. This gentleman (forgot his name) owned a lot of gold and owned Railroads and by making gold illegal he could raise the prices / charge whatever he wants for people using his railroad. Therefore making a ton of money. </p><p>After a while, Pres. Roosevelt became aware of what this gentleman was doing, he removed the law and had this gentleman arrested (though I think that guy was murdered..he had 1 million dollars worth in his bank which would be closed to 1 billion in today's money)</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.the-privateer.com/1933-gold-confiscation.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.the-privateer.com/1933-gold-confiscation.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.the-privateer.com/1933-gold-confiscation.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shoewrecky, post: 1112030, member: 22350"]To give you a brief explanation here it is: (please dont quote me on this) I am going off the History Channel that talked about this. Back in 1933 when Roosevelt was president, he had a meeting with a gentleman who convince him that he needed to make hoarding gold illegal. This gentleman (forgot his name) owned a lot of gold and owned Railroads and by making gold illegal he could raise the prices / charge whatever he wants for people using his railroad. Therefore making a ton of money. After a while, Pres. Roosevelt became aware of what this gentleman was doing, he removed the law and had this gentleman arrested (though I think that guy was murdered..he had 1 million dollars worth in his bank which would be closed to 1 billion in today's money) [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102[/URL] [URL]http://www.the-privateer.com/1933-gold-confiscation.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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