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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NPCoin, post: 935106, member: 5629&quot;]And that is why I voted to put these forum into a *hidden* mode (ie. opt-in)</p><p><br /></p><p>This is exactly what I was referring to in my post.&nbsp; It will all come down to a group of people&#039;s philosophy on the matter that determines what line of political talk may occur.</p><p><br /></p><p>History does not drive the speculator, trends and current events do.&nbsp; And speculators are the makers of the markets that lead investors one way or another.&nbsp; The current actions of government leaders affects bullion investment greatly.</p><p><br /></p><p>What Bush did at the time, or Obama does now does in fact affect economic markets.&nbsp; You cannot just turn a blind eye to the fact because your own philosophies on the matter do not want to discuss our leaderships&#039; abilities or inabilities and speculate on where that is leading a specific market...in this case, the bullion markets.</p><p><br /></p><p>The printing of &quot;money&quot;, the changing of interest rates, bail-outs, government sponsored loans, success or failure of other markets, executive actions, military actions...all of this affects prices and investment...not just in the bullion market...but in all markets.</p><p><br /></p><p>And this is not historic information that affects these investments and speculations.&nbsp; It is the here and now current events that affect the markets.&nbsp; And these events are very highly politically motivated and driven.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I type this, the poll shows near 60% of those voting wanting the situation either to stand as it is, or for the forum to be *hidden*.&nbsp; Only 30% want a &quot;crack down&quot; of the situation, and 10% want it moved altogether.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if this same poll was taken on another forum (World &amp; Ancient Coins, for example) I believe we would both be able to agree that the poll results would be steeply skewed toward a crack down.</p><p><br /></p><p>My belief is that this would result because bullion *investing* is usually more highly speculative and driven primarily by political influences, and some people realize this.&nbsp; Coin investment is most certainly a more long term investment decision that is more driven by the peer market.</p><p><br /></p><p>How often are classic American coppers going to be affected in price by a government decision to allow new mines to open, or the decision of a central bank to print more paper money, or to lower or raise interest rates, or by an influx of spooked investors from other markets?</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet, these do affect bullion prices, supply, and demand.&nbsp; And, especially because a higher volume of cash is normally funneled through such endeavors, opinions for or against particular political influences rage in many involved with bullion speculation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Government issued monies are more hobby-centric, while bullion speculation is more investment-centric.&nbsp; The more investment-centric one becomes, in my opinion, the more opinionated and political the individual becomes.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I know there will be quite a bit that you will disagree with here (in fact, I would think something was wrong if you didn&#039;t), but this is a side of the issue that should be considered if the &quot;future of the bullion section&quot; is at stake here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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