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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1576996, member: 38849&quot;]<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"> &quot;...It is the simple fact that having shiny metal in the time which you are all so afraid of will not save you from financial ruin.&quot;</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">So, umm, in those times of upheaval (yet to come), what WILL function as money?&nbsp; Tell us.&nbsp; A little barter might work, sporadically, in rural areas, but for corporate commerce and the entire retail sector, WHAT?</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Do you think big corporations will accept old dollars for trainloads of goods?</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">From the upheaval, a few people will emerge with vastly more wealth (in terms of purchasing power, regardless of its form) -- a lot of people will end up with greatly-reduced wealth; and now, they are all the more fragile for having already lost a quarter of their net worth in the housing crisis.&nbsp; What will be the mode of payment be for, say, food-sellers?&nbsp; Like the fishmongers&#039; axiom, sell it or smell it...</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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