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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1110811, member: 26302&quot;]I like Ron Paul for some issues, but this doesn&#039;t really make sense. Why do you wish to subject our country to the volatility of mining operations? The US economy was punished pretty severely in the past by having its currency tied to a PM. Think about it, if it is tied to say gold, what happens when suddenly a mine fails and there is a drastic shortage of new gold? I will tell you, your currency will go up in value, making it impossible to pay your mortgage that you took out in cheaper dollars, there will be rioting, etc. Read up about the 1890&#039;s and see how good of a deal this can be.</p><p><br /></p><p>People should be careful what they wish for. I agree Washington is a mess, but we should fix it by getting rid of the abusers, change the system so they aren&#039;t able to put us in debt like this, not subject our currency to an artificial limitation that would cause as much harm as good.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, why just PM? Because of history? Why not tie the dollar to the number of fish caught in the great lakes, or number of bales of cotton produced, or any other commodity production cycle?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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