Subj : Re: From my favforite Acc
To   : IB Joe
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Mon Jun 17 2024 08:43:00

-=> IB Joe wrote to Ron L. <=-

 RL> You can only do that with fiat currency.  One of the bad things we did
 RL> was come off the gold standard.
 RL>

 IJ> And when they did that we were told to trust the government!!!

 Just think what would have happened if we'd said we couldn't afford an
 incursion into Indochina... China would have increased its sphere of
 influence, but we'd not have a reason to leave the gold standard and
 wouldn't have taken the black eye that was Vietnam.


 
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