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Nothing to do with inflation? Riiiight.....
Yes it is. By artificially driving down interest rates they are wiping out savings - this isn't complicated.... And wait 4 years? So that...
With your policy what we get is a President who actually lowered taxes and fought two wars at the same time. They did it because they had the...
You didn't answer my question, how does the Fed's artificially low interest rates = same amount of savings? I mean, you understand that lower...
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It hasn't really hit us yet because foreign nations were still willing to loan us money. Now in 2011, the Fed purchased 61% of our debt created...
Oh, and by the way, Mitt Romney is complete IDIOT who thinks we can increase defense spending (he wants to add 100,000 more troops to the...
Yes, you are right to some extent. But if you have time please listen to: <iframe width="560" height="315"...
Nope, he wouldn't have stayed out of World War II as we were attacked by Japan. And - guess what - World War II was the last war that was actually...
Taxes
Look, I'll continue this discussion later - I've got somewhere to go. It was a good discussion....:p
Yes, a balanced budget is a "stupid" and "arbitrary" restriction...:rolleyes: What are you talking about? My idea here is for them NOT to have...
I'm not asking for the creation of currency board or a currency exchange rate peg. All I am advocating are balanced budgets and a stop to the...
The point of balanced budget amendment is that you DON'T print the money to balance it. .. You'll have to do better than "this isn't 1850" to...
The point being that no new money would be created by the Treasury. Its only purpose would be to replace old bills with new ones...
No you don't - you keep the US dollar. And obviously before abolishing the Fed you would have to balance the budget first. At which you give the...
From what I understand, what he is asking for amounts to a repeal of some taxes on gold & silver (to give it currency status). I've never heard...
You mean allowing private citizens to use gold and silver as legal tender? If you had a stable dollar - like I would like to see - there would be...
What does this have to do with anything? When did I say I don't believe in only one national currency?...
Which is why you shouldn't have fractional reserve banking. Banks guarantee the deposits of their customers and as such it should be considered...
