Thus said Michael Torrie on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:18:23 MST: > As for the fallacy of returning to the Gold standard because it > somehow makes our currency worth something, we'll leave that one for > another day. :)
If you really want to know one of the best reasons, read Alan Greenspan's very own words on the topic: http://www.constitution.org/mon/greenspan_gold.htm I'll give you a hint... it has nothing to do with having a currency be worth something; worth being a subjective term, after all, could mean anything. Andy -- [-----------[system uptime]--------------------------------------------] 9:22pm up 3:22, 2 users, load average: 1.08, 1.12, 1.16 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
