Harry wrote: If you are worried about Lincoln's greenbacks a bill can be crafted to prevent the minting of money for military purposes.
I am not hysterically anti-FED, like some money-cranks. However, I do think people and their respective nations should have the legal option to mint money independent of central banks and bankers, in a thoughtful and regulated way. Hi Harry, Some historians blame Lincoln's assassination on his greenbacks, as well as the unsuccessful attempt on Andrew Jackson and the the successful hit on John F. Kennedy. Each of these Presidents bypassed the private banks to issue money (in JFK's case, the intent to issue money). Jack Smith