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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (33556)5/18/2000 8:30:00 AM
From: LLCF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42523
 
<a dollar is a claim on the US government...but a claim to what, exactly? it's an empty promise...if it is broken>

I think Nixon said something like it was still good currency to buy all the great American goods and services when he took it off the gold standard.... actually a statement that has made lots of sense and and held up well.... so far.

DAK