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To: Andy Thomas who wrote (88137)3/30/2001 3:53:16 PM
From: starhawke  Respond to of 436258
 
Re: "any person should be able to start a bank, print money, and back it with anything they want to. - "I'm gonna start printing "Starbucks".

Got name recognition?

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To: Andy Thomas who wrote (88137)3/30/2001 4:28:32 PM
From: Ralph W.  Respond to of 436258
 
The problem then, Andy, was that the paper money became worthless, and if you didn't have a few coins (real money) and little to barter with, then you were up a creek. R



To: Andy Thomas who wrote (88137)3/30/2001 4:34:57 PM
From: oldirtybastard  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 436258
 
we should go back to something like that. any person should be able to start a bank, print money, and back it with anything they want to.

what do you think Greenspan, Jeff Bozos, John Chambers, Naveen Jain, Bill Gates, etc, etc have been doing, with the willing help of the media, employees, and investing public of course. Think it will keep working? -vbg-


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