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To: Terry Maloney who wrote (400204)	1/27/2010 1:56:15 PM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 436258

Anyone who is in the speculation game has their hands dirty, and not many make any money out of it. I am hopeful I can make a few bucks, until a sound money system makes such speculation pointless and maybe then I can get a real job. I am reminded of this paragraph these days... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ literaturecollection.com A still worse outgrowth was the increase of speculation and gambling. With the plethora of paper currency in 1791 appeared the first evidences of that cancerous disease which always follows large issues of irredeemable currency,--a disease more permanently injurious to a nation than war, pestilence or famine. For at the great metropolitan centers grew a luxurious, speculative, stock-gambling body, which, like a malignant tumor, absorbed into itself the strength of the nation and sent out its cancerous fibres to the remotest hamlets. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So why can't there be just one world currency? Oh sorry, I need to listen to the financial experts first -g-