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Title: IS GOLD MONEY?
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Published: Jul 14, 2011
Author: Ron Paul
Post Date: 2011-07-14 13:07:59 by socalv8
Keywords: Paul, Ben, Good Question
Views: 78255
Comments: 131

Big Ben's hesitation was telling.

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#2. To: socalv8 (#0)

Money serves two purposes -- a medium of exchange and a store of value.

Gold evolved as the most widely acceptable form of money over history because of it's characteristics -- it's scarce and durable.

The pieces of paper that we pass around today are a lousy store of value because the government purposefully inflates the money supply to hand out to special interests. The only reason that they are accepted as a medium of exchange is because the government has decreed them to be so.

jwpegler  posted on  2011-07-14   13:45:06 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: jwpegler, mininggold (#2) (Edited)

The pieces of paper that we pass around today are a lousy store of value because the government purposefully inflates the money supply to hand out to special interests.

The same thing happened with gold and silver based money. We saw deflation and inflationary periods with gold. In fact, just finding new gold mines would lower the value of your purse. We have had gold and silver bubbles before.

As soon as people start to 'cash' in their gold holdings the price of gold will start to fall. That's what happened to the stock market and real estate bubbles. People bought the things and as more people bought the more the price went up but as soon as the tipping point was reached for people selling the stuff back the values collapsed.

Godwinson  posted on  2011-07-14   15:34:13 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Godwinson (#4) (Edited)

The same thing happened with gold and silver based money

Dumb ass, the only way you can increase the supply of gold is by mining it. Historically, the gold supply has increased an average of 2% a year. On the other hand, there is no limit to how much fiat money a government can create and how quickly it can create it.

This is why gold is a good store of value and fiat money is not.

jwpegler  posted on  2011-07-14   15:51:12 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: jwpegler, mininggold (#6) (Edited)

This is why gold is a good store of value and fiat money is not.

As soon as anyone with significant reserves announces they are selling their gold the value drops. When the UK declared a sale of its gold in 1999 that was the fear and led to the Washington Agreement on Gold.

Godwinson  posted on  2011-07-14   15:57:02 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: Godwinson (#8)

As soon as anyone with significant reserves announces they are selling their gold the value drops.

LMAO! That is the kind of nonsense that keeps stupid people storing the fruits of their labor in paper promises until they become poor stupid people. When I was very young a $5 gold piece would buy you a fine rifle, a silver dollar would buy you 4 to 5 gallons of gasoline. Had one kept that silver and gold until today they would still be able to use it to purchase the same items. Keeping the same money in paper would now get you, maybe, two rounds for that rifle and a quart of gas.

eskimo  posted on  2011-07-14   17:01:51 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: eskimo, Godwinson (#11) (Edited)

LMAO! That is the kind of nonsense that keeps stupid people storing the fruits of their labor in paper promises until they become poor stupid people.

LOL.

It's a safe bet to say he's never owned a gold coin...

I'm sure gobsheit has his 'savings' stored- not even in printed money, but in digital money, at the local bank. Which means it's not worth the paper it's not printed on...

Of course, this supposes that an idiot like gobsheit has enough earning potential to have any savings...

Capitalist Eric  posted on  2011-07-14   17:14:35 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: Capitalist Eric, Godwinson (#13)

It's a safe bet to say he's never owned a gold coin...

I am not certain how or why anyone could be so stupid or foolish to ignore the reality of what I said. Even if someone is just a sleazy political propagandist, coming across as that stupid is insanity.

eskimo  posted on  2011-07-14   17:29:30 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#18. To: eskimo (#15)

I am not certain how or why anyone could be so stupid or foolish to ignore the reality of what I said. Even if someone is just a sleazy political propagandist, coming across as that stupid is insanity.

You know I wonder if someone is paying him to say that stupid stuff or is it all his own ideas????

CZ82  posted on  2011-07-14   17:49:35 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: CZ82 (#18)

You know I wonder if someone is paying him to say that stupid stuff or is it all his own ideas????

He's an active member of the 50 Cent Party.

Check it out on wike... it's good for a laugh.

Capitalist Eric  posted on  2011-07-14   17:55:32 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#22. To: Capitalist Eric (#20)

He's an active member of the 50 Cent Party.

Check it out on wike... it's good for a laugh.

It should be called the 1/2 cent party, cause that's all what you read from them is worth......

It seems to me that I read a post on here from someone who admitted they did that sort of thing, but don't remember who it was....

CZ82  posted on  2011-07-14 18:13:27 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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