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Detroitification

Submitted by Roanman on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 07:50

To quote Ian McAvity

Submitted by Roanman on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 06:43

To quote Burt Prelutsky

Submitted by Roanman on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 07:43

To quote Ben Bernanke 11/21/02

Submitted by Roanman on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 07:18

 

"Like gold, U.S. dollars have value only to the extent that they are strictly limited in supply.

But the U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or, today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost.

By increasing the number of U.S. dollars in circulation, or even by credibly threatening to do so, the U.S. government can also reduce the value of a dollar in terms of goods and services, which is equivalent to raising the prices in dollars of those goods and services.

We conclude that, under a paper-money system, a determined government can always generate higher spending and hence positive inflation." 

 

To quote Dan Denning

Submitted by Roanman on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 07:02

To quote John F. Kennedy, again

Submitted by Roanman on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 15:03

                                                                                   

                                                           

                                                                                                        

                                                                                     

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