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Old 09-01-2009, 02:52 PM   #92 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu View Post
This would be a major thread jack unfortunately, but a great new one.

Sound money, IE gold/silver standard, No central bank, 100% reserve banking,
government involvement restricted to fraud and property rights . . . I don't either, and that's the point. It would be a great read if you could share your knowledge about when in history it was tried and failed for reasons of its own implementation. Thanks
My point was that it has never been successful because a totally free market approach (not just banking and property rights) has never had the support of the "people" ...recognizing that in the past, it had benefited the few and not the many.
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