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krypt, I don't feel like bumping the gold standard thread but I just saw your last response there...about the gold standard being a form of "central planning". Well, you are correct in a way. It is one of the few forms of central planning authorized by the Constitution. The founders recognized the importance of preventing counterfeiting of the nation's money...and fixing the dollar against a particular weight in gold or silver is one of the few ways to ensure it can't be counterfeited (printed) very easily. It is a legitimate role of government.
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Article 1, Section 8:
To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;
To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States;
Section 10. No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts.
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Smart men..the founders..
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You can continue the fight now. I'm making make popcorn. 
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