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To: Poohbah
Wiping out DC would thus tend to make the government AND military much more efficient (and hence effective), actually INCREASE the value of our money.

Not a chance. Our military needs supplies to operate and thus a solid form of value must survive a catastrophy. Green ink and cotton paper wouldn't do.

210 posted on 05/12/2002 4:45:27 PM PDT by #3Fan
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To: #3Fan
Not a chance. Our military needs supplies to operate and thus a solid form of value must survive a catastrophy. Green ink and cotton paper wouldn't do.

OK, let's suppose we went to a gold standard and stored the stuff in the Fort Knox Bullion Depository...and then a Tunguska event hits Fort Knox. Then we're REALLY hosed.

As for supplies, they aren't kept in DC, and the value of any currency is a measure of the confidence of its users. How much more confident would most Americans be without little Tommy Daschle trying to raise their taxes?

211 posted on 05/13/2002 5:39:13 AM PDT by Poohbah
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