Posted on 07/19/2019 2:05:53 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
The well to do kids would sometimes buy ice cream sandwiches for a whole dime!
The kid a couple of houses down... they had a color TV (I think his dad sold furniture and TV’s etc...) we would watch Flipper through the sliding glass door. Never went inside because Heaven Forbid you didn’t hear dad whistle to come in at dusk!
The price per ounce in the early sixties was 35 bucks to the ounce. If I remember correctly.
I havent a clue at what silver was. It was as cheap as the half dollar I suppose.
I Remember, we were taught in civics-in HIGH SCHOOL, that paying income taxes was voluntary and that the currency was backed by gold and silver.
Then came LBJ and Tricky Dicky.
Here...the state of NV is a huge producer of gold in the world. About 5 and one half million troy ounces a year.
Much of it under federal lease. Hire a producer to mine that stuff and put it in our vaults. Get back on the gold and silver standard.
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