Originally Posted by
Good Doctor HST
It appears that way.
Here's what I don't get. Our national debt has increased every year since 1900. Why the fuck does our government continue on its same path if it keeps owing more and more money per year? What do they think is going to happen to turnaround the trend? They've went from using gold as the standard backer of money to silver to silver certificates to federal promissory notes.... which means they're creating money with I.O.U.'s to back it up. That's not good.
So how do we go in the positive direction? Can you make silver in a laboratory or something? Would that make sense? I just don't get it; I can't wrap my mind around how dollars and cents represent some kind of standard value.....