tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034415.post6953972413012270527..comments2023-12-30T13:11:09.473-08:00Comments on Freedom Guide: MAKOW: RON PAUL, FREEMASONRY, AND THE GOLD STANDARDJ. Crofthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17804199859716308843noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034415.post-59939211156545937522012-05-23T12:03:05.179-07:002012-05-23T12:03:05.179-07:00Whatever. Don't let the door hit you on the w...Whatever. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. And Ron Paul's going to put on a red cape and blue tights and save the day.J. Crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17804199859716308843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034415.post-83464503274447317062012-05-23T02:44:23.556-07:002012-05-23T02:44:23.556-07:00Apparently freedom guide is not about freedom, and...Apparently freedom guide is not about freedom, and certainly not about truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034415.post-39497850497542966022012-05-15T13:07:48.797-07:002012-05-15T13:07:48.797-07:00Freemasonry has many levels-the levels you may be ...Freemasonry has many levels-the levels you may be acquainted with may or may not put on a false face but those that climb up above the blue lodge...<br /><br />Furthermore, if we go on a gold standard-who has most of the world's gold? (Hint it's the people playing problem/reaction/solution.)J. Crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17804199859716308843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034415.post-46673506091030548812012-05-12T18:43:57.982-07:002012-05-12T18:43:57.982-07:00This is an odd argument. Even if one can accept th...This is an odd argument. Even if one can accept the Freemason conspiracy nonsense (all the freemasons I have known over the years have generally been blue collar or less then wealthy men who just enjoy the comaradrie of the orgainzation which does do alot of social good), the gold standard makes sense if you want to protect the value of money. Roosevelt partially took us off the gold standard in 1933 to screw the European bondholders out of the World War I debts we owed them and then Nixon took us off altogther when the rest of the world realized our currency was worth less than the gold backing it and began emptying out Fort Knox by demanding gold for their paper in the late 60's and early 70's Maybe the tne next standard won't be gold but a mix of commodities, but fixing money to real assets gives it intinsic value. The populist idea that you can just print money to help the poor with inflation always backfires as it destroys real capital formation (i.e. savings and investment which drive real economies - not the last real estate bubble) and forces government to live within its means. I'll take a dollar backed by gold over that incrasiningly worthless piece of paper we have in our wallets today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com