[e-gold-list] Re: initiatory force vs. retaliatory force

2003-10-13 Thread Hannibal Smith
On Monday, October 13, 2003, at 09:49 PM, Danny Van den Berghe wrote: I suggested nowhere that paper money should be imposed on people. So, your judgement was based on assumptions. [...] What previous position? You are still welcome to quote me on that 'previous position' This position: On Tuesd

[e-gold-list] Re: communists in Romania

2003-10-06 Thread Hannibal Smith
So... if inflationary fiat (fake) money works better than real money because people are so eager to get rid of it before it loses value that it kicks the economy into a frenzy of action... Then fake computers which slow down by 10% every year would be great for the economy too, because people would

[e-gold-list] Re: communists in Romania

2003-10-06 Thread Hannibal Smith
On Monday, October 6, 2003, at 08:15 PM, FileMatrix wrote: You don't like a government to have too much power, yet you have no problem with a company (those who would mine the gold - everybody's money) having too much?! What is the principle that 1. Those who would mine the gold don't have "everyb