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Can somebody please explain to me why it is bad for a government to barrow and spend money/promissary notes if the economy is in a recession/depression? Why do you guys think this won't help jumpkick and recover the economy? Thanks

I love that it says: Not Printed at Government Expense Love it. Classic Paul.

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That endorsement still bothers me but he's by far the best out there. Will join.

Thanks all!

Ah thanks :) That list contains some good reads on the feds history! But not too much on the theory of central banking (Money Bank and Economic Cycles is an critical analyze of central banking). I'll start reading Credit Policies of the Federal Reserve System but any more reccomendations that...

Any title reccomendations would be welcomed

Allright I'll download it but I already have a Murray Rothbard pdf called 'Case against the fed'. Which critizes the fed for the rather obvious reasons (legal counterfeit, inflation, central planning with interest rate, the accompanied government growth, fractional reserve banking, the booms and...

That title sounds kind of biased and I'm realy more looking for an objective explanation on central banking before I read the opinionated ones. Just looking for a basic but detailed explanation of central banking.

My interest in the fed and central banking has been growing and growing. And I don't like to form opinions on topics I do not completely understand. So if anybody could recommend me good books or long pdf's that explain the theory of central banking and the modern practice of central banking...

So every trade with the currency or token should reported? Also the feds can't track digital certificates can they? I realy hate tax paperwork.

Allright thank you :) I heard Ron Paul however talking about the illegality of alternative currencies to the US Dollar, so I was wondering whether it was possible or not. Altough now I think of it he's probobly talking about gold and silver being legal tender rather the illegality to use them...

So to make the potatoo dollars legal I have to report it to the IRS? What should I report to them?

Fellow paulbots, I have a question regarding taxation and representive private currencies. I know this is illegal for gold and silver but lets say I run a farm and make my own currency that is backed up by my potatoos. So a 5 P$ (Potatoo Dollar) bill ammounts for 5 potatoos at my farm. Now one...

Quite curious... somebody out there who knows?