Again, how? I think we've got the who down pat for the last 10 years.
What do you want to base it off of? Gold? Isn't the value for that created out of thin air? What's the difference between putting a value on a piece of rock and a piece of paper? People want gold? People want paper money as well.
Really? The country has gone downhill since the early 1900s? The life expectancy has gone from ~50 to ~80 since then.
http://www.efmoody.com/estate/lifeexpectancy.html
I think you need to research how fiat money systems work compared to a gold standard and the idea of sound money.
Gold has been a stable currency for thousands of years.
Under a fiat money system unlimited amounts of paper can be created out of thin air which devalues the dollar and raises inflation.
Interestingly enough, the dollar has devalued 96% since 1913 (the year the Fed was established)
"Paper is poverty...it is only the ghost of money, and not money itself."
- Thomas Jefferson
Also, let me be specific, the country has gone downhill in terms of economics - the $15 trillion dollars of debt.
Of course life expectancy rates are going to always be on the incline with the development of new technologies and research.
So you're going to defend your case by regurgitating what the founding fathers have said? Those brilliant men who developed the initial government? If a group of the smartest people at the time couldn't stop it, what makes you think you can?
You've proven my point from above. Only placing blame, being the victim, and not providing any solid plan to move forward.
Of course, why wouldn't I? The founders are the ones who had it right obviously.
Also, Andrew Jackson did defeat the Second Bank of the United States, which was the central bank of his time because he carried out an investigation and found that the bank was influencing elections, and was carrying out fraud and corruption.
Secondly, you're right. I am placing the blame. Because failed economic system is the blame for our economy. Since we all live under this economic system, we are the victims. And I already stated a method of moving forward earlier which is to adopt a resource based system.
Hats off to the rich. Like oxonbeef said earlier animals have a hierarchy going on, so why should we be exempt. These bankers are the alpha males of the human kingdom, so if you're not going to do something and challenge them for the leadership position, sit down, shut up, and take your orders like a good sheep, because complaining and pointing fingers is not going to do anything.
I have absolutely no problem with capitalism. However, I would love to try capitalism.
It may seem suprising to some, but the system we are currently under is not capitalism.
It's corporatism. If we were under capitalism than this $16 trillion dollar bail out would have never happened:
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=9e2a4ea8-6e73-4be2-a753-62060dcbb3c3
Under a free market system, if your company is failing than it fails. You don't get bailed out at 0% interest.
Isn't it funny how on a site about making money, were knocking people for making it to the top,instead of admiring and studying what they did?
You mean like fucking over the rest of the public to get ahead?
Try researching Goldman Sachs and how they purposefully sell their clients "shitty deals"...and that's a quote by the way:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/27/shitty-deal-goldman-exec_n_553541.html
Or how they refer to their clients as muppets:
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-03-14/news/31183249_1_goldman-sachs-clients-executive-director
Sure sounds like some stand up guys!
Standing on peoples heads and kicking eachother's teeth in to get ahead just sounds so...barbaric.