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Old 06-14-2010, 10:09 AM  
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During the Great Depression Roosevelt forced everyone in America to sell their gold to the Federal Reserve and made it illegal to hold gold bullion, coins or certificates. He did not do this because it had no value, but rather the opposite...
Aye, but that was more removing gold as our money system and forcing us onto notes and the rest of the new deal crap. Before the take over - gold's value was flat, afterward it increased and eventually our money value too.
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