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   On 4/11/2015 11:06 AM, nickname unavailable wrote:   
   > On Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 9:13:09 AM UTC-5, dav...@agent.com wrote:   
   >> jim <""sjedgingN0Sp\"@m@mwt.net"> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> davidp@agent.com wrote:   
   >>>>   jim <""sjedgingN0Sp\"@m@mwt.net"> wrote:   
   >>>>>> davidp@agent.com  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> nickname unavailable  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> In 1968 the federal minimum wage was $1.60 per hour.   
   >>>>>>>>>> Adjusted for inflation, that's equal to nearly $11 today, yet the   
   >>>>>>>>>> federal minimum wage remains stuck at $7.25, meaning it's lost   
   about a   
   >>>>>>>>>> third of its purchasing power.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> With a gold standard, there would be no inflation!   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> That would have been a catastrophic disaster.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Before 1971 The US consumption of petroleum was   
   >>>>>> doubling every 10 years. If that trend continued   
   >>>>>> for 40 more years all of the worlds known oil   
   >>>>>> reserves would have by now been consumed.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> There are only two things that could prevent that   
   >>>> >from happening. The first would be to end free market   
   >>>>>> price setting and instead have govt take over and   
   >>>>>> ration resources. The second is allow the price   
   >>>>>> mechanism to work and let inflation control   
   >>>>>> consumption. The result of following the latter   
   >>>>>> path was that the US economy went from exponentially   
   >>>>>> expanding per capita consumption to per capita   
   >>>>>> consumption that has been decreasing   
   >>>>>> since the 1980's.   
   >>>   
   >>>> The experience of World War II was fresh in the minds of public   
   >>>> officials. The planners at Bretton Woods hoped to avoid a repeat of   
   >>>> the Treaty of Versailles after World War I   
   >>>   
   >>> So what has that got top do with anything?   
   >>> Are you trying to  demonstrate how you can copy and paste   
   >>> some blather that you don't even understand?   
   >>   
   >> The world population has gone from 2.3 billion in 1945   
   >> to 7.3 billion today, and not once have you ever   
   >> mentioned sustainability!  What kind of economics is that?   
   >   
   >  somalia must be very attractive to you.   
   >   
   With you and your kind moving to the communist paradise of Cuba...   
   America is looking more attractive every minute.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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