The history of fiat money is little more than a register of monetary follies and inflations. Our present … - Hans F. Sennholz

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It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

Hans F. Sennholz

The history of fiat money is little more than a register of monetary follies and inflations. Our present age merely affords another entry in this dismal register.

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A government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property - an unpaid tax bill.

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A 'social justice' society is a conflict which locks beneficiaries and victims alike in a struggle without end. It becomes a society torn apart by resentment over the wealth of capitalists.

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Unfortunately, it is not in the power of government to make everyone more prosperous. Government can only raise the income of one person by taking from another.

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For more than two thousand years gold's natural qualities made it man's universal medium of exchange. In contrast to political money, gold is honest money that survived the ages and will live on long after the political fiats of today have gone the way of all paper.

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To reverse the trend and reduce the role of government in our lives, and thus alleviate the government deficit and inflation pressures, is a giant educational task. The social and economic ideas that gave birth to the transfer system must be discredited and replaced with old values of individual independence and self-reliance. The social philosophy of individual freedom and unhampered private property must again be our guiding light.

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