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Title: Republicans eye return to gold standard (another phony Reagan "Gold Commission"?)
Source: Financial Times
URL Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/06ebfdaa- ... 0144feab49a.html#axzz24P98ATns
Published: Aug 23, 2012
Author: Robin Harding and Anna Fifield
Post Date: 2012-08-23 19:20:48 by Hondo68
Keywords: None
Views: 5711
Comments: 9

Mitt Romney speaks during campaign event in Hobbs, New Mexico©AFP

The gold standard has returned to mainstream US politics for the first time in 30 years, with a “gold commission” set to become part of official Republican party policy.

Drafts of the party platform, which it will adopt at a convention in Tampa Bay, Florida, next week, call for an audit of Federal Reserve monetary policy and a commission to look at restoring the link between the dollar and gold.

The move shows how five years of easy monetary policy – and the efforts of congressman Ron Paul – have made the once-fringe idea of returning to gold-as-money a legitimate part of Republican debate.

Marsha Blackburn, a Republican congresswoman from Tennessee and co-chair of the platform committee, said the issues were not adopted merely to placate Mr Paul and the delegates that he picked up during his campaign for the party’s nomination.

“These were adopted because they are things that Republicans agree on,” Ms Blackburn told the Financial Times. “The House recently passed a bill on this, and this is something that we think needs to be done.”

The proposal is reminiscent of the Gold Commission created by former president Ronald Reagan in 1981, 10 years after Richard Nixon broke the link between gold and the dollar during the 1971 oil crisis. That commission ultimately supported the status quo.

“There is a growing recognition within the Republican party and in America more generally that we’re not going to be able to print our way to prosperity,” said Sean Fieler, chairman of the American Principles Project, a conservative group that has pushed for a return to the gold standard.

A commission would have no power except to make recommendations, but Mr Fieler said it would provide a chance to educate politicians and the public about the merits of a return to gold. “We’re not going to go from a standing start to the gold standard,” he said.

The Republican platform in 1980 referred to “restoration of a dependable monetary standard”, while the 1984 platform said that “the gold standard may be a useful mechanism”. More recent platforms did not mention it.

Any commission on a return to the gold standard would have to address a host of theoretical, empirical and practical issues.

Inflation has remained under control in recent years, despite claims that expansion of the Fed’s balance sheet would lead to runaway price rises, while gold has been highly volatile. The price of the metal is up by more than 500 per cent in dollar terms over the past decade.

A return to a fixed money supply would also remove the central bank’s ability to offset demand shocks by varying interest rates. That could mean a more volatile economy and higher average unemployment over time.


Poster Comment:

"reminiscent of the Gold Commission created by former president Ronald Reagan in 1981, 10 years after Richard Nixon broke the link between gold and the dollar during the 1971 oil crisis. That commission ultimately supported the status quo."


Mitt's a fake "paultard". He'd be kissing Ben Bernanke's a$$, just like Obama.

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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)

It's amazing the impact a kooky old man who will never be president can have, huh?

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"If men through fear, fraud or mistake, should in terms renounce and give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the great end of society, would absolutely vacate such renunciation; the right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of Man to alienate this gift, and voluntarily become a slave." Samuel Adams, Rights of the Colonists, 1772

We The People  posted on  2012-08-23   19:56:00 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: hondo68 (#0)

Dude, it's just another globalist conspiracy...

LOL...

The times are changing. Perhaps, you are starting to recognize it.


"we must as a species go into a period of shrinkage that we have not experienced since the Dark Ages and the Black Plague" -- lucysmom

jwpegler  posted on  2012-08-23   20:10:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: hondo68 (#0)

“These were adopted because they are things that Republicans agree on,” Ms Blackburn told the Financial Times. “The House recently passed a bill on this, and this is something that we think needs to be done.” -- Marsha Blackburn

I love Congresswomen Blackburn.

She is one of the increasing number of elected politicians who actually get it, along with Rand Paul, Jim DeMint, Mike Lee, Tom Colburn, and many others...

This is not Bob Dole or Dennis Hassert.

There are more really good people in office since any time before the Great Depression.


"we must as a species go into a period of shrinkage that we have not experienced since the Dark Ages and the Black Plague" -- lucysmom

jwpegler  posted on  2012-08-23   20:17:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: jwpegler (#2) (Edited)

The First Bank of the United States: 1791-1811


Sec of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton funny money, 1798

Al Hamilton ended up getting shot and killed by VP Arron Burr in a duel. Serves him right, for inventing fiat currency.


"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

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Hondo68  posted on  2012-08-23   21:37:49 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: jwpegler (#3)

I love Congresswomen Blackburn.

She is one of the increasing number of elected politicians who actually get it,

  • Voted YES on promoting free trade with Peru. (Nov 2007)
  • Voted NO on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization. (Oct 2007)
  • Voted YES on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade. (Jul 2005)
  • Voted YES on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement. (Jul 2004)
  • Voted YES on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement. (Jul 2003)
  • Voted YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile. (Jul 2003)
  • Voted YES on extending the PATRIOT Act's roving wiretaps. (Feb 2011)
  • Voted NO on requiring FISA warrants for wiretaps in US, but not abroad. (Mar 2008)
  • Voted NO on Veto override: Congressional oversight of CIA interrogations. (Mar 2008)
  • Voted YES on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad. (Aug 2007)
  • Voted YES on restricting no-bid defense contracts. (Mar 2007)
  • Voted YES on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant. (Sep 2006)
  • Voted YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight. (Apr 2006)
  • Voted YES on federalizing rules for driver licenses to hinder terrorists. (Feb 2005)
  • Voted NO on removing US armed forces from Afghanistan. (Mar 2011)
  • Voted NO on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)
  • Voted NO on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days. (May 2007)
  • Voted YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date. (Jun 2006)
  • Voted YES on approving removal of Saddam & valiant service of US troops. (Mar 2004)
  • Strengthen sanctions on Syria & assist democratic transition. (Apr 2008)
  • No contact & enforce sanctions on Iran until threat is gone. (May 2011)
  • Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes. (May 2011) Voted YES on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers. (Jun 2006)

    LOL! Of course you do!

some text

"If men through fear, fraud or mistake, should in terms renounce and give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the great end of society, would absolutely vacate such renunciation; the right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of Man to alienate this gift, and voluntarily become a slave." Samuel Adams, Rights of the Colonists, 1772

We The People  posted on  2012-08-23   22:19:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: hondo68 (#0)

This is no surprise to me. Every country that sees the chips falling are buying tons of gold. Is it expected that America would be so stupid as to not do the same? I'd sure be 'hedging' my bets when that is going on around the world. Unless you're a damn fool.

SJN  posted on  2012-08-24   0:10:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: hondo68 (#4)

By the way, I think this is a silent nod from the Romney camp to Ron Paul. I think there are things in motion that some aren't discerning.

SJN  posted on  2012-08-24   0:13:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: We The People (#5) (Edited)

Voted YES on promoting free trade with Peru. (Nov 2007)
Voted YES on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement. (Jul 2004)
Voted YES on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement. (Jul 2003)
Voted YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile. (Jul 2003)

BRAVO!


"we must as a species go into a period of shrinkage that we have not experienced since the Dark Ages and the Black Plague" -- lucysmom

jwpegler  posted on  2012-08-24   15:07:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: jwpegler (#8)

Voted YES on promoting free trade with Peru. (Nov 2007) Voted YES on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement. (Jul 2004) Voted YES on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement. (Jul 2003) Voted YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile. (Jul 2003)

BRAVO!

See, I knew you'd like that.

some text

"If men through fear, fraud or mistake, should in terms renounce and give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the great end of society, would absolutely vacate such renunciation; the right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of Man to alienate this gift, and voluntarily become a slave." Samuel Adams, Rights of the Colonists, 1772

We The People  posted on  2012-08-24   18:06:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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