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Re:How the Man finally brought e-gold down by TacticalGrace on Tuesday July 22, 2008 @05:15PM (#253644)
Hey, I have a great idea - why don't we take the service of money out of the hands of government and place it in the hands of private citizens on the free market? Then the market will decide which is best.
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Re:How the Man finally brought e-gold down by pelle on Tuesday July 22, 2008 @05:30PM (#253654)
It used to be that way in the US and to some very watered down extent still in Scotland.

These were all privatly issued USD notes from the 19th century:

http://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2008/05/bank-notes-from-fre...

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Re:How the Man finally brought e-gold down by aston on Tuesday July 22, 2008 @06:40PM (#253712)
A whole new generation of people could learn the original meaning of "Your money's no good here."
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Re:How the Man finally brought e-gold down by LogicHoleFlaw on Tuesday July 22, 2008 @06:34PM (#253707)
Well, I'll be the first to set up a NuYen<->KongBucks exchange then.
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