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Re:I accidentally loaned all my money to the US government by skeptikal on Sunday May 01, 2022 @08:56PM (#31230278)
Well, I would be one to argue that the US de facto defaults all the time.

But Nixon’s gold window was the most egregious.

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Re:I accidentally loaned all my money to the US government by notch656a on Sunday May 01, 2022 @10:10PM (#31230693)
On the flipside, at least it ultimately resulted in laying the background that politically enabled private ownership of gold again. I'd rather be able to trade away my pieces of paper for gold than play a rigged game where I buy pieces of paper that 'represent' gold I can't own.
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