Quote from clacy:
So you have to advocate the gold standard and support Ron Paul to be conservative??
Please don't define me, because you don't know me. I will guarantee there are few on this board that have donated more money than me to conservative candidates and advocacy groups.
Just because I don't get all my talking points from Ron Paul, Infowars and Glen Beck, doesn't make me a neo-con.
As for the metal standard building this country, that is not entirely true. There are 1000's of reasons why this country has seen the type of success it has.
Even if the gold standard did play a role, there are many other things that have contributed to empires forming throughout history. That doesn't mean we should go back to trading spices and sea shells just because those things were once used as money.
There is such a thing as financial evolution. That doesn't mean that some day that fiat will be replaced with something else. But I seriously doubt it will be gold.