FoC just bought a new mouse

[Eel O'Brian]

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/gold-bullion-wireless-mouse-only-looks-like-a-million-bucks/

[Veidt]

Why

[Brehvolution]

The Standard, bitches

[The Fake Shemp]

THE STANDARD

That sounds like the title for FoC's future political thriller, set in the not-to-distant future about a government conspiracy to get rid of the gold standard a la The Manchurian Candidate.

[Kestastrophe]

Been reading up on the Great Depression lately. It is amazing that the Gold Standard was directly or indirectly a huge part of why the economy was so bad, and yet people still champion the archaic ideal that the value of money should be arbitrarily set to the amount of metal dug out of the ground. smh

[Human Snorenado]

Been reading up on the Great Depression lately. It is amazing that the Gold Standard was directly or indirectly a huge part of why the economy was so bad, and yet people still champion the archaic ideal that the value of money should be arbitrarily set to the amount of metal dug out of the ground. smh

BUT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND

OUR MONEY IS BACKED BY NOTHING RIGHT NOW!  HOW IS THAT ACCEPTABLE!!!

[Guybrush Threepwood]

The problem with our money is that the organization in control of it is privately owned.

I think libertarians are mad about that too (look at Ron Paul and his bill to audit the Federal Reserve), but they get too caught up in the "GOLD STANDARD OR NOTHING" bullshit.

[Kestastrophe]

The problem with our money is that the organization in control of it is privately owned.

What would you change? They have a dual mandate, which are both good imo (inflation control and economic growth), which is much better than the proposed alternative (currency stability). Not saying that it's perfect or anything

[Bloodwake]

This reminds me that at some point I am going to visit with my uncle and cousin this summer, who are both hardcore libertarians. God help me.

He even convinced my dad that the "gold standard" idea was a good idea after the stocks plummeted. God help me.

[FlameOfCallandor]

Sign me up for two.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Sign me up for two.

okay, I think you're satire.

[FlameOfCallandor]

Sign me up for two.

okay, I think you're satire.

Are you nuts. These things are going to appreciate in value so much!

[Eel O'Brian]

it is a pretty sweet novelty mouse

i'd get one for a netbook, whip that out at the cafe, and all the ladies would be like ooh-la-la

[Tauntaun]

it is a pretty sweet novelty mouse

i'd get one for a netbook, whip that out at the cafe, and all the ladies would be like ooh-la-la

Straight pimpin. 

[Kestastrophe]

This reminds me that at some point I am going to visit with my uncle and cousin this summer, who are both hardcore libertarians. God help me.

He even convinced my dad that the "gold standard" idea was a good idea after the stocks plummeted. God help me.

It happens to the best of us. Hell, even John Maynard Keynes was pro-gold standard early on. But I think there is a difference between peddling policies that are proven to not work, and theorizing about policies that may/may not work.

[Human Snorenado]

This reminds me that at some point I am going to visit with my uncle and cousin this summer, who are both hardcore libertarians. God help me.

He even convinced my dad that the "gold standard" idea was a good idea after the stocks plummeted. God help me.

My dad is a libertopian. 

But he voted for McCain for some unknowable reason last year.