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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Well with TPP released...Bernie wins this one hands down! [View all]Fairgo
(1,571 posts)29. Take a minute to parse the phrase "Gold Standard"
Literally, from Webster, "a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of gold and which is usually characterized by the coinage and circulation of gold, unrestricted convertibility of other money into gold, and the free export and import of gold for settling of international obligations"
In common use, it means the exemplar by which others of its kind will be evaluated...and thus implied, the matrix upon which future policy will be crafted.
NAFTA begat the TPP and the TPP will be the progenitor of the new capitalism...virile, global, out, and ultimately in charge of the fate of humanity.
My gold standard has nothing to do with money. Where does agape figure in the ledger of profit?
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Granted the HRC supporters are smug because they side with the billionaires who
rhett o rick
Nov 2015
#6
Yes, and there's a big cross section with people who think Snowden is a traitor
mindwalker_i
Nov 2015
#5
I think it's more serious that just embarassing Obama. We have raised a lot of Americans that
rhett o rick
Nov 2015
#7
The Parties are not the same, but as the Republicon Party went off the cliff, The Third Way
rhett o rick
Nov 2015
#23
The people who already have gold will get even more. It's standard. n/t
winter is coming
Nov 2015
#19
His legacy will also remember that he brushed off the seriousness of torture. Also,
rhett o rick
Nov 2015
#24
No, more like reality check with "Hillary was for it before she was against it"
pinebox
Nov 2015
#14
45 supporting statments including calling it the gold standard, then recently flip flopping...
Bubzer
Nov 2015
#15
And this is "one of the reasons" why he gets my vote.....................................
turbinetree
Nov 2015
#20