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Subject: Re: Re: Liberterianism
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Date: Thu, 20-Sep-84 16:32:00 EDT
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/***** ea:net.politics / gloria!colonel / 11:53 pm  Sep 18, 1984 */
By the way, I foresee a conflict between the libertarians and the
gold-backers.  If all debts must be paid - in gold - what happens
if the price of gold drops?  (REAL libertarians don't use money -
they barter!)
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
...seismo!rochester!rocksanne!rocksvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel
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If you don't have money - or better yet, if the money is really backed by
gold, how can the "price" of gold drop?

BTW - REAL libertarians may not use money, but we will accept promisary
notes from sufficiently trustworthy people. Now, if somebody is *so*
trustworthy that everybody will accept their promisary notes in trade,
could you explain how that is different from money?