tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19364700.post3941493866243110092..comments2023-07-26T04:54:13.903-07:00Comments on Robin's Readings and Reflections: Thomas Jefferson on BanksTerrell Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17367926808246409525noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19364700.post-50686079073689672672008-03-26T10:29:00.000-07:002008-03-26T10:29:00.000-07:00"By a continuous process of inflation, governments..."By a continuous process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. By this method, they not only confiscate, but they confiscate arbitrarily; and while the process impoverishes many, it actually enriches some....The process engages all of the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner that not one man in a million can diagnose." - John Maynard Keynes Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920islandhomiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968823259143204761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19364700.post-54740142560151108982008-03-26T10:07:00.000-07:002008-03-26T10:07:00.000-07:00What would Jefferson have had to say about the Fed...What would Jefferson have had to say about the Federal Reserve Bank, which Ron Paul has promised to abolish when he becomes president?islandhomiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968823259143204761noreply@blogger.com