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go west young man

(4,856 posts) Sun Aug 10, 2014, 12:54 PM Aug 2014

The US is now a rogue warfare state- An interesting online discussion

of how the US has come to rely on imperialist military adventures and proxy wars to feed the military industrial complex.

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The US is now a rogue warfare state- An interesting online discussion (Original Post) go west young man Aug 2014 OP

, blkmusclmachine Aug 2014 #1

The Site It Links To Is Interesting, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #2

maybe, maybe not..gold keeps going up and up..and movonne Aug 2014 #3

Not Measured In Constant Dollars, Ma'am The Magistrate Aug 2014 #4

blkmusclmachine

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Sun Aug 10, 2014, 05:23 PM

Aug 2014

The Magistrate

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2. The Site It Links To Is Interesting, Sir

Reply to blkmusclmachine (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 10, 2014, 05:27 PM

Aug 2014

Gold-bugs, peddling their wares, and trying to infuse people with panic in hopes of selling more.

movonne

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3. maybe, maybe not..gold keeps going up and up..and

Reply to The Magistrate (Reply #2)

Sun Aug 10, 2014, 06:19 PM

Aug 2014

dollar is going down....

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)

4. Not Measured In Constant Dollars, Ma'am

Reply to movonne (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 10, 2014, 07:49 PM

Aug 2014

When inflation is allowed for, gold today is worth about a quarter to a sixth of what it was worth in 1980, though in nominal terms it appears to be over twice as high. In 1980, $6!5 purchased much more than $1300 can buy you today.

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