Re: party of the working class
  By: Matt Munson to All on Mon Jul 23 2012 09:53 pm

 > Third I would like to see Congress members Baca and Chu support Ron Paul's 
 > Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2011. It is disgusting how our purchasin
 > power has went down the toilet where the US dollar lost 97% of its gold valu
 > since when we got off the gold standard in 1971.

Ron Paul has a great talking point regarding the increase in precious metals
prices over the years. An ounce of gold still buys roughly the same as it did
in 1971 - the price increase is a result of the devaluation of the curency
purchasing it, not an increase in value of the metal.
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