# Sustainable?

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**Created:** [January 14, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sustainable/194783 "2008-01-14T12:06:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sustainable/194783/11 "2008-01-15T06:20:49Z")

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> [@FS: 2006 Kawasaki Brute 650i](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-2006-kawasaki-brute-650i/34374/2):
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> I don’t know, man. There’s a couple of things I don’t like about it. First, the economy can only grow as fast as the Treasury Department obtains assets. Second, by definition, the Treasury Department owns 1/2 of the nation’s assets.
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> If the only asset is gold, then the value of the nation’s economy is tied directly to the value of gold. And if the treasury dept can’t get enough gold, it has to acquire other tangible assets?? Land, perhaps?
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> Just playing devil’s advocate here.

I don’t agree. The economy grows when money changes hands faster. The money supply does not have to grow. This is clear when you see how we are paid hourly or on salary, either way, it’s a measure of money over time.

The gold ensures that the money supply is not diluted. This becomes a problem when you or I make $XXXX per year or hour. When our servant government decides to print more money, as it enters circulation, it dilutes the value of our money, but we don’t get a raise, thus our same dollars are now worth less.

The Gold standard serves to ensure that the value of currency cannot be diluted.

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