tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post1393202416341734528..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: MIT Economist: Bitcoin Likely to Be QuashedRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-80556201660332628212013-10-23T02:51:07.382-04:002013-10-23T02:51:07.382-04:00Back in the 1930s when gold was still money, and c...Back in the 1930s when gold was still money, and competing against the paper dollars, the government made it illegal for private citizens to own gold and required all existing gold ownership to be turned over to the Fed in exchange for paper dollars. Gold ownership was then banned for 40 years, probably to allow the old generation who viewed it as money to die off. I have no doubt that the Alan Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144313758560375165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22921300700545267752013-10-15T13:29:23.270-04:002013-10-15T13:29:23.270-04:00Yeah that's what we need. A campaign to badmou...Yeah that's what we need. A campaign to badmouth Bitcoin.<br />People need to limit their attention to fiat money instead, because that is REAL money.<br /><br />And what Kokesh did is really stupid. You don't take action against the state and you mock those that do.<br />Better to constantly write little articles and hope for some kind of miracle instead.<br /><br />I just have to wonderTonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-54740835899083149992013-10-14T12:23:08.254-04:002013-10-14T12:23:08.254-04:00Just a thought but would it be beneficial to encou...Just a thought but would it be beneficial to encourage both party voters to take up Bitcoins? Maybe not a campaign against government or its policies. That would only make Bitcoin people look like criminals and traitors because how most people are statists (excuse the cynicism). But, a campaign kind of like gold and precious metals where they could save a person's investments, but with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57693569219817406402013-10-14T12:17:18.310-04:002013-10-14T12:17:18.310-04:00No doubt they will shutdown bitcoin, Government do...No doubt they will shutdown bitcoin, Government does not want competition for anything they are involved with or might get involved with, especially money!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02450027757483673221noreply@blogger.com