tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post8305329093675412057..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: What Do You Get When Jeff Tucker and Max Keiser Double Team a Promotion?Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52227660890902251432013-04-03T23:40:16.901-04:002013-04-03T23:40:16.901-04:00Wenzel, you are so lame. Criticize with no suppor...Wenzel, you are so lame. Criticize with no supporting arguments. BTW, gold is dropping.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14038181815800492586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3824658609959841962013-04-03T22:43:08.978-04:002013-04-03T22:43:08.978-04:00Jesus, Wenzel, get some help. You are looking mor...Jesus, Wenzel, get some help. You are looking more pathetic by the day as you sit around obsessing over other people. You are REALLY exposing yourself. Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584077208433897963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3429191164931487582013-04-03T22:28:52.528-04:002013-04-03T22:28:52.528-04:00Please do not comment on BitCoin if you do not und...Please do not comment on BitCoin if you do not understand it. There are so many stupid comments on posts relating to it. Just don't say anything if you don't know how it works.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09607200139402567591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-21743699101435200972013-04-03T22:19:58.599-04:002013-04-03T22:19:58.599-04:00> Bit Coin is not a stable store of value, nor ...> Bit Coin is not a stable store of value, nor is it recognized as a currency.<br /><br />The Federal Reserve Note (called a dollar by the deluded) isn't a stable store of value. It's only recognized as a currency so people can pay taxes with it. That makes it "valuable" to some. <br /><br />You can't pay taxes in Bitcoin. That makes it more valuable than the FRN because Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-55650325712020384572013-04-03T20:05:36.094-04:002013-04-03T20:05:36.094-04:00All you Bob haters telling him that he doesn't...All you Bob haters telling him that he doesn't know what he's talking about with bitcoin should actually listen to his podcast where he interviews Trace Mayer.<br /><br />Bob is anything but stupid. You may disagree with him, as I do occasionally. However ad hominem attacks on him do nothing to advance your position. However they do make you look like the "stupid" and "Cory Bricknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615059918614218841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-84214655922027534182013-04-03T19:24:14.066-04:002013-04-03T19:24:14.066-04:00What? My post wasn't about his use of expleti...What? My post wasn't about his use of expletives. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14757003762123683886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-91115759877001942262013-04-03T17:32:57.407-04:002013-04-03T17:32:57.407-04:00Visit this gentleman's website for an economis...Visit this gentleman's website for an economist who actually has studied and knows about Bitcoin - in others ignore the under-informed Wenzel.<br />http://petercearle.com/<br />Earle does not attempt to be a jack of all trades and a master as well as Wenzel does but has actually spent effort/time with Bitcoin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10376539697623125972013-04-03T15:39:05.687-04:002013-04-03T15:39:05.687-04:00Nothing is universally accepted. Therefore, nothin...Nothing is universally accepted. Therefore, nothing is money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-25309951190646285142013-04-03T15:22:44.931-04:002013-04-03T15:22:44.931-04:00Thank goodness I don't listen to stupid people...Thank goodness I don't listen to stupid people such as you. I'm not even go into any specifics since you seem to be a closed minded boot licker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-63611929501608808502013-04-03T15:21:11.071-04:002013-04-03T15:21:11.071-04:00This person obviously doesn't know of the bene...This person obviously doesn't know of the benefits of the CURRENCY that is BITCOIN!<br /><br />Just shut up already...I don't even know why I'm giving you any attention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-90375367746422695852013-04-03T15:20:43.834-04:002013-04-03T15:20:43.834-04:00While the HUI makes fresh lows at 320 and gold ret...While the HUI makes fresh lows at 320 and gold retests critical support at $1550, the anti-contrarians chase up BTC from $20 to $140. Reminds me of that lyric from Carnation - "I just avert my eyes to the pain of someone's loss helping my gain."Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01854588356359323425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9329637788047881462013-04-03T15:09:03.627-04:002013-04-03T15:09:03.627-04:00I don't own any bitcoin, but it is not like a ...I don't own any bitcoin, but it is not like a promissory note. It's a limited supply of encrypted interlinked code that is divisible into smaller units which can be transferred peer to peer.<br /><br />I'm not saying I support it or not, personally I'm a gold bug myself, but I do find it at least in theory very interesting the more I study it and read about it. <br /><br />As for Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07808705954148200443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52642532795551614772013-04-03T14:56:09.824-04:002013-04-03T14:56:09.824-04:00Money is a universally accepted medium of exchange...Money is a universally accepted medium of exchange.<br /><br />Gold isn't universally accepted, hence it is not money.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15591978354639760240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-45040817766733130082013-04-03T14:50:43.854-04:002013-04-03T14:50:43.854-04:00Promissory note does not equal bitcoin.Promissory note does not equal bitcoin.ghst.mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03483524284655622522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-63823042804888311472013-04-03T14:45:14.837-04:002013-04-03T14:45:14.837-04:00Gold is money. It is accepted as money and is a un...Gold is money. It is accepted as money and is a uniform store of value. <br /><br />Bitcoin is not money, though it could be someday if it becomes accepted as such on a mass scale, Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561894838778546876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-19066036651026562102013-04-03T14:41:21.274-04:002013-04-03T14:41:21.274-04:00the bitcoin deficiency to me is bitcoin advocates&...the bitcoin deficiency to me is bitcoin advocates' weak argument that it has intrinsic value. this seems the disqualifier that it is money, at least in the traditional sense. the other qualities are wonderful though, especially in that it could potentially undermine big governments and central bankers perverting money and robbing us with fiat currency and bogus legal tender laws.keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02699691776040512537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-50678694696660282832013-04-03T14:21:27.636-04:002013-04-03T14:21:27.636-04:00Gold isn't money either.
Saying BTC are bette...Gold isn't money either.<br /><br />Saying BTC are better than gold isn't the same thing as saying BTC are money.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15591978354639760240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-2400102647500079162013-04-03T13:57:03.439-04:002013-04-03T13:57:03.439-04:00Christ, Wenzel, you need a vacation.Christ, Wenzel, you need a vacation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14757003762123683886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-18046254860145238252013-04-03T13:32:17.094-04:002013-04-03T13:32:17.094-04:00Agreed on this point. Bit Coin is not a stable sto...Agreed on this point. Bit Coin is not a stable store of value, nor is it recognized as a currency.<br /><br />That statement is just like what goes on with any investment bubble, being housing or stocks.<br /><br />You're right on the money. It sounds like Tucker has an investment in Bit Coins and likes what's happening with the value based on recent publicity.Cory Bricknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615059918614218841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52757180191466607692013-04-03T13:15:23.036-04:002013-04-03T13:15:23.036-04:00I'm no bitcoin expert but it sounds like Tucke...I'm no bitcoin expert but it sounds like Tucker just said promissory notes are better to own than the underlying asset.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08249326784075120297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-85478805012949743922013-04-03T13:00:56.938-04:002013-04-03T13:00:56.938-04:00I'd have a hard time feeling sympathy for anyo...I'd have a hard time feeling sympathy for anyone taking investment advice from Jeff Tucker or Max Keiser. <br />Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561894838778546876noreply@blogger.com