Loqi, I've received your PM. My reply, however, was blocked because you only allow mail from friends. You haven't added me as one of your friends ... yet.

My short answer: Jaxon picks the headlines, as far as I know. If you'd like to see this link headlined (which would be an excellent choice), ask Jaxon. But ask nicely (or he'll strike you down with bolts of lightning).

Good luck! and be sure to ask him to headline my first ever link to M&Cs: The Money Masters ...

Ron Paul supports returning to the gold standard. While that's marginally better than just letting financial services corporations run wild, it's hardly a solution. Most of the physical gold in existence is controlled by banks.

The main problem during the Great Depression was a scarcity in the money supply. Banks were calling in loans and foreclosing on property while giving out less new debt, causing a contraction, and a transfer of ownership of property from poor to rich. There was no scarcity of actual things of value, which is why people were turning to barter to survive (including barter of gold until that was made illegal in the U.S.)

Don't let them position gold as a more solid backing for currency. Congress can just issue debt-free currency and spend it into the economy any time it wants to, rather than the government taking out loans for gold-backed money from gold-manipulating bankers.