<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Tom Asks:<br></div><div>> Even if the rest of society starts trading in
chicken feet, by insisting on dollars the government ensures <br></div><div>>that they
continue to have value. (No dollars? We're putting you in jail.) When
the Hungarian pengő bills <br></div><div>>became near-worthless in 1945, what replaced
them? Tax certificates ("adópengő").<div>><br></div><div>>Perhaps I was
mistaught, or that economic model is no longer valid. Or perhaps the
state is sticking it to</div><div>>the federal government. (In the latter case, I'd
expect some lawsuits and public statements.) In either <br></div><div>>case, I don't
get it.</div><div>><br></div><div><br></div><div>No, you're right Tom. Since the time of Nixon the US has had a kaynesian monetary policy that uses the dollar as fiat money - you have to pay taxes with it. Have to have to have to. What Ohio is doing "doesn't make any sense", or at least, is inconsistent with the Federal policy. Another trick: The world reserve currency for oil is dollars - which means to buy or sell oil, you need to transfer your money to dollars. That is the second piece REALLY propping up the value of the dollar.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Which tells me some motivated state senator who knew better (or perhaps he didn't) convinced the house, senate, and governor who DIDN'T know better. Likely with a war cry similar to what the dems used to pass the Green Jobs Act of 2007 "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. Anything more complicated than that can't be heard. This will create JOBS. Jobs. Jobs." In a for loop: Jobs.</div><div><br></div><div>So that's cool, I guess, let's see where it goes.</div><div><br></div><div>Other revelant bitcoin journalism stuff moving to ipg-l. If the listparents think it's wise, it might eventually move to -pol, but i think it is real internet journalism.<br></div><div><br></div><div>--heusser<br></div><br></div></div>