Poor analogy. They propose to use Public money and that is money taken by force.

Oh, it's coming. http://www.usdebtclock.org/

I agree. It took a while but Harper is starting to prove himself. Freetrade agreements with Europe and South Korea and with more countries in the works. Great moves for the economy and wealth building.

What about Hyundai and Kia? I'm looking forward to paying less for a car.

The disturbing part is:

... shows you might not change your mind, even if you get evidence to the contrary

What?! I don't know how people can live this way.

You can thank the government corporate and IP laws for eliminating competition and causing this mess.

The resistance to support WebP in Mozilla seems to be more politically motivated than technical.

What I'm throwing out there isn't random. They are situations that involve coercion and my point is that whenever there's coercion, the dollar value represented isn't accurate. More coercion equals more distortion.

The U.S. spent more on defense in 2012 than did the countries with the next 10 highest defense budgets combined! http://pgpf.org/Chart-Archive/...

Do you really think the US is that paranoid that they'll be attacked or do they use this army to coerce other countries in doing what they want?

I understand how economics is suppose to work but it never does when there's coercion involved.

I like the irony there. You're resorting to an ad hominem because of your lack of intellect to come up with anything better. Any counter arguments to the petrocurrency or do you just have more insults?

I was pointing out one of the reasons the US dollar's value didn't reflect its economic output. Here's another. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...

I guess I have to connect the dots for you. The US government forces its citizens to pay taxes in US Dollars. This creates a demand for the US Dollar not because it is valuable or because it is backed by economic output of the US, but because it is the only form of payment that the government accepts. What are you missing here?

US government only accepts their dollar to pay taxes.

Fixed that for you

At least the US dollar is backed by guns of the US government

It's the opposite. You gotta be careful when entrusting your money to a cash instrument. I would much rather own an object that many people want than cash. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...

AmiMoJo said:

That's false and is my point.