Is this a good thing to do or a bad thing to do?

  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    So I looked up Fort Knox, which holds 147 million ounces of gold, and then I found out that probably the rarest coin in the world is held there.

    The 1974 aluminum cent.

    And me being really stoned right now, forgot the question.

    • x0x7@lemmy.worldOP
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      3 months ago

      But they have a little less than 60% of the total US gold reserves.

      Do you want the government to give you some gold?

  • gedaliyah@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Strategic reserves are strategic. If your strategy is to crash the price of gold for a short period of time, then sure. It’s hard to see how society benefits from that though.

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      3 months ago

      The leading party for the last 20 years in my country would say that printing money didn’t bring on inflation. It’s funny how such a simple example beats their economy planning

  • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    3 months ago

    Enjoy your 300 bucks of gold I guess…

    Doesn’t really sound like a lot these days.

  • jet@hackertalks.com
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    3 months ago

    Depends what your goals are.

    If you want to make sure every person has access to a little bit of gold? Yeah go for it

    If you want to make everyone a little bit richer? No it won’t change anything, you’ve just raised all boats by the same amount. There’s no relative difference, it won’t have any impact on the economy

  • Robin@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Besides what people already pointed out about individual’s wealth, I also want to mention the US has a lot of debt with other countries and institutions. Those would get very upset if it looks like the government can no longer pay those debts.

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    3 months ago

    my first thought with this plan is the exact same thought I have when one of those “buy gold” commercials comes on and the old person be like “it’s tangible, I can hold it in my hand, it’s not sitting in a bank.” That only helps the person breaking into your house. So if you gave EVERYONE a little bit of gold, people would know others have this gold, and if the wrong person finds that out they’re gonna break into houses getting that gold.