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Re: shuttle disaster



On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 19:23, Paul E Condon wrote:
> Gary Turner wrote:
> 
> >DvB wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Nathan E Norman <nnorman@incanus.net> writes:
[snip]
> >
> >Where the hell do you think the money came from?  If an investor can't
> >
> Actually, all money comes from the government, and the government uses 
> the banking system to distribute it. Try producing your own money. You 
> won't have much success.

/Cash/ comes from the government.  Since we left the precious metals
standard, they money the money that I get direct deposited into my
bank account, and with which I write checks & use online banking to
pay bills with is all hypothetical, and is based on how stable we think
society is.  

Oh, and yes, the rules governing how numbers move between ledger sheets
also comes from the government...

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