--- On Fri, 3/27/09, Jeffrey R Kubler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> After waiting in the bullet line, we should probably all go
> get a big wheel barrel to carry our money in! I understand that
> German's had to use such a conveyance to hold their money in as
> they went to buy something during the Weimar Republic and the hyper
> inflation they experienced prior to the failure of the government
> in the 30's!
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The inflation was due to the government printing the money with out any backing. Basically the money was worth the paper and the ink that produced it.
Sort of like the fed is doing now...
http://www.nowandfutures.com/key_stats.html
The third and fourth charts are where it gets really interesting.
So invest in bullets or wheelbarrows? I would suggest that he who has the bullets gets the wheelbarrows.
-Craig
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