Saudi's threaten U.S. If congress passes 9/11 bill

[Benton]

(04-19-2016, 01:36 AM)Devils Advocate Wrote: I can tell you it will be worth something. 

And Since the dawn of time, people have claimed it has value. I suspect this to continue. 

I'd trade as little as the chicken farmer would accept. 

But that's the problem with gold standard. You know the dollar is going to be worth a dollar. It's an amount that reflects what other currencies are worth through exchange. It has a slowly adjustable value. Gold doesn't. Large investors can have an impact on it's value. They can't with the dollar.