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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Gold Not Money According to Fed -- It's an Asset
by
netrin
on 14/07/2011, 16:08:08 UTC
So....what's wrong with saying gold isn't money?

That's not the question. The question is why Mr. Bernanke wants it not to be money. That's not really a question either, but I digress.
I heard he doesn't want candy to be money either!  Why does he hate candy?  What's his angle???

I love bashing the Fed as much as any long bitcoiner, but really, I have to agree with Bernanke on this one. Do you think gold is money? No. Do you think T Bills are money? No, they're assets. This is true. We HOLD gold, we don't use them as a medium of exchange. We have and will, but today, we generally do not.