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Old 10-07-2008, 06:46 PM  
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The U.S. dollar is a fiat currency, as are most currencies in the world today. One of the rare currencies still backed by a metal is the Swiss Franc, this is why people have offshore accounts there. All paper currencies are bound to fail eventually.

“Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value ---- zero.” Voltaire
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