“Opponents of the gold standard have attacked and will again attack good money — and especially gold — as ‘outside the mainstream.’ That may be true for academic economists but it is simply not so for the rest of us. Rasmussen polled 1000+ voters last October, and its data revealed that hefty pluralities of almost all demographics — and a majority of Blacks — approve of the gold standard. Historically speaking, sound money in general and gold in particular represent very mainstream opinion.”
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