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In reply to the discussion: WEE December 4, 2015 I'll start......I'll start with some...... [View all]MattSh
(3,714 posts)12. Yeah... but...
There has to be some faith that those little green pieces of paper have something of value behind them. I mean, how many times can we use the White House and the US Congress as collateral?
Or, of course, the threat of the use of force. That's been a favorite go to response lately.
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