their "best interests" really are. Based on your first paragraph, it seems you should know that the destruction of the middle class is both the goal and the key to reshaping U.S. society in a manner more compatible with global governance. In short, if Ron Paul's plan promised the greatest pain, you can be sure that he would be helped by the same people who now oppose him. It would be a two-for-one deal. Not only would the desired desperation be achieved (and therefore dependence on the "saviors" in government), but the idea of freedom and individual responsibility would be thoroughly discredited in the minds of the still clueless masses. If I remember correctly Ben Franklin wrote that paper on Paper currency very early on when he was only about 20 years old. Probably 50 years before the War of Indepence was over. After living in France and learning of the mess paper money had made there, he had completely changed his mind and supported gold and silver, not paper. @Matthew -- The continental currency had no restraints on its issuance. Just as we have separation of powers as far as government goes (on paper, of course), they should be separation of powers concerning the currency. I hold that Franklin`s paper still holds true, as you may well know, the constitution was a series of compromises where the London bankers had much influence. Hamilton certainly plaid his role. Question: Why do people still believe the constitution imposes gold and silver