december utc i find it far from silly to say that the us did better economically under the gold and silver standard of the 's then under the so called guiding hand of the federal reserve it is in fact plain old truth which can be confirmed by just about anyone rrius excepted he seems too stupid to be able to look up such things since he seems to hate deflation perhaps he should go back to paying for a dos computer with a green screen inch monitor then paying for a much more capable current computer no cellphone for him either they also keep on adding features for the same price or dropping in price for the basic stuff per his own words stuff dropping in price is bad and people must have mush in the brain pan to take advantage of the lower prices