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by ekianjo 4147 days ago
Really ? Why do governments keep tons of bar Gold then in the first place ? Have you ever seen the actual inflation of paper money over like, 50 years ? 1 Million USD used to be a lot of money back in the 60s-70s, nowadays it's a commodity and 1 billion is rather the new standard of "large sum".