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...the US will allow central banks to repatriate as much gold from New York as is absolutely necessary to allow them to have half of their gold at home.... Wha
by mdekkers 10y ago
...the US will allow central banks to repatriate as much gold from New York as is absolutely necessary to allow them to have half of their gold at home....
What the actual fuck? Why do we need permission from the US to have our own gold?
- erikb 10y agoTry to take the gold from someone with a bigger stick. You know how that'll end, right?
- mdekkers 10y agoIndeed. FYI, I'm Dutch, not German, and am just wondering about the whole "the world needs permission" kind of thing.
- VarFarYonder 10y agoStates tend to act like psychopaths. It should come as no surprise that the US doesn't honor the original agreement if it's in their self-interest to not honor that agreement. I'd be interested to know how the US came to hold the gold for Germany in the first place. Because it seems to me that Germany's mistake was to swap the gold for a promise.