Posts Tagged ‘governments’
Charles Stevenson on Gold Holding Value Above Printed Money
on Wednesday, January 30, 2013Charles Stevenson Money Quotation saying gold holds the value that money represents and isn’t affected by the minting of paper money. Charles Stevenson said:
Gold is a money that governments don’t print. It’s a way to hold value when there is nothing to invest in because it stores value the way money is supposed to
— Charles Stevenson
Benjamin Franklin: Tax of Idleness
on Thursday, August 19, 2010Benjamin Franklin Money Quote counsels that laziness and self-importance tax those afflicted much more than government taxation might take from the earnings of humble hard workers.
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments
— Benjamin Franklin
John Maynard Keynes: Inflationary Measures
on Monday, August 2, 2010John Maynard Keynes Money Quotation blames government for preventing the citizenry from becoming or remaining wealthy by encouraging inflationary measures.
By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
— John Maynard Keynes