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No, printing money does not need to be backed by gold. Most modern economies operate on a Fiat currency system, where money has value because the government maintains it and people have faith in its worth, rather than being backed by physical commodities like gold. This allows for greater flexibility in monetary policy, enabling governments to respond to economic conditions more effectively. However, excessive money printing without corresponding economic growth can lead to inflation.

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One word. Inflation. Printing more money causes prices to rise because of it's abundance.


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So the govt get more money from u ie fishing licence hunting licence


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All the Gold ever found in the history of the world isn't enough put the U.S. back on the Gold Standard at the current price of $1725, as of 11-18-2011. Currently the U.S. has just over 8500 tonnes of gold in its possession. The Gold that is quoted in U.S. Dollars is approximately worth $450 Billion dollars. The National Debt is now over $15 Trillion Dollars... at 10% of just the debt we need $1.5 Trillion dollars worth of gold. We are currently at just over 2%. The Bottom line is the value of gold must increase in value 3 times of what it is today or $5175. The Problem is our national debt continues to grow If we go back to a fractional gold reserve currency gold would triple again and who is going to provide the gold when your currency isn't wanted in the world because you ran your deficits through the roof. Now, nations will want their money back in gold, which would put the U.S. at a weekend stance of giving more of its reserve currency then it would want too. Circa 1971, that was the exact reason we came off of it.... France, under Charles De gaulle began requesting their money in gold as opposed to our fiat currency. Causing a major run on the dollar at the time. As well as run on our reserves of gold. JBthird Flint, MI


How much money does America have?

more like 44 trillion dollars... $44,000,000,000 No. Need to take the gold reserves, and convert them into grams and then convert it to normal rates. Most of USAs money is in gold correction... 44 trillion dollars = $44,000,000,000,000 that sounds more like Americas wealth

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