Creative gold alchemy - 1929
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Brief excerpt from the next book - just for fun:
A few thought of more creative ventures. A man named Andrew Vena from New York City wrote to mint director Grant with an idea he thought could not fail.
“I have learnt with interest that there is about $15,000,000 worth of gold teeth lie buried every year in this country.” The rest of Mr. Vena’s plan was for a government commission to order removal of gold teeth before burial (presumably after the owner’s death) with the gold sent to the treasury. He also thought it possible to exhume the dead and have them make a similar contribution.
Director Grant wrote back, “…please be advised that the Government would not be interested in the proposition you mention.”
A few thought of more creative ventures. A man named Andrew Vena from New York City wrote to mint director Grant with an idea he thought could not fail.
“I have learnt with interest that there is about $15,000,000 worth of gold teeth lie buried every year in this country.” The rest of Mr. Vena’s plan was for a government commission to order removal of gold teeth before burial (presumably after the owner’s death) with the gold sent to the treasury. He also thought it possible to exhume the dead and have them make a similar contribution.
Director Grant wrote back, “…please be advised that the Government would not be interested in the proposition you mention.”
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<< <i>Nope, "we at the US government make a habit out of robbing the living, not the dead!" >>
Are you sure? This is no longer 1929.
Mandatory body "donation" law
I guess they can take some gold from your mouth as they pillage some of your vital organs to help line the pockets of those trading your body parts. I don't know about you but I don't want to be worth more dead than alive to some doctors that are playing god over my life.
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<< <i>Nope, "we at the US government make a habit out of robbing the living, not the dead!" >>
Are you sure? This is no longer 1929.
Mandatory body "donation" law >>
They'll have to pry it from my cold, dead ... oh, wait a minute ... nevermind.
Oh, PLEASE, don't let obama and his gang find out about this!
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
One result of reviewing these kinds of things is that at the time, no one had a good explanation for the Depression.
From the sample reviewed, it appears that most were genuinely trying to help and were writing to the only people who might be able to change things.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire