“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.”
- President Abraham Lincoln,1864
This administration must constitute a legal tender in which the people are the beneficiary rather than international entities. It took silver currency less than 10 years to double its value after removing the silver. It took pennies 24 years to double in copper value after the removal of copper in 1982. Today all coins are minted at a fraction of face value.