What backs the money supply in the United?
117828
It was backed by gold but now is backed by the word of the US government.
76626
Ok. Yes We would get involved with international support or not. The fact is we have invested way to much time money into Taiwan to let it change Gov'ts. The US however keeps an open opinion on the situation so not to effect the way china feels. Though taiwan is a thorn in china's side and they want it back they will not risk loosing all they have including there recent economic gains in the international community in order to take back such a minimal benefit. If you really want more of an answer just message me back!
296421
I have very bad news for you:\n\nIn 1971 the President of the United States of America Richard Nixon decided to suspend the convertability convertibility from dollars to gold.\n\nIn 1968 an ounce of Gold was worth exactly $35\n\nIn 1971 the United States of America had a reserve deficit of $56 Billion dollars; as well, it had depleted most of its non-gold reserves and had only 22% gold coverage of foreign reserves. In short, the dollar was tremendously overvalued with respect to gold.\n\nIn 1971 more and more dollars were being printed in Washington, then being pumped overseas, to pay for the government's military expenditures and private investments. In the first six months of 1971, assets for $22 billion fled the United States\n\nIn 1971, the United States government abandoned the gold standard, so that the US dollar was no longer a fixed currency, and most of the world's currencies followed suit.\n\nAll this means the United States of America Goverment can print any amount of Dollars and it does not have to back the value with Gold or with anything else.\n\nIn other words. The dollar is just a piece of paper.\n\nThe only thing backing the Dollar is the PROMISE of the United States of America Goverment to pay back someday with the taxes it collects. This is of course impossible because the money collected is less than the money spend. In other words. The United States of America Goverment is unprofitable.\n\nHowever, they just keep printing more and more money and they just selling more and more dollars.\n\nIt's like a MasterCard with Unlimited Credit and they just keep buying and buying things and they don't worry about the increasing debt because they know MasterCard is never going to cancel the Credit Line.\n\nIf you want to know how much money the United States of America Goverment owes to the rest of the world just check the link below
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This is a really WIDE-ranging question, and it's practically impossible to give you a good answer that's practical for use. Fed Reserve prints money, essentially, "increasing the money supply" (counterfeiting) on demand. It is private, yet govt controlled. The govt simply placed it in "private hands" so they could get away with their political sleight of hand without having to worry about the Constitution. The IMF, of which the US is a member with about 17% of the clout, loans federal reserve funny money and usurious rates, then, eventually, puts anyone small (only large companies can afford usurious rates) out of business, out of house, home, food, and everything else. Ask Jamaica. The federal govt, in taking us off the gold standard, has sentenced the US to eventual economic death.\n\nGo to the web and search for Liberty Dollar. You can trade $10 in federal funny money for real silver, and $1 for silver certificates backed by real silver. If enough of us used this, we could make the US financially solvent again, over the years.
295451
Currently, it's the U.S. dollar (since 2000).  At one time, it was the peso and the sucre
329474
it's based on demand/supply of the money. It can also be determined by government policy, like when euro first come out.
636839
my preference is to vote independant...whatever is best for this country in the long run...not giving up long term things for short term gains
314160
People want democracy to deliver what it cannot hope to deliver...perfect government. I agree with you. If the people support the leader then forget what the US says. The USA has enough corruption problems of their own with a democratic system being bankrolled by corporate America for their own capitalist ends. (Didn't mean to sound like 1960's european communist 'filthy capitalist pigs' type guy it just came out that way!)
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This depends on the current political/economic welfare of the country that distributes each currency.\n\nFor instance, when the U.S. overthrew Saddam Hussien, the worth of the currency in Iraq dropped drastically.  Therefore, it was a great time to purchase Iraq currency, because from that point on it could only go up in value.  There are not many U.S. banks that exchage their currency with U.S. currency, however.  \n\nI guess my first statement probably answered your question the best.  It would take a little research to learn if you would earn anything on these exchanges.  It's kind of like the stock market - you have to know when to get out.
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billions and billions of us dollars
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First let me correct some misstatements\n1 The Dollar is not based on  gold, silver or any other precious metal and has not been for over 50 yrs\n.2 Dollars in circulation are not directly part of the national debt per say. though the debt is certainly affected \n\nSo what does back the dollar you might ask. Simply put the full faith and credit of the united states treasury (that used to be printed on our bills).The value of the dollar is set by the currency traders worldwide as are most currencies in the world today. Some will tell you that it is tied to the GNP but this is not really true in the strictest sense. \nSo how do the traders determine the value? Well thats where it gets more complicated. since the dollar is backed only by the governments promise to back it up with some type of hard asset one must look at the governments ability to do just that. Since the government's only income is from it's ability to tax the income and goods of it's citizens, business's etc that is where the currency traders look. to set a an initial value. Then the traders take look forward on the future ability of the government to maintain  this income. Certainly tax revenue is basically influenced by the strength of the economy in a given nation in this case the U. S.  So if a country's economy is strengthening the value of it's currency will trend up barring other influences. the monkey wrench is this,  currency traders trade more than just dollars they trade Japaneses yen, British Pounds and all types of currencies. so traders look at the strength of a country's economy and how it relates to other countries economies. so even if lets say England economy is strong and growing if the U. S. economy is stronger and growing faster the traders will favor the dollar over the pound and the dollars relative value against the pound will increase. Without getting too complicated there are other factors that get considered but this gives you the basic concept of how a currency is valued.\n\nSo why doesn't printing money work.? well here is where the GNP ( Gross National Product) comes in  Since the GNP is a good expression of a country's overall economic health it gives a strong indication of the domestic economy in general and therefore the value of it's currency. now the GNP is a hard number it can increase and decrease over time but the number is fixed in relation to the number of dollars in circulation. To simplify lets say the GNP was 1000 and there 100 total dollars in circulation the dollar would be worth 1/10th of the GNP or 10. but if you printed 100 more dollars and put them in circulation 1 dollar would be worth only 1/20th of GNP or 5. Starting to get the picture? Now it may surprise you that the Government does actually print more dollars sometimes this is called increasing the money supply The reason is sometimes the government does want to lower the overall value of the dollar in relation to other currencies like the pound. While this seems strange at first the reason is if the dollar is weaker against other currencies it makes American made goods cheaper to the rest of the world thus stimulating the economy by allowing us to export more goods. In time the economy strengthens thus increasing the value of the the dollar back up. If you would like to learn more on this look up information on the Federal Reserve Board this is the body that controls the currency supply or how many dollars are in circulation.\n\nWell hope this helps
1134197
By everything, what do you mean?  I look at things this way.  I give you a lot of money "foreign aide" and by golly there is going to be something in return for me, or at least I am going to monitor it.  You want government aid, expect to be touched by the hands of the government.  So if you don't want any part of the government, support yourself, expect nothing from your government, follow all the laws,pay your taxes and there shouldn't be a problem.  But know that you won't have anyone to blame if you fail.
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It is when the dollar assumes status of primary reserve currency in the international financial architecture.  It prevents exporting nations from spending domestic dollars they earn from the U.S. trade deficit and forces them to finance U.S. capital surplus.  This sends wealth to the U.S. in exchange for the privelege of financing U.S. debt to further develop the U.S. economy.\n\nThanks for asking this, had never heard of it so I learned something new today!  I just had to look it up when I read it, make sure you weren't making something up.  :)  No offense intended.
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you could argue it helped bring the issues back into presidential elections for the first time in a few elections. Since deflation was crippling the farmers and farming was still a major economic activity in the united states local coops were created. Also there was the creation of the populist party which although they werent succesful in presidential elections, they did help get some reforms eventually passed outside of elections. with many people seeking some form of solution to the money problems in the era, the candidates for elections had to take stands on how they were going to solve the problems, which was not as necesary in the previous decades of election.
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It's all about the money, yes sir. All economic interests. Money rule the world. Do you think that the most powerful countries would agree to be considered the same with the poorest ones without getting anything? And nowadays the power of a state consits on its economic resources. Look at the EU and you'll find the answer. I live in a poor country and everybody around here is moritified because if my country will enter the EU all the prices will raise and the salaries will remain the same. A peaceful society would be one where money doesn't exist.
176486
Of course it does.  But actually it the American people who provide Washington money--through Federal taxes--and those dollars are "re-distributed" to the states and then to localities.
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Unlimited supply of money