The bottom line here is that our standard of living is sinking like a stone and the income gap from top to bottom is at a all time high and the percentage of rate vs. actual dollars in revenues paid is far in favor of the higher income brackets than the average wage earner.

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This ensures that the new kilogram will be a truly universal and immutable standard, set in something much firmer than stone, or even platinum: the fundamental laws of nature.

ECONOMIST: Weighing a kilogram

He has long argued for a return to the gold standard, as the next best thing to (and presumably a stepping-stone towards) a single currency for the world.

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