“I’ll have a Bloody Mary, a steak sandwich, and uh….. a steak sandwich please!” quips Chevy Chase’s investigative journalist Fletch in one of the 80′s funniest comedies. And, much like Fletch trying to stay one step ahead of the hitmen, the law, the doctors, his wife’s lawyer, his boss, rabid dobermans – you get the picture – almost every American I know feels like their lives are one giant Con where money is concerned. After all, the concept of real currency has been a fairy tale that we’ve read about in history books for almost a century now. Let’s all try a practical exercise. Go to your wallet (or purse, ladies…) and pull out any denomination of paper money. Read the words at the top: Federal Reserve Note. Do you know what those words mean? They mean that the value of that piece of paper in your hand is determined by a particu...continued HERE
