Ben Carson Upsets Mainstream Media: Openly Questions Fiat Money

"[T]he only reason that we can sustain that kind of debt is because of our artificial ability to print money, to create what we think is wealth, but it is not wealth, because it's based upon our faith and credit. You know, we decoupled it from the domestic gold standard in 1933, and from the international gold standard in 1971, and since that time, it's not based on anything. Why would we be continuing to do that?”

Because of views like this, O’Brien dismisses Carson as not being a “candidate of serious policy.”..."

at http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-10-12/ben-carson-upsets-mainstream-media-openly-questions-fiat-money