Forum:U.S. Economy Crises=Caps as Currency?

WIth all thats going on with the U.S.'s Economy (Debt Cieling, going from AAA to AA, etc) Am I the only one hoping this somehow results in caps being worth more than the U.S. Dollar, thus meaning that becomes the U.S. Currency? --DictatorDom14 21:06, August 6, 2011 (UTC)

It couldn't hurt. I'm looking forward to paper currency backed by water like the NCR I've got a whole bank of water in my back yard :P

--Boredintheusa 01:30, August 9, 2011 (UTC)

While I do have a good amount of bottle caps stashed away, I doubt that would realistically ever become a currency. However, gold prices have skyrocketed recently. In the event of an actual financial collapse, gold and other precious metals will retain trading value, even if paper money doesn't. So you may want to take a trip to the Sierra madre to get some gold bars :) Vault Dweller 5 20:32, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

I wouldn't mind too much. My roommates and I party a lot. We've got a 5 gallon bucket full of varying bottle caps, along with a random assortment of smaller containers and 1 gallon zip-lock bags. Not to mention all the caps on the ceiling. I think there's already a problem with paper money. We've go so much cash printed in the U.S. right now that I don't think we have enough gold in our reserves to back all of it. Even if you add in silver, platinum, palladium, and so forth. Hell, most of the money out there today is all digital dollars. You think they would hand Bill Gates 50 some-odd billion in cash if he walked into the bank with a check. Doubtful. So yeah, bring on the downfall of society. Got this on lock. --the last thing you never see-- Dopesmylez 21:39, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

Actually U.S. currency is no longer backed by any hard metal. It's all based on trust now... ---bleep196- 21:44, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

Well that just makes it even more worthless. Who is exactly supposed to be doing the trusting? Because I don't trust the government, and they make the money. Dopesmylez 21:48, August 11, 2011 (UTC)
 * Using the USD is showing trust in the US economy - not just the government but everyone and every company that uses the USD... but this is really kinda deep economic like stuff... There's probably better places that can explain it to you. Agent c 02:03, August 16, 2011 (UTC)