Stealing from the people was never so easy. Since WWII the Great Republic had been creating currency. Superpowers like Britain, France, and Germany had tried to devalue money and failed. They failed because they had a secondary currency, and a secondary global economy. The Republic was the premier currency; the premier economy, and the elected did as they pleased. The people and politicians got used to inflation saying, “Why should we care; why worry? Headlong! All will be well.”
Then a virtuous, handsome man was elected President. Most wanted him, some did not. He saw that the Republic was too comfortable. Gold and silver had long run out and paper currency was constantly being printed. He had to do something. The last paper note backed by silver was made in 1957, and the hero said the only thing he could: “Inflation stops here!”
Two weeks later a sniper shot him in the head. While everyone was going crazy he was rushed to the hospital elevator where black suits took him up. The door was closed and they scooped out the rest of his functioning brain. The hero was dead.
The people wept.
And the heist was complete.
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Aaron Michael Grant
Grant retired from the United States Marine Corps in 2008 after serving a combat tour 2nd Tank Battalion in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is the author of "Taking Baghdad," available at Barnes & Noble stores, and Amazon.
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