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Solution to the twin problems of inflation and the oil shortage. Why not take all the paper money and burn it?

Having gotten by Jove, America’s Pioneer 10 continues on its journey out of the solar system. Ecstatic project scientists estimate that the spacecraft will continue to transmit information to earth from as far away as two billion miles, near the orbit of the planet Uranus. If all goes well, Pioneer 10 will depart the solar system in 1987 and thereupon enter the Milky Way. Now back to the tapes.

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Solution to the twin problems of inflation and the oil shortage. Why not take all the paper money and burn it?

Having gotten by Jove, America’s Pioneer 10 continues on its journey out of the solar system. Ecstatic project scientists estimate that the spacecraft will continue to transmit information to earth from as far away as two billion miles, near the orbit of the planet Uranus. If all goes well, Pioneer 10 will depart the solar system in 1987 and thereupon enter the Milky Way. Now back to the tapes.