Editing Monetary reform (section)

===Examples of government issued debt-free money===
Some governments have experimented in the past with debt-free government-created money independent of a bank. The American Colonies used the "[[Colonial Scrip]]" system prior to the [[American Revolution|Revolution]], much to the praise of [[Benjamin Franklin]]. The paper money of Pennsylvania maintained its value for forty years.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Carey |first1=Lewis James |title=Franklin's Economic Views |date=1928 |publisher=Doubleday, Doran & Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9U9wn2cG4JoC&q=%22maintain%20its%20value%22 |language=en}}</ref>

[[Abraham Lincoln]] used interest-free money created by the government to help the Union win the [[American Civil War]]. Since greenbacks were not limited by gold, they fueled wartime prosperity among farmers and industrial growth.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Arnold |first1=James R. |last2=Wiener |first2=Roberta |title=American Civil War: The Essential Reference Guide |date=19 July 2011 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-59884-906-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lEzEEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22The+Greenbacks:+Or,+The+Money+that+Won+the+Civil+War%22&pg=PA335 |language=en}}</ref>