Posted on 03/20/2011 8:40:28 AM PDT by DanMiller
When Will They Ever Learn?
According to the Citizen Times and as also noted in the Daily Beast, a North Carolina man recently found guilty of minting and distributing Liberty Dollars was, as stated by U.S. Attorney Anne Tompkins, a domestic terrorist. The conviction resulted from an investigation which began in 2005. As reported in the Citizen Times,
Attempts to undermine the legitimate currency of this country are simply a unique form of domestic terrorism, U.S. Attorney Anne Tompkins said. While these forms of anti-government activities do not involve violence, they are every bit as insidious and represent a clear and present danger to the economic stability of this country.We are determined to meet these threats through infiltration, disruption and dismantling of organizations which seek to challenge the legitimacy of our democratic form of government, Tompkins said.
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Well said in your #2, thank you.
which backs up my point.. this could be a trial balloon to go after the gold/silver sellers
the left would love to do that
My point was only that the counterfeiter doesn’t need to make exact copies of circulating currency to be guilty of counterfeiting, only something that resembles it, as the Liberty Dollar coins do.
The law doesn’t seem to specify the amount of the “fine”. Sounds like they consider it to be equal to one’s holdings. Sort of like that joke 1040 form that asks how much you made, and then says “send it in”.
And if the law doesn’t give them what they need, they can just have King Barry issue an executive order, just as Roosevelt did.
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