[4rcane]

Even if that is true, why keep doing it. Thats like buying silver at $80 and selling it at $35 continuously. You know you will keep losing, so why keep doing it. Its better to simply default and pay less

[Publius]

This is about protecting the US dollar, a currency debauched by the nation's politicians because of the debauched appetites of the nation's populace. The day that gold and silver go into default is the day the price suppression scheme unravels. And that will be the day that bonds crash, the dollar crashes and interest rates go to 1980 levels and beyond.

It's not a day to hope for. Once gold and silver go to price levels that are not tampered with by central banks, their values will rise to levels unthinkable today. And that is the day the drumbeat will begin for confiscation.

[TruthConquers]

They are being paid as if the silver is worth $80, but they are being paid in dollars, not silver.

They are being paid extra NOT to take the real silver.

Does this help?

[Dr. Sheldon Cooper]

Even if that is true, why keep doing it. Thats like buying silver at $80 and selling it at $35 continuously. You know you will keep losing, so why keep doing it. Its better to simply default and pay less

Unless your losses are taken care of by several hundred billion "missing" TARP/Stimulus dollars.