[DeaconBenjamin]

Only so many dollars can be printed before they have no value

A trillion here, a trillion there, soon you're NOT talking real money.

[Winstons Julia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CirrRY_6aaU

[Wolfie]

He stipulates that he should be paid at their market values, currently $1,801 for the gold coin and $35.28 for the silver coin.

Sure, why not. It's only the taxpayers' money after all.

[wideawake]

This clown is unfit for office if this is his level of reading comprehension. if states want to issue their own money, it has to be gold or silver. US currency is legal tender in all states.

[Proud2BeRight]

Good luck trying to get paid in precious metals. There are places these days that don’t even accept cash regardless of the “This note is legal tender for all debts public and private” printed on it.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

At this point, I don’t think any elected official should be paid at all.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

At this point, I don’t think any elected official should be paid at all. They should be paying us. We’re the ones getting screwed.

[Carriage Hill]

Coming soon, for a loaf of bread:

[aynrandfreak]

Until we get to hyper-inflation, he should have time to cash his check and use it to buy the gold himself

[5thGenTexan]

So the ruling class that exempts themselves from the consequences they subject us to want to be exempted from the consequences of dollar devaluation, too?

(Yes, I know this is a state legislator not a federal one, but still...)

[Cheapskate]

What part of "This note is legal tender for all debts public and private" don't you understand?

Why should the taxpayers pay to convert your ill-gotten gains?

[aposiopetic]

How about a nice Burl Ives recording?

[publius911]

Contacted at his Columbia Falls-area home, O’Neil said that he did not contact Legislative Services prior to sending the letter to see if there may be any logistical barriers to providing his legislative pay in gold and silver.

It is sad that this Republican is so profoundly ignorant. After the establishment of the Federal Reserve, the confiscation of Gold by FDR, and the 40,000 laws that have been interpreted as nulifying the Bill of Rights, his chances of getting paid in gold (at face value,) is essentially ZERO.

The average d******t (47%) has an excuse; an elected politician does not.

[unixfox]

Here’s an idea.

Take your paper money and trade them in for gold coins.

See, that wasn’t so hard.

[MV=PY]

I like it. It’s a way to raise awareness of the problem. Too many legislators think we can run the printing presses forever.

We need to grow the political backbone to address this issue head on.

[MV=PY]

I like it. It’s a way to raise awareness of the problem. Too many legislators think we can run the printing presses forever.

We need to grow the political backbone to address this issue head on.

[dfwgator]

He’s gonna be a Dental Floss Tycoon.