[11B3]

It's high time that we do away with the Fed and their international crooks - the Fed is un-Constitutional, and they sway political decisions without representing the people. However, they also have all of America's gold reserve and word has it that it has been spirited out of the country. The tiny pittance of gold that exists in Ft Knox these days is not America's reserve - it is low quality from electrical scrap.

Instead of making gold the money standard, they should choose a material that America has plenty of - and the rest of the world has little. How about Plutonium? That would make America and Russia the most wealthy nations on Earth.

[steve50]

It is well enough that the people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning. -- Henry Ford

Always found this quote from one of our leading capitalists interesting.

[taxtruth]

Ron Paul is always on the money and he is looking out for the peoples interest "GOLD and SILVER" mandated via the US Constitution.What comes around goes around and the fed "the fatal parasite devised on Dec.23,1913 when most congressman went home for Christmas" must be HISTORY.We must do this to compete with the Europeans and the Russians because these governments are starting to back their currency with GOLD.They aren't so dum after all but are we?The Founders warned us no thanks to FDR "America's most famous liar and crook".It's time to smell and see the facts folks because we really need to get on the stick before the stick smacks us in the rearend.Bombard your state senator with emails and letters!Get to work Freepers and let us try to help save "THE REPUBLIC".Bombs away! Thanks to all "FREEPERS" who believe and care about the Founders dreams and wishes, Taxtruth

[Tauzero]

ping

[Middle Man]

"...trust in the dollar is being lost."

The only backing the dollar has anymore is Greenspan's jawboning and the rest of the world's blind faith that America knows what it's doing.

[Calvin Locke]

Oh jeez, you mean those Art Bell and Michael Savage are right to push gold?

[Poohbah]

The constitutional mandate for Congress should only permit silver and gold to be used as legal tender and has been ignored for decades and has caused much economic pain for many innocent Americans.

If Dr. Paul is going to talk about constitutional mandates, then he needs to cite the Constitution correctly. The specific clause in the Constitution is that no state (be it New Jersey, Texas, Confusion, or Hysteria) shall make anything but gold and silver coin legal tender for paying their debts. This does not restrict Congress.

[The Scorpion King]

If this is implemented and the U.S. goes back to using real money, then our lifestyles as Americans would radically change. The money supply would become very tight, and Americans would be forced to end our love affair with the credit cards. America would have to ditch the Federal Reserve System with it's worthless "fiat currency." Government would be forced to live within it's means, and rein in spending, or else the government would devalue it's own currency.

A return to the Gold Standard might be the best thing that happened to American in a long time!