May

28

Attacks on Gold

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The Next Attack on Gold Has Begun

by Gary North

“When governments want to expand power over the monetary system, they invoke the need to clamp down on money laundering by criminals. There is a problem here. After these laws and new rules are passed, crime never goes down, but our privacy does. That is a problem for us. It is not a problem for governments.”

“When a society’s monetary system is based exclusively on private contracts and voluntary exchange, civil governments find it difficult to make money by counterfeiting. They cannot directly control the monetary system. They can influence it through legislation and the courts by altering what constitutes a legally enforceable contract. The main interference here is a government’s decision to allow banks and private storage facilities to issue receipts – IOUs – for gold or silver that are not covered 100% by the quantity and fineness of the metal promised on the receipt. This violates private contract law. It authorizes fraud. It legalizes counterfeiting. But the government is not helped much by this interpretation of contracts. Banks and warehouse storage facilities are the main beneficiaries.”

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My comments:

I have always liked owning gold. The problem is that I never had the same feel for its value when living in the U.S. In countries where gold is a valuable part of life, the value feels more real. Gold should be a part of each prudent individual’s assets. When governments want to prevent you from doing or owning something that does no harm to another individual, ask yourself why. It often means less freedom for you, and more power for the state.

Charles Lamm is a full-bodied scanner and junkyard philosopher whose blogs include the Asset Protection Iron Triangle, Virtual Joe Friday, and Live Free in an Unfree World.

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