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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 1256574, member: 18157&quot;]<b>I disagree with the Attorney&#039;s comments. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>If you accept the argument that the US Constitution makes Liberty dollars legal tender due to their silver or gold content...and fiat currency is also legal tender...because the Federal government &quot;declares it so&quot;, then Gresham&#039;s law applies (bad money drives out good money). This means that the fiat currency drives the Liberty dollar out of circulation. Therefore, by definition, the Liberty dollar can&#039;t <b>&quot;...undermine the legitimate currency of this country.”</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The Attorney&#039;s argument only holds if either US fiat currency or the Liberty dollar is NOT legal tender. Since the US Constitution clearly states that <b>&quot;No State shall...make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts&quot;</b>, then the ruling is a defacto ruling that US fiat coinage is NOT legal tender.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Note:</b> The US Constitution doesn&#039;t say that the State needs to actually make the coins, it simply says <b>the State must accept them as Tender in Payment of Debts</b>. If there&#039;s a question of the assayed content of the Liberty dollars, that would be a State (not Federal) issue.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>U.S. Constitution, Art. I Sec. 10 Cl. 1</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Gresham&#039;s Law</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bernard von Nothaus&#039; actions are &quot;free Speech&quot;...like burning the US&nbsp; Flag. I don&#039;t support burning the US Flag, but it&#039;s protected speech.&nbsp; He&#039;s simply pointing out that the US Constitution <b>directs </b>States to accept gold and silver coins (<b>only</b>)&nbsp; as Payment of Debts and his coins meets a need at the State level. I&#039;m&nbsp; not saying he&#039;s right or wrong, but he should be allowed to express his&nbsp; opinions anyway he chooses. </p><p><br /></p><p>He&#039;s hardly <b>&quot;...</b><b>a clear and present danger to the&nbsp; economic stability of this country&quot; </b>:rolling:<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><b>EDIT: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWRDP8v9ss&amp;feature=related" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWRDP8v9ss&amp;feature=related" rel="nofollow">Ron Paul&#039;s take on thing&#039;s </a></b>(old press conference).</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Here&#039;s <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGlmidTTIKg&amp;NR=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGlmidTTIKg&amp;NR=1" rel="nofollow">Ron Paul questioning Ben Bernanke</a></b> in Mar 2008 (note the gold/silver ticker at the top) </span><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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