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Message:: [QUOTE="Juan Blanco, post: 1616291, member: 41665"]InfleXion-I don't disagree with those who rightly mock the idea that 'selling the Gold will fix the problem.' It might be sheer desperation, I'll grant. But set that aside a moment. My point is simply this: last time the US threatened to sell PM reserves -- and actually sold just ~1% of said Silver reserves -- POS actually tanked -43%. The record shows that, NOT buying. Caution! And oh, how the SilverFish wailed back then; Reagan relented. Again in 2000-2, the massive BoE Gold sales coincided with a Gold Low (and the Swiss CB was selling its stockpile secretly too.) Don't forget precedent. Remember now: Gold-Bugs have no friend in this Administration. Given the high correlation of 'guns-&-Gold' to Tea Party/Birther-Preppers, there's no love lost either side. They lost the election... so why NOT whack Gold, as political comeuppance/pay-back to those same-same Congressional obstructionists? Any political theatre in DC doesn't favor Gold, friend. On the contrary, Gold may become a bargaining chip if the impasse continues to the 11th hour. Just sayin' - pure conjecture it is, for now.[/QUOTE]