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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;C Jay, post: 1365453, member: 13184&quot;]OK, Section 8 of the Constitution (Powers of Congress); &quot;To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Currently gold is $42.2222 an ounce and is coined at $50.00.&nbsp; Everything else is speculation. <a href="http://www.fms.treas.gov/gold/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fms.treas.gov/gold/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.fms.treas.gov/gold/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Section 10 of the Constitution (Limitation of State Powers); No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; <u>coin Money</u>; emit Bills of Credit; <u>make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts</u>; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the states are just restating the Constitution.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tell me how does this work?&nbsp; Do I owe my state 27 ounces of gold just for property tax this year?&nbsp; Even if congress revalues gold and silver, how is there enough to run the economy?&nbsp; Even when the gold standard was in full force, part and parcel of it were such fine institutions like script and the company store.&nbsp; Will my paycheck turn into a debit card to Walmart?</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe we should change the constitution?&nbsp; I&#039;m a big fan of the first 10 and the 13th, not to hot about the 12th or 17th change.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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