And let us not forget the slippy slope side of this...
How is this any different than businesses drumming up economic activity by issuing coupons and vouchers? Is that not a form of
currency? It is after assigned a
monetary value but isn't
legal tender, but in all but name it is acting
exactly as
legal tender!
Let us start with the logical step of determining what our definitions of currency and legal tender are -
*currency:
noun general acceptance or use; "the currency of ideas"
noun the metal or paper
medium of exchange that is presently used
*tender
noun something that can be used as an
official medium of payment
see also; legal_tender, stamp
http://www.dictionary.hm/So, it appears that without official sanction a medium of exchange cannot be considered legal tender. Seems pretty clear cut. But in the case of any unofficial mediums of exchange that are not counterfeit of legal tender, what right does the fothermucking Federal government have in deciding what forms of unofficial mediums it can punish and criminalize?
This case has an extra element to it that ought to give all us much greater pause...the Fed's can use what ever excuse they want...but they are going after people presenting precious metals as a medium of exchange, period. The Fed's have a history of confiscating precious metals and because the economy and monetary base is being systematically destroyed by agents of The Regime they know more and more of this is going to come up. Our rights as citizens and our rights to property have been and are increasingly being rolled back.
If these FBI jackasses really wanted to do something about people who are intentionally undermining the dollar and a sound currency system they would go after the primary terrorists committing this on a mass scale - Obama, Geitner, Bernanke!
Until then they can KMA!
And people, lets get smarter...hoard all barter items and lay low...there will soon come a time when goons chasing after you will have bigger fish to fry and there will be no controls over the
new economy when that happens!
