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Title: Paul wants to check Fort Knox for gold
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Politico
URL Source: http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns ... fort-knox-for-gold-109085.html
Published: Dec 29, 2011
Author: MAGGIE HABERMAN
Post Date: 2012-01-01 20:35:51 by We The People
Keywords: None
Views: 1452
Comments: 4
POLITICO's James Hohmann reports from Atlantic, Iowa: Ron Paul said Thursday that he’s eager to find out how much gold the United States really owns. A supporter at a town hall meeting asked about Fort Knox: “Would you reveal as president whether there’s actually gold there?” Here is Paul’s full response: “Yes, and if I couldn’t accomplish that then there’s big trouble in this country. I may need to get some help for you. I tried for years to do this…I never went to Fort Knox. I made a request when the gold commission came up in the early 1980s. We had a study of the role of gold in the monetary system. There were 17 members, and I couldn’t get one other person to endorse the principle that we ought to go to Fort Knox and find out if there’s gold.” “Gold is in more places than Fort Knox. There’s some in New York City, as well as at West Point. And there’s already admission by our government: ‘Well, that gold in New York City, we haven’t been able to verify that for a long time.’ And we all know, and that’s why the audit of the Fed is important, because there’s a lot of shenanigans that go on. They’ll loan the gold, and they’ll use it as collateral on these international transactions. So there’s so much that we have to know about. But that should be on high priority. So I will continue to do that. I think I’ll have a little more clout as president, and I thank you for the question.” Many in the crowd of about 150 at the community center applauded energetically. Crusading for the gold standard helped boost the Texas congressman politically, but of late he’s been trying to broaden his message to appeal to more traditional Republican voters ahead of the Jan. 3 caucuses. So the answer took him a little off message and reminded voters of his unorthodox views on issues other than Iran.
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#1. To: We The People (#0)
Oh, WTP, you know gold is so yesterday... EVERYBODY knows that little pieces of inked paper have more value than some tawdry medium like gold... /sarc 8^)
“Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say 'what should be the reward of such sacrifices?' Bid us and our posterity bow the knee, supplicate the friendship and plough, and sow, and reap, to glut the avarice of the men who have let loose on us the dogs of war to riot in our blood and hunt us from the face of the earth? If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!” -- Samuel Adams --
The other candidates like gold thieves?
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
I have some folks that I work with who got scared when gold dropped, because they hold a small amount of physical gold. I offered 10% over the days current price for however much they wanted to sell, in cash, that day. Not one of them took my offer.
I'd say more than likely the answer is yes, but I would say positively for the author of that article. Imagine ANYONE not wanting a full and independent accounting of our gold holdings?
#2. To: We The People, *Ron Paul for President* (#0)
reminded voters of his unorthodox views on issues other than Iran
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#3. To: Capitalist Eric (#1)
#4. To: hondo68 (#2)
The other candidates like gold thieves?
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