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I often wonder if we're doing the right thing, those of us that are constantly haranguing the USCCB about their misuse of funds and support of Progressive groups. And then I see a story like the one below and I start to think that maybe it's worth it. If the laity doesn't speak up, nothing will change.
"The Diocese of Portland, Maine has cut the funding for a homeless aid group who lied to about their support for same-sex "marriage." Sue Bernard, spokesperson for the diocese, told CNA on Monday that “it's a shame that the funding had to be moved,” given the group's dishonesty.
Officials from both the Diocese of Portland and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) recently told the non-profit homeless agency, Preble Street, that it had violated its grant agreement by supporting Maine's “No on 1” campaign last November which opposed legislation that would overturn the legalization of same-sex “marriage.”
Catholic News Agency
Does anyone remember Ft. Sumter?
Since the Coinage Act of 1792 specifies that our money must contain precious metals I don't see anything wrong with the legislation being proposed by Rep. Pitts. It seems as though he is just insisting that the government follow its own rules.
Bonny Blue Flags are starting to fly across America once again!
"South Carolina Rep. Mike Pitts has introduced legislation that would mandate that gold and silver coins replace federal currency as legal tender in his state.
As the Palmetto Scoop first reported, Pitts, a Republican, introduced legislation this month banning "the unconstitutional substitution of Federal Reserve Notes for silver and gold coin" in South Carolina.
In an interview, Pitts told Hotsheet that he believes that "if the federal government continues to spend money at the rate it's spending money, and if it continues to print money at the rate it's printing money, our economic system is going to collapse."
CBS
"And be it further enacted, That there shall be from time to time struck and coined at the said mint, coins of gold, silver, and copper, of the following denominations, values and descriptions..."
Coinage Act of 1792
Ron Paul writing on competing currencies at The Daily Bell:
"First of all, no one should be compelled by law to operate in Federal Reserve notes if they prefer an alternative. We should repeal legal tender laws and allow Americans to conduct transactions in constitutional money. Only gold and silver can constitutionally be legal tender, not paper money. Instead, it is illegal to conduct business using gold and silver instead of Federal Reserve notes. Simply legalizing the Constitution should be a no-brainer to anyone who took an oath of office. Consequently, private mints should be allowed to mint gold and silver coins. They would be subject to fraud and counterfeit laws, of course, and people would be free to use their coins or stay with Federal Reserve notes, as they see fit. Finally, we should abolish taxes on gold and silver, which puts precious metals at a competitive disadvantage to paper money."
We need to go a lot further than this. I'm not a big fan of gold and silver money for one reason. In the end, someone will end up with most of it and will gain the means of control. This has always been true.
Money represents whatever the people agree it represents. It has value because we allow it to. Whether we use paper or tally sticks, the important thing is that we have to create a system of currency that is controlled by the people, not a small group of bankers. We are in the trouble we are because every dollar that is brought into existence is the product of debt. Every dollar tightens the chains of control held by the bankers.
The people must take control of the currency. To do this we have to use a means of exchange that we can create and assign value to. Precious metals must be bought at a price, a price controlled by someone else. If we base our monetary system on this alone we will always be at the mercy of those that control the gold.
I know that the Constitution requires the use of gold and silver as a medium of exchange. This make sense because the Federal government is dealing with foreign powers and the common means of exchange at that level is precious metals. But, that is just at the Federal level. It doesn't address, or at least was not meant to address, local currency. Local banks used to issue their own money. I'm not an economic historian so I don't know all the details and particulars but I do know this is true. I've seen the bank notes.
There is no practical reason that local commerce can't be conducted in local currency. The reason the government would oppose it is clear; they can't tax it and thus they can't use it to control us. It is essentially an organized barter system.
I suspect, no I know for certain, that we are going to return to at least a partial barter system anyway as the dollar collapses. Why not formalize it? Begin by dismantling the IRS and doing away with the income tax. The IRS and interest rates are the two primary methods of control used by the bankers. Restore the economic freedom that is the birthright of the people. Let us create or own wealth and the system of our choosing to represent it.
Neither the current system or a system based on precious metals support freedom; they cause slavery. Both allow control of the means of exchange; whether through the printing press or the accumulation of a finite resource by the few. True freedom requires economic freedom and the control of the money supply. Wealth does not have a limit unless artificial restraints are placed upon it.
Free the people from the money lenders and watch what we can do.
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