[publius911]

Contacted at his Columbia Falls-area home, O’Neil said that he did not contact Legislative Services prior to sending the letter to see if there may be any logistical barriers to providing his legislative pay in gold and silver.

It is sad that this Republican is so profoundly ignorant. After the establishment of the Federal Reserve, the confiscation of Gold by FDR, and the 40,000 laws that have been interpreted as nulifying the Bill of Rights, his chances of getting paid in gold (at face value,) is essentially ZERO.

The average d******t (47%) has an excuse; an elected politician does not.

[OneWingedShark]

his chances of getting paid in gold (at face value,) is essentially ZERO.

He didn't want paid at face value, but at market value; see the penultimate sentence.