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FDR’s Other ‘Day of Infamy’: When the US Government Seized All Citizens' Gold
Foundation for Economic Education ^ | April 4, 2023 | Lawrence W. Reed

Posted on 04/05/2023 11:31:02 AM PDT by george76

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To: jpp113

“Don’t worry about gold, worry about your retirement and savings accounts.”
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The way things are looking your 401k and savings account will be worth 50% less in a couple of years. Hard assets is the only way to go.


21 posted on 04/05/2023 11:59:46 AM PDT by jimwatx
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To: MileHi

This is an excellent thread—reminding folks that the Constitution is not gonna save them from tyranny.

Another horror of the FDR days was the internment of the Japanese (and some other foreign nationals).

They were declared guilty—and not even allowed to try to prove their innocence!


22 posted on 04/05/2023 11:59:51 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: sjmjax

I used to tell my students that before 1964 a quarter was worth about 3¢ because of the government’s say so and 22¢ because of the silver within it. Now the same silver quarter is worth 25¢ because of what the government says and over $4.50 because of the silver within it. My first job paid minimum wage: $1.25 per hour. That was five silver quarters—Jeez, I was making $22.50/hour in silver value!

Money used to be worth something because of what it was, not just the government demanding we accept its value. Of course if they hadn’t taken the silver out of the coins, they wouldn’t have been able to impose inflation on us.


23 posted on 04/05/2023 11:59:56 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: jimwatx

In your home.


24 posted on 04/05/2023 12:01:47 PM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

It was upheld by the Supreme Court in the 1937 Gold Clause cases.


25 posted on 04/05/2023 12:02:08 PM PDT by Publius
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To: MileHi
in a word it would be done by "submission"

hey at least Germany and Japan had the balls to take a stand and fight back against the USD/Lb globalist tyranny

26 posted on 04/05/2023 12:02:20 PM PDT by KTM rider (Be Alert Stay Calm Think Clearly Act Decisively )
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To: Red Badger

Post #25.


27 posted on 04/05/2023 12:02:32 PM PDT by Publius
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To: MileHi

Didn’t that tyrannical POS EO the Japs into camps too?


28 posted on 04/05/2023 12:03:03 PM PDT by SPDSHDW (Ya’ll knew he was installed via fraud, and chose to do nothing. Enjoy the roller coaster ride.)
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To: george76

No gold for you, gov piggies.

However, how would you like some hot Copper and Lead, free of charge!


29 posted on 04/05/2023 12:04:30 PM PDT by Pox (Eff You China. Buy American!)
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To: Chickensoup
they cracked open every bank safe deposit box in the country

Untrue. The EO stated that all safe deposit boxes had to be opened in the presence of a Treasury agent, but there weren't enough agents in the country to enforce it. So that part of te EO went unenforced.

30 posted on 04/05/2023 12:05:13 PM PDT by Publius
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To: MileHi

It was based on the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917. In effect FDR declared the American people to be the enemy.


31 posted on 04/05/2023 12:06:19 PM PDT by Publius
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To: TexasFreeper2009
US Supreme Court found for the government 5-4 on February 18, 1935.
32 posted on 04/05/2023 12:09:18 PM PDT by Jim Noble (You have sat too long for any good you have been doing)
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To: jimwatx
"Hard assets is the only way to go."

although they are a perishable item, used cars are rising in value faster than any other commodity , not just in dollars but as in the value in relation to other durable goods items as the globalist racketeers try to phase them out it will only ratchet up.

33 posted on 04/05/2023 12:11:55 PM PDT by KTM rider (Be Alert Stay Calm Think Clearly Act Decisively )
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To: jimwatx

Siver is for shitte. I bought some in 1983 that I still have. It was $16/oz. Today’s price is $25 today after a decent jump

Yikes https://goldprice.org/
Au is at $2022 and Ag is at $25


34 posted on 04/05/2023 12:15:58 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: MMusson

My Grandfather was born in 1878. He died in 1958, so I never meet him
My Mother always said he despised FDR.


35 posted on 04/05/2023 12:19:02 PM PDT by Iceclimber58
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To: dennisw

BTTT


36 posted on 04/05/2023 12:19:31 PM PDT by Laslo Fripp (Semper Fidelis)
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To: george76

Roosevelt got away with it because the US empire was on its way up relative to Europe’s old empires, the 3rd world didn’t even matter in geopolitics, and Europe had no choice as it was entering a chaotic decade of its own.

FDR made the depression worse with most of his policies.

I have no doubt Fed.gov will again try to confiscate gold. The BRICS will probably light the fuse by declaring they will trade in basket of currencies linked to each other, and gold.

You will be told that gold is being used by Russia and China, that criminals and terrorists use it to avoid punishment - the same crap as always.

But this time, Fed.gov will not get away with it. I believe states like Texas, who already hold a lot of gold for its citizens, will push back. It will only further diminish confidence in the USA and Fed.gov


37 posted on 04/05/2023 12:19:36 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Iceclimber58

“This country was ruined by Franklin Delano Rooosevelt!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYG1CQWYWl4


38 posted on 04/05/2023 12:21:11 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: PGR88

The gold of Texas is stored in the New York Fed’s vaults. An attempt to repatriate it to Texas a few years ago failed.


39 posted on 04/05/2023 12:22:06 PM PDT by Publius
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To: BenLurkin

We were warned!

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force! Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.—George Washington.


40 posted on 04/05/2023 12:22:34 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
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