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WHEREAS The Federal Reserve's currency has been designated "legal tender" under color of Title 31
WHEREAS "The Federal Reserve Note's ARE NOT REDEEMABLE in gold or silver coin
"All gold and silver coins of the United States are designated as LEGAL TENDER
Originally posted by Cassius666
reply to post by mike184ever
Helium 3. Many space operations ongoing. The question is if China, Russia and Europe want to mine helium 3 on the moon and take the dollar out of the game when they can.edit on 11-1-2011 by Cassius666 because: (no reason given)
WHEREAS, the Supreme Court of the United States in Lane County v. Oregon, 74 U.S. (7 Wallace) 71, 76-78 (1869), and Hagar v. Reclamation District No. 108, 111 U.S. 701, 706 (1884), has ruled that the States may adopt whatever currency they desire for the purposes of performing their sovereign governmental functions, even to the extent of adopting gold and silver coin for those purposes while refusing to employ a currency not redeemable in gold or silver coin that Congress has designated “legal tender”.