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Federal government seeking to make forms of bartering illegal after court ruling!

Submitted by captcorona on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 18:06

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From my friend Cathy Tanis,"I guess I can't barter your chocolate milk for my twinkies now huh? ITS GETTING RIDICULOUS! UGH". (Good find Cathy!!!)

The Federal government is trying to establish bartering private currency of any type as an illegal enterprise in a false interpretation of the court's recent conviction of Liberty Dollar's owner Bernard Von NotHaus.

In a case where the government used conspiracy and counterfeit charges against NotHaus to establish that he intended to mint and illegally replace US currency with a private one using silver coins, the US Attorney is now parlaying the conviction to say that this ruling sets a precident against any private barter transactions which use any form of currency besides established Federal Reserve Notes.

The Federal government also is seeking on April 4th to take receipt of the $7 Million dollars in silver 'Liberty Dollars' that were minted and sold by Von NotHaus.

Hee Hee... best of luck with that.

Submitted by LastAmericanStanding on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 15:46. Permalink

That's like trying to outlaw exhaling.

Morons.

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I may not know the truth, but I know when I'm being lied to...

This sounds like the last desperate gasp of a fanboy club

Submitted by samadamscw on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 23:43. Permalink

for FRNs.

Folks, when they try to make FRNs the only game in town, that means they know the gig is up.

Ditch your FRNs as fast as you can.

This baby is going down fast.

So are they saying that using

Submitted by Greg Butko on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 23:30. Permalink

So are they saying that using Canadian coin in purchasing a product is illegal? Where do they get the authority to determine what a person can accept in exchange of a product or service?

Homeland Security Directives against barter...

Submitted by FBI_Exposer Ω™ on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 15:42. Permalink

...they're written, but awaiting declaration of emergency or martial law before being implemented.

http://www.dailypaul.com/161167/federal-government-seeking-t...

The Federal Reserve Act of 1913...

Submitted by captcorona on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 09:15. Permalink

..and it's "Legal Tender Status"<<< In their minds, not mine.

I wonder how the courts will

Submitted by shuleba on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 23:22. Permalink

I wonder how the courts will rule on this one. Silver is silver. It shouldn't matter whose silver? What law is being broken? How can it be called "barter" when in fact, silver is being used as currency.

Selective enforcement

Submitted by LocalBoy on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 23:02. Permalink

Trading labor for health care is barter, as well as trading labor for a car, gas, a cell phone, pensions, etc...

Benefits is barer, tax free.

Good luck to them trying to enforce that law

Submitted by hopefulfilled on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 21:02. Permalink

Can you imagine them trying to enforce it? They will need to outfit all of us with in the body microphones. What a joke. Like my son once said to me when I got stressed about how much the government is taking over our lives: "Mom, when a government is dying, they go out kicking and screaming!" If he is right, we haven't got long to wait.

Study some Soviet history...

Submitted by FBI_Exposer Ω™ on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 22:22. Permalink

...it's easy to enforce.

Your neighbor sees you have something or were trying to trade something. They ran out of their ration card allotment this week.

They turn you in and get a couple of days ration credits.

Cops go into your house and take all of your sh*t.

Done.

I think

Submitted by BigT on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 20:13. Permalink

they are really getting worried that the FRN is taking the tubes.
These kinds of measures show desperation.

What's that large sucking sound? And derivitives?

Submitted by RawfoodLiberty on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 20:10. Permalink

“Don't Steal: The Government Doesn't Like Competition”
~ a plaque on Ron Paul’s desk.

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