I must confess. I often ran into Kevin Innes about town. I didn’t get involved with the Liberty Dollar sales because I had an uneasy feeling about the business. I was assured everything he was doing was above-board and legal. I recall taking a cursory glance at the Constitution and concluding the group knew what it was doing. The Congressional powers to coin, or even regulate, money did not sound as if they were exclusive. And then, the Fed never impressed me as being Congress, either.
However, every news article I read about the arrest of Innes and Bernard Von NotHaus has me “in stitches.” The latest expands on the “domestic terror” assessment:
“Attempts to undermine the legitimate currency of this country are simply a unique form of domestic terrorism,” U.S. Attorney Anne Tompkins said. “While these forms of anti-government activities do not involve violence, they are every bit as insidious and represent a clear and present danger to the economic stability of this country.”
If there isn’t more to this story than meets the eye, one would conclude the federal government would really enjoy the $7 million in gold and silver it is trying to seize from the Liberty Dollar people. The irony is rich. What does the federal government want with a pile of useless gold when it has an endless treasure trove of legitimate and stable paper?
