Thank you LPC you saved me a*lot of typing.LPC wrote:I find it interesting that those who profess to be most interested in the Constitution don't seem to be able to remember what it says, or what it means.The 20-year veteran plans to introduce legislation during the Jan. 12 session of the General Assembly that would call for the Commonwealth to study minting its own coins in order to compete with what he calls “the monopoly of the Federal Reserve System.”
“We can’t mint money, but we can mint gold and silver coins,” Marshall said Wednesday night. “It sounds like a small difference, but it is a difference legally."
And I also find it interesting that those who are not lawyers so often want to talk about what constitutions and laws mean "legally."
Anyway, what the Constitution actually says is that no state shall "coin Money."
Assuming that there is a "difference legally" between a state that does "coin Money" and a state that does "mint gold and silver coins," how can that difference possibly allow the state "to compete with what he calls 'the monopoly of the Federal Reserve System'" if the "minted coins" are not "Money"?
Inquiring Minds(r) want to know.
If any State wants to use gold and silver coins, they should us "GoldandSilverEagles" (!couldn't resist! lol) legal tender available through the US Mint.
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