The FBI stole $20 from me this week

My dream of giving a marriage gift of faith and politics may never be.

I wanted to mount a $20 Ron Paul Silver Liberty and a $1000 Gold Dinar in acrylic to give as a marriage gift. Firstly, because giving gold and silver is sunnah. Abandoning the Sunnah of gold and silver currency is turning the world economy into a system of inflation and usery that only funnels money into the hands of bankers and bureaucrats at the expense of an exploited lower-middle class who can’t even see their wealth being stolen. But also I feel giving a marriage gift in precious metals would encourage my spouse to save the money, rather than spending it frivolously, especially since precious metals appreciate in value over time. On a more personal level, I felt like a gift like this symbolized the gift of my heart, which is shaped by my faith and my politics.

But thanks to the Federal Government I’ll probably never be able to give this as a gift. On Wednesday, November 14th the headquarters and mint of the Liberty Dollar was raided by the FBI who seized EVERYTHING. The Computers, the records, the money, the silver, the gold, everything. What the Feds perhaps did not consider is that the precious metals they seized were not the property of Liberty Dollar, but the property of hundreds of thousands of Liberty Associates… myself included. I placed my order for my $20 Ron Paul Silver Liberty on November 8th. The owner, Bernard Von Nothaus, is filing a class action lawsuit for the return of his stolen property, and thousands of people, myself included, are joining him. Their website, www.libertydollar.org, has ceased principle operations and has become a hub for news and updates regarding the lawsuit, including collections for the Liberty Dollar Legal Defense Fund (and the contact information for the federal bureaucrats involved).

After 10 years of legitimate business, there are an estimated $20 Million Liberty Dollars in circulation today. If we are not free to exchange good and services for a weight in gold and silver commensurate to their value in a private transaction than indeed American currency is backed by bullets, by the force of government, and the threat of unjust prosecution.

This is a vulgar and unprovoked attack on liberty in America, on the right of a free people to engage in voluntary trade and barter in an honest currency, as the constitution promises. “No State shall… coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts.” (Article I, Section 10) And perhaps more importantly, and assault on the fourth Amendment to the Bill of Rights, "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated."