Virginia Bill Would Take A Step Towards Supporting Sound MoneyBy Michael Boldin Sen. Frank Wagner (R-Virginia Beach) prefiled Senate Bill 934 (SB934)this week. The legislation would exempt some bullion or currency purchases from state sales tax. The official bill summary reads, in part: Exempts legal tender coins whose total transaction sales price exceeds $1,000 from sales and use tax. Under the proposed legislation, the exemption would remain in place until June 30, 2022. Imagine if you asked a grocery clerk to exchange $1000 in cash for smaller billsand he charged you a $53tax. Silly, right? After all, you were only exchanging one form of money for another. But thats essentially what Virginiassales tax on gold and silver does. By removing the sales tax on someexchanges of gold and silver, Virginiawould move towards treating specie as money instead of a commodity. This represents a small step toward reestablishing gold and silver as legal tender and breaking down the Feds monopoly on money. This should set the foundation, said Mike Maharrey of the Tenth Amendment Center. In a state that has not been very friendly to sound money, we see this as a first step. But if passed into law, people should pressure the legislature in future years to eliminate both the sunset clause and the $1000 limit. Practically speaking, fully and permanently eliminating taxes on the exchangeof gold and silver would open the door for people to begin using specie in regular business transactions. This would mark an important steptoward currency competition. If sound money gains a footholdin the marketplace against Federal Reserve notes, the people would be able to choose the time-tested stability of gold and silver over the central banks rapidly-depreciating paper currency. The United States Constitution states in Article I, Section 10, No State shallmake any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts. States have simply ignored this constitutional provision for years. Its impossible for states to return to a constitutional sound money system when it taxes gold and silver as a commodity. This Virginiabill takes a step towards that constitutional requirement, ignored for decades in every state. Such a tactic would set the stage to undermine the monopoly of the Federal Reserve by introducing competition into the monetary system. Constitutional tender expert Professor William Greene said when people in multiple states actually start using gold and silver instead of Federal Reserve Notes, it would effectively nullify the Federal Reserve and end the federal governments monopoly on money. Over time, as residents of the state use both Federal Reserve notes and silver and gold coins, the fact that the coins hold their value more than Federal Reserve notes do will lead to a reverse Greshams Law effect, where good money (gold and silver coins) will drive out bad money (Federal Reserve notes). As this happens, a cascade of events can begin to occur, including the flow of real wealth toward the states treasury, an influx of banking business from outside of the state as people in other states carry out their desire to bank with sound money and an eventual outcry against the use of Federal Reserve notes for any transactions. Once things get to that point, Federal Reserve notes would become largely unwanted and irrelevant for ordinary people. Nullifying the Fed on a state by state level is what will get us there. Pesky confederates. Pesky confederates? This would be one of the best monetary possibilities since the formation of the parasite known as the Federal Reserve by commie democrat Woodrow wood brain Wilson. .gold and silver coins will drive out bad money Federal Reserve notes. There is not enough gold in this world to do that. But at least there could be a bit of competition, which is always good to have. True about gold (standard) but thats why we have silver. Good point thought. Silver is cheap and this way suitable for rather small transactions. Its a niche filler The bank of North Dakota is a states blue print. The Pilgrims Society members active in Virginia, led by the Reynoldses (Reynolds Metals, RJR Industries) and the Cullmans (Philip Morris fortune), and representatives of the First Families of Virginia, are unhappy about anything favorable towards honest money. The College of William and Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation are familiar haunts for these Pilgrims Society spooks. This is the Royal familys money network over the colonies. The American states system of sales tax collection has to be the biggest hoax ever pulled over humanity. Stupid business owners VOLUNTARILY become irs collection agents for their respective state governments as they employ this means of bilking the citizenry on behalf of the professional class of parasites and controlFreaks. A people get the government(s) they deserve. 