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I'm curious now... could a state just stop accepting USD and demand gold and silver.
by corpdronejuly 5y ago
I'm curious now... could a state just stop accepting USD and demand gold and silver.
- posterboy 5y agoI'm curious now, could a state just stop being reasonable?
- corpdronejuly 5y agoHave you seen the news in Florida... on most days?
- ceejayoz 5y agoSure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1861_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1861_in_the_United_States
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoMaybe if they didn't want to get paid. (And that could actually happen. Say the state decides that they don't want to do X, but state or federal law says they have to. Well, fine, but there's a fee for X. The state just requires that you have to pay it in gold or silver.)
- ceejayoz 5y agoNo, because Federal law says they have to accept USD. The Federal government has (and has exercised) the power to expand the definition of legal tender. The states do not.