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Related: About this forumPerry, Some Lawmakers Want State's Gold Back in Texas
http://www.texastribune.org/The idea isnt entirely new. Some Republican members worked on a gold bill last session that was never filed. And gold-standard-backing Ron Paul, the former Texas congressman, has raised repeated concerns about the safety of states' gold supplies.
"If you think gold is a hedge, or a protection, you always want it as close to the individual and the entity as possible," Paul told the Tribune on Thursday. "Texas is better served if it knows exactly where the gold is rather than depending on the security of the Federal Reserve."
Bringing Texas' gold home has gained more traction this legislative session because of Perrys vocal support for it. On conservative radio host Glenn Becks show on Tuesday, the governor said Texas was in the process the legislative process, he later clarified of bringing gold that belongs to the state of Texas back into the state. He argued that the state was at least as capable as the Federal Reserve of safeguarding Texas physical gold.
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Speaking in front of what he thought was a dead mic, the governor continued "I want [strike through]my,[/strike through] - er, the state's - gold back where I can get my hands on it, Mofo!."
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Perry, Some Lawmakers Want State's Gold Back in Texas (Original Post)
ashling
Mar 2013
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Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)1. Ha! No way! They get the gold back and they'll seceded for sure--
--after which Perry will line his pockets with that gold.
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)2. This obsession over gold is such crap.
It's simply not warranted. The gold standard, over the last 6000 years has been relevant how long? One - two hundred years?
They_Live
(3,231 posts)3. He'll make sure it is safe here
Just like the Governor's mansion...which burned down. And no one ever caught the guy who threw a Molotov cocktail in through the front door. Such a wise use of all that "homeland security" money.
Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)4. Jesus Christ.
Cutting teachers and education and women's health so they can build a fricking fort to hold the damn gold that's safe right now anyway?
God DAMN, these Texas GOP leaders are insane.