Going back to gold is like trying to close the barn door

The states are finally demanding that we return to a monetary system based on gold and silver:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-08/trust-in-gold-not-bernanke-as-u-s-states-promote-bullion.html

US Constitution, Article I, Section 10

1. No State shall ... make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts ...

The authority to do so has been there since the beginning. The Founders knew what would happen when the government started printing fiat money, and they tried to save us from that fate.

But we foolishly chose not to follow their guidance, and now look where we are. Our continued unravelling of the Constitution will lead to the end of America. Its replacement will be a worthless scrap of paper.

Have you read Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins? The book reveals how bankgangsters and their minions (a.k.a. economic hitmen) persuaded Third World countries to take on more debt than they could afford, drawing them into economic slavery. Well, that's what Wall Street, the bankgangsters, and our economic "geniuses" have persuaded Americans to do to themselves.

The chickens are coming home to roost, and the ground beneath them is covered with shit.