Quote from MKTrader:
Yep, there is really something to this, unlike the "Occupy Wall Street" garbage, which is just a bunch of disgruntled Obama supporters who will vote for the status quo (Obama) again next year.
The Feds won a counterfeiting conviction against Bernard NotHaus, who minted and sold silver coins. At the end of the trial, the Federal Prosecutor remarked that what NotHaus did (mint *and* sell silver coins) was financial terrorism. The value of worthless paper is in everybody using it. An entire State that legalizes competing currencies reduces the pool from which fiat dollars can be inflated, thus reducing the taxing power of the Government. And it also sets a precedent for other Libertarian-leaning States to follow....
From their perspective, the Feds can't allow a leaky dam...