Lawmaker asks to be paid in gold

 

A Montana state lawmaker is asking that he be paid in gold coins because of his lack of faith in the US dollar amid a rising deficit.

 

Jerry O'Neil , a Republican just reelected in HIS Northern Montana District, says HIS constituents Told HIM He was not honoring HIS Duty to uphold the Constitution us, Which O'Neil and Gold Standard Supporters Say Requires the Government to Print money backed by Gold.

 "I believe that if you take a look at the Constitution, that's what it says," he told POLITICO. "I think we've gotten a tremendously long way from it."
 
So he wrote a letter to the state Legislature asking to be paid his public salary in gold and stating: "It is very likely the bottom will fall out from under the US dollar. Only so many dollars can be printed before they have no value. "

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