Thread: The Government Screws us at every turn.

It's called social convention.

"Money isn't real Geroge"

Originally Posted by stonedape

"Money isn't real Geroge"

Learn to Spehl.

Instead, put that ten dollars in an envelope in a safe box every month, and when you have enough, go buy a gold ingot.

Or just use it to buy cigarettes. They're only going up in price, so in five years you can probably get three times what you paid for them. Obviously it is best if you don't smoke.

Originally Posted by Xaqaria

It turns out that there is no actual gold in the gold dollar coins.

Wow.... I'm a little stunned. I mean, at the false advertising of the coins. Silver coins ARE actually silver though, right? I wonder why in the hell they'd choose to call any coin that isn't gold a 'gold dollar coin'. Makes me want to start calling my unleaded gas DIESEL instead to see what kind of profit I can make on the difference if I sold it.. I'd get taken to court eventually, and be tempted to use this: "I don't see what the problem is. The federal government made it OK when they started selling us fake gold."

I could see a nice counter-lawsuit against the federal establishment lined up after something like that. That, in all seriousness, does not sound like a bad idea. Suing the assholes for false advertising. Or, let me guess, they probably don't allow us to sue them for things like that?

Sue the government for false advertisment.

Originally Posted by invader_tech

Silver coins ARE actually silver though, right?

Not since 1964.

There are actual gold bullion coins that you can purchase from the US Mint, but they are several hundred dollars a piece. They even have platinum coins if you had enough money to go in that direction and a way to get them. They're not for public purchase (so they say). Here's a little more information: http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/..._eagle_bullion

The "Golden Eagle" uncirculated gold coins are $125 if you purchase from the US Mint. It says they're 91.7% gold.