Rand Paul: feds may have unfairly 'targeted' dad's supporters

[Matt Collins]

The son of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-Texas) is critical of the government's recent seizure of special copper coins honoring his father.

Dr. Rand Paul says although his father's campaign has nothing to do with the "Ron Paul dollars," he is concerned his father's supporters were targeted because of their political views.

"I know you can't counterfeit money, and that's an appropriate law; but this money has Ron Paul's picture on it and I don't think you're going to fool a lot of people into thinking it's George Washington's picture," he says.

See full article here:
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/11/ron_pauls_son_says_feds_may_ha.php

 

[TrueFreedom]

Doesn't matter. I'm a Ron supporter, but Rand is wrong here. The law plainly states you can't counterfeit even if the coin is of original design. It's not an issue of mistaking it for Washington....it's against the law.

 

[jumpyg1258]

If that is true why are they not enforcing the law at Chuck E Cheeses and other places around the nation that require tokens instead of coins.

 

[Elwar]

A law that just happened to be enforced when they put Ron Paul's face on a coin...after the company has been in operation for over a decade...and well known by law enforcement agencies and the US Mint.

 

[ctb619]

commemorative coins are all over the place

 

[Robben]

So why don't they confiscate Monopoly of Disney Dollars?

 

[rich34]

Uhh truefreedom what about those disney dollars, tokens you play with at the arcade, or any other "commenritive" coins.

 

[evadmurd]

So why don't they confiscate Monopoly of Disney Dollars?

It's worth the same.

 

[Taco John]

Doesn't matter. I'm a Ron supporter, but Rand is wrong here. The law plainly states you can't counterfeit even if the coin is of original design. It's not an issue of mistaking it for Washington....it's against the law.

Counterfitting is against the law. This isn't counterfeitting.

 

[margomaps]

Doesn't matter. I'm a Ron supporter, but Rand is wrong here. The law plainly states you can't counterfeit even if the coin is of original design. It's not an issue of mistaking it for Washington....it's against the law.

Nobody's claiming that counterfeiting is legal. Everyone agrees that it's not. The Liberty Dollar is clearly not counterfeit, just like any commemorative coin made of precious metals is not a counterfeit.

 

[literatim]

Doesn't matter. I'm a Ron supporter, but Rand is wrong here. The law plainly states you can't counterfeit even if the coin is of original design. It's not an issue of mistaking it for Washington....it's against the law.

This isn't counterfeiting.

 

[TrueFreedom]

Right but don't people try to pass Ron Paul coins off as actual money through the use of "bartering" just like the liberty dollar? That is what makes it different than a Chuck E. Cheese or commerative coin, they don't try to pass those off as actual money. I believe the law specifically mentions this......

 

[constituent]

libertydollars is going to come up looking good out of this deal... eventually.

believe it or not, it is probably a win/win situation... in the long run.

 

[Robben]

It's worth the same.

Ha!

 

[hard@work]

Doesn't matter. I'm a Ron supporter, but Rand is wrong here. The law plainly states you can't counterfeit even if the coin is of original design. It's not an issue of mistaking it for Washington....it's against the law.

We walk a fine line on what is legal and is not legal in today's abandonment of the rule of law. I would think carefully again on your position here.

 

[[email protected]]

What about chocolate-wrapped-in-foil coins, are they gonna shut down Hershey?

 

[TrueFreedom]

Also US v. Marigold upheld that the design of the coin does not matter.

 

[TrueFreedom]

I dont see the debate, this is pretty clear.....

Whoever, except as authorized by law, makes or utters or passes, or attempts to utter or pass, any coins of gold or silver or other metal, or alloys of metals, intended for use as current money, whether in the resemblance of coins of the United States or of foreign countries, or of original design, shall be fined under this title [1] or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

 

[Trigonx]

they were not coins btw, they were medallions made of silver and gold and copper that people used to trade with as barter.

 

[Trigonx]

Liberty Dollar never ever called them legal tender or called them coins, so why do you keep categorizing them as coins such as the Feds are trying to do?