As
a proponent of competition in currencies, I believe that the American people
should be free to choose the type of currency they prefer to use.
The ability of consumers to adopt alternative currencies can help to keep
the government and the Federal Reserve honest, as the threat that further

There are many causes for concern in HR 1955. The legislation specifically singles out the Internet for "facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process" in the United States. Such language may well be the first step toward US government regulation of what we are allowed to access on the Internet.

Some other failures by Homeland Security have been more conspicuous and potentially more deadly. Late last year nuclear material sufficient to create two dirty bombs was successfully smuggled across the Mexican and Canadian borders.

On Tuesday, March 20, 2007 the Liberty Dollar filed suit against the U.S. Mint in U.S. District Court in Evansville Indiana. The organization asked the court to declare that the use of the Liberty Dollar is not a ‘federal crime,’ as claimed by the U.S. Mint. And the organization further asked the court to enter a permanent injunction against the U.S. Mint requiring it to remove any reference that the use of Liberty Dollars is a federal crime from its website.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has issued for comment an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) that will threaten financial privacy if it becomes an official regulation. This regulation would cost the banking industry millions of dollars annually to implement without delivering any benefit whatsoever to the FDIC. It is a solution looking for a problem to solve, which raises this question: What is the real rationale for this proposal?

Check out the website for the Center for Financial Privacy & Human Rights, a part of the Liberty & Privacy Network, affiliated with Liberty Coalition.

www.financialprivacy.org