this is brilliant...
govt asking for doles from citizens ... taxes were not enough..
this is not new, gold 'confiscation' maybe next?
On May 1, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 6102, which required most U.S. citizens to turn over their privately held gold coins, bullion, and gold certificates to the Federal Reserve.
livemint.com/news/us-news/us-is-accepting-gifts-via-venmo-paypal-to-reduce-36-7-trillion-debt-leaves-americans-fuming-at-the-audacity-11753497375385.htmlfurther thoughts...
it also states : can happen again.
looking at bitpopcorn ways of nato, if brics sticks to gold, then it would happen.