Democrats Confiscate Your Savings

For those of you foolish enough to believe Dear President's exercise of executive power on the immigration question is a good thing, always remember and never forget, Democrats have used that lever to confiscate the citizenry's precious and hard earned savings.

It was 1933. socialist thug Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued Executive Order No. 6202, confiscating the gold holdings of the American people.

34 - Executive Order 6102 - Requiring Gold Coin, Gold Bullion and Gold Certificates to Be Delivered to the Government April 5, 1933

I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do declare that said national emergency still continues to exist and pursuant to said section do hereby prohibit the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States by individuals, partnerships, associations and corporations and hereby prescribe the following regulations for carrying out the purposes of this order:

Section 1: For the purposes of this regulation, the term "hoarding" means the withdrawal and withholding of gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates from the recognized and customary channels of trade. The term "person" means any individual, partnership, association or corporation.

Section 2. All persons are hereby required to deliver on or before May 1, 1933, to a Federal Reserve Bank or a branch or agency thereof or to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System all gold coin, gold bullion and gold certificates now owned by them or coming into their ownership on or before April 28, 1933.

.... Whoever willfully violates any provision of this Executive Order or of these regulations or of any rule, regulation or license issued thereunder may be fined not more than $10,000, or, if a natural person, may be imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both; and any officer, director, or agent of any corporation who knowingly participates in any such violation may be punished by a like fine, imprisonment, or both.

The gold grab was at an arbitrary, low ball, non market price of $20.67 per ounce. The COMEX spot gold price at the November 21, 2014 closing was $1197.70 per ounce. That's 5,700 percent appreciation in the pockets of the welfare state, purloined from the pockets of the American people. Any wonder why you can't get ahead and provide for your future?

Have a great day and good luck to all!