Site chosen for Texas bullion depository

[EE_]

Site chosen for Texas bullion depository
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2017-11-03 14:48. Section: Daily Dispatches
From The Associated Press
via U.S. News & World Report, Washington
Friday, November 3, 2017

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2017-11-03/leande...

AUSTIN, Texas -- An Austin-area city will be home to the Texas Bullion Depository, with construction expected to begin early next year.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today announced that the site will be in Leander, about 20 miles north of Austin. The exact location hasn't been revealed for security reasons.

Hegar in June announced that Lone Star Tangible Assets of Austin was selected to build and operate the depository.

The 2015 Legislature approved a plan to start keeping the state's gold holdings within its own borders, instead of in an underground vault at a New York City bank.

Officials haven't said how much Texas gold will be stored at the new facility.

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[crimethink]

Soon to be filled with Krylon-coated Tungsten bars.

[EE_]

Soon to be filled with Krylon-coated Tungsten bars.

I understand how easy it is to become jaded and distrustful. I have the same perception about you.

There's a big difference between a state depository and Federal. I believe Texas will audit their gold. This isn't California we're talking about.
You should consider leaving that God forsaken place. It's not doing well for you.

[Hitch]

There's a big difference between a state depository and Federal. I believe Texas will audit their gold.

This story is one of the biggest things going on. I remember thinking it was all just smoke, but now that they are actually breaking ground on building the depository, Texas seems to set to make it happen.

Yes, I'm sure they will audit their gold. The whole reason they are doing this is because they don't trust the Fed, and they want their gold in hand. Just like we all do as individuals. Of course they will audit each and every bar. The big question, is what will Texas do if the Fed doesn't even have any gold anymore, like some speculate.

[crimethink]

This story is one of the biggest things going on. I remember thinking it was all just smoke, but now that they are actually breaking ground on building the depository, Texas seems to set to make it happen.

Yes, I'm sure they will audit their gold. The whole reason they are doing this is because they don't trust the Fed, and they want their gold in hand. Just like we all do as individuals. Of course they will audit each and every bar. The big question, is what will Texas do if the Fed doesn't even have any gold anymore, like some speculate.

I assert they won't do a real audit, and even if they did, Texas would - and could - do nothing about the fraud.

[Hitch]

I assert they won't do a real audit, and even if they did, Texas would - and could - do nothing about the fraud.

If the Fed attempts to defraud Texas, it could blow up to the point where Texas would try to secede from the union, with many other states jumping on board.

The Fed faces a tough choice here. Give Texas their gold, and in doing so set a standard for other states to follow. Or, screw Texas, in which case the Fed loses all credibility in front of all the other states.

This really is a big story. Of course, the media will not give it too much coverage. All eyes are on Texas now. Go Texas, imo.

[TroyOz]

The Texas Gold Depository will not only store UT's gold, but businesses and individuals - with the ability to write checks and transfer electronically on your gold and silver deposits. It will be a bank without the ability to lend.

It was supposed to up and running by now...

[monty]

Texas Bullion Depository Open For Business

http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2018/06/07/texas-bullion-depository-open-for-business/

Texas Bullion Depository Open for Business

By Mike Maharrey (http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/author/michael-maharrey/)June 7, 2018
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The Texas Bullion Depository officially opened for business this week. The creation of the facility represents a power-shift away from the federal government, and sets the foundation to undermine the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money.

In June 2015, Gov. Greg Abbot signed legislation (http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2015/06/signed-by-the-governor-texas-law-establishes-bullion-depository-helps-facilitate-transactions-in-gold-and-silver/) creating the state gold bullion and precious metal depository. The facility will not only provide a secure place for individuals, business, cities, counties, government agencies and even other countries to store gold and other precious metals, the law also creates a mechanism to facilitate the everyday use of gold and silver in transactions. In short, a person will eventually be able to deposit gold or silver – and pay other people through electronic means or checks – in sound money.

The facility began accepting deposits of precious metals on Wednesday, June 6. Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar became the first depositor. He praised the depository as a secure place to store gold and silver.
“Once you’ve made that deposit, it is going to be there tomorrow and in the future, until you make a decision to withdraw it or you want to sell it,” he told the Texas Tribune (https://www.texastribune.org/2018/06/06/gold-depository-texas-bullion-glenn-hegar-precious-metals/).

Rep. Giovanni Capriglione sponsored the legislaiton creating the depository. He also deposited gold on Wednesday. He said he thinks the Texas facility could be the first of many across the U.S.
“I can’t think of any place else in the world that could create a bullion depository this way, and I’ve heard from legislators across the country who want to do what we are doing, from Tennessee to Utah,” he said in a statement. “We will see a lot of financial interest in this depository, with gold, silver and other commodities coming here.”



Austin-based Lone Star Tangible Assets runs the depository for the state. It currently operates it out of its existing facility in Austin, but plans to open a new building for the depository in Leander sometime in 2019.
You don’t have to be a Texas resident to use the depository. Any U.S. citizen can set up an account online (https://www.texasbulliondepository.gov/) and then ship or personally deliver metal to the facility. The Texas Bullion Depository will accept gold, silver, platinum, rhodium and palladium.

The depository does not currently have a system in place to faciliate everyday transactions with gold and silver, but that remains part of the long-term plan.

According to an article in the Star-Telegram (http://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article92664182.html), state officials want a facility “with an e-commerce component that also provides for secure physical storage for Bullion.” While in the development phase, officials said plans for a depository will include online services that would let customers accept, transfer and withdraw bullion deposits and related fees.

Ultimately, depositors will be able to use a bullion-funded debit card that seamlessly converts gold and silver to fiat currency in the background. This will enable them to make instant purchases wherever credit and debit cards are accepted.

By making gold and silver available for regular, daily transactions by the general public, the new depository has the potential for wide-reaching effect. Professor William Greene is an expert on constitutional tender and said in a paper for the Mises Institute (https://mises.org/wire/ending-federal-reserve-bottom) that when people in multiple states actually start using gold and silver instead of Federal Reserve notes, it would effectively nullify the Federal Reserve and end the federal government’s monopoly on money.
“Over time, as residents of the state use both Federal Reserve notes and silver and gold coins, the fact that the coins hold their value more than Federal Reserve notes do will lead to a ‘reverse Gresham’s Law’ effect, where good money (gold and silver coins) will drive out bad money (Federal Reserve notes).

“As this happens, a cascade of events can begin to occur, including the flow of real wealth toward the state’s treasury, an influx of banking business from outside of the state – as people in other states carry out their desire to bank with sound money – and an eventual outcry against the use of Federal Reserve notes for any transactions.”



Gresham’s Law holds that “bad money drives out good.” For example, when the U.S. government replaced silver quarters and dimes with coins made primarily of less valuable copper, the cheap coins drove the silver out of circulation. People hoarded the more valuable silver coins and spent the less valuable copper money. So, how do you reverse Gresham (http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2018/05/reversing-gresham-good-money-can-drive-out-bad/)?

The key is in making it easier to use gold and silver in everyday transactions. The reason bad money drives out good is that governments put up barriers to using sound money in day-to-day life. That makes it more costly to spend gold and silver and incentivizes hoarding. When you remove barriers, you level the playing field and allow gold and silver to compete head-to-head with Federal Reserve notes. On an even playing field, gold and silver beat fiat money every time.

The Texas Bullion Depository also creates an avenue toward financial independence. Countries around the world, including China, Russia and Turkey, have been buying gold (https://schiffgold.com/key-gold-news/axis-of-gold-countries-could-undermine-dollar-dominance-using-yellow-metal/) to limit their dependence on the U.S. dollar. University of Houston political science professor Brandon Rottinghaus said a state depository can serve a similar function for Texas.
“This is another in a long line of ways to make Texas more self-reliant and less tethered to the federal government. The financial impact is small but the political impact is telling, Many conservatives are interested in returning to the gold standard and circumvent the Federal reserve in whatever small way they can.”



The Texas Bullion Depository will create a mechanism to challenge the federal government’s monopoly on money and provides a blueprint for other states to follow. If the majority of states controlled their own supply of gold, and people began using precious metals in daily transactions, it could conceivably make the Federal Reserve completely irrelevant.

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