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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 706915" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Edwin Viera, for those who favor a small, limited gov't with a monetary system backed by gold and silver, is a must read. Whether his historic (IMO and many others) "Pieces of Eight" or other works like <a href="http://home.hiwaay.net/~becraft/WhatIsDollar.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">"What is a Dollar?"</span></a> being a worthwhile start for those new to the man, his is a must read when it comes to the nature of money in American Constitutional law. Pieces of Eight 2 vol. is sadly out of print and sellers are getting upwards of $1k for them but I'm hearing Dr. Viera is looking at a limited reprint but we'll see. Dr. Viera to my knowledge has argued 4 cases before SCOTUS and won 3 of them so his knowledge of law and history are very much worthy of being taken into consideration especially by those who favor the limited gov't school of politics and political structure along with fiscal responsibility and sound economic law.</p><p> </p><p>I heard Dr. Viera speak back in the early 80's on the nature of money and it's history and it was truly fascinating to say the very least. On another side, it is correct that a "Con-Con" can not be limited in scope. In an ironic twist, the Constitution itself is proof of that. The events leading to the actual constitution were only authorized to seek modifications to the original Articles of Confederation and instead the so-called "Constitutional Convention" literally abolished the old Articles and replaced them with a constitution that granted a central federal gov't with vastly larger powers never envisioned much less possible under the authority of the Article of Confederation. A "Con-Con" would most likely produce a document granting even greater powers to the central federal gov't and if you think that is a stretch just imagine all that goes on now by both political sides even under shady claims of authority. It might be hard to consider how much worse a new Constitution could be given what is done now in it's name but it could be worse and most likely it would be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 706915, member: 2189"] Edwin Viera, for those who favor a small, limited gov't with a monetary system backed by gold and silver, is a must read. Whether his historic (IMO and many others) "Pieces of Eight" or other works like [URL="http://home.hiwaay.net/~becraft/WhatIsDollar.pdf"][COLOR=red]"What is a Dollar?"[/COLOR][/URL] being a worthwhile start for those new to the man, his is a must read when it comes to the nature of money in American Constitutional law. Pieces of Eight 2 vol. is sadly out of print and sellers are getting upwards of $1k for them but I'm hearing Dr. Viera is looking at a limited reprint but we'll see. Dr. Viera to my knowledge has argued 4 cases before SCOTUS and won 3 of them so his knowledge of law and history are very much worthy of being taken into consideration especially by those who favor the limited gov't school of politics and political structure along with fiscal responsibility and sound economic law. I heard Dr. Viera speak back in the early 80's on the nature of money and it's history and it was truly fascinating to say the very least. On another side, it is correct that a "Con-Con" can not be limited in scope. In an ironic twist, the Constitution itself is proof of that. The events leading to the actual constitution were only authorized to seek modifications to the original Articles of Confederation and instead the so-called "Constitutional Convention" literally abolished the old Articles and replaced them with a constitution that granted a central federal gov't with vastly larger powers never envisioned much less possible under the authority of the Article of Confederation. A "Con-Con" would most likely produce a document granting even greater powers to the central federal gov't and if you think that is a stretch just imagine all that goes on now by both political sides even under shady claims of authority. It might be hard to consider how much worse a new Constitution could be given what is done now in it's name but it could be worse and most likely it would be. [/QUOTE]
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