National Organization for the Repeal of the Federal Reserve and Internal Revenue Code Founder Convicted of Producing Silver Coins

The money the Federal Reserve continues to print is worthless paper backed by nothing. Since the Nixon administration, US currency has been backed by nothing but the good faith and credit of the United States government. There is no gold or any other precious metals backing the paper, which means there is no real value in currency.

Meet Bernard von NotHaus. NotHaus is the founder of the National Organization for the Repeal of the Federal Reserve and Internal Revenue Code, commonly known as NORFED. In protest to the US's fiat currency, NotHaus began minting and selling his own coins made with real silver. In other words, they were worth something unlike the paper dollars the Federal Reserve prints. Well, he is going away to prison for doing so. From the FBI Web site:

Von NotHaus designed the Liberty Dollar currency in 1998 and the Liberty coins were marked with the dollar sign ($); the words dollar, USA, Liberty, Trust in God (instead of In God We Trust); and other features associated with legitimate U.S. coinage. Since 1998, NORFED has been issuing, disseminating, and placing into circulation the Liberty Dollar in all its forms throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. NORFED’s purpose was to mix Liberty Dollars into the current money of the United States. NORFED intended for the Liberty Dollar to be used as current money in order to limit reliance on, and to compete with, United States currency.

I don't know who the real criminal here is. VonHaus actually produced something of some worth to exchange for goods and services or the Federal Reserve who continues to print worthless pieces of paper backed by nothing that continues to devalue the paychecks of hard working Americans. I wonder when the FBI is going to arrest states like Montana and South Carolina who are proposing their own state currencies to combat the Federal Reserves carelessness.