Lawmaker asks to be paid in gold

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Montana tells lawmaker gold is for fools:
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“The United States Constitution does not require states to pay debts in gold and silver. Additionally, there is no specific authority in the Montana Code Annotated for an agency to pay debts using gold or silver for services,” Coles wrote.


http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83915.html

from comments afterwards:

Jaret Coles, A Montana legislative staff attorney needs to be fired. He's quoted as saying : "The United States Constitution does not require states to pay debts in gold or silver."

Article 1 Section 10 of the U.S. Constitutions states: "No State shall make anything but gold or silver coin tender in payment of debt."


not sure where they got the title, though.
 
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