By Michael O'Brien
08/30/10 10:21 AM ET
A Texas legislator said he plans to introduce legislation next year to force an audit of U.S. holdings of gold.
A longtime critic of the Federal Reserve and U.S. monetary policy, he said he believes it's "a possibility" that there might not actually be any gold in the vaults of Fort Knox or the New York Federal Reserve bank.
The lawmaker told Kitco News, a website tracking news about precious metals, that an audit was necessary to determine how much the U.S. maintains in gold reserves in case the government were to use gold to back the dollar.
“If there was no question about the gold being there, you think they would be anxious to prove gold is there,” he said.
“Our Federal Reserve admits to nothing, and they should prove all the gold is there. There is a reason to be suspicious and even if you are not suspicious why wouldn’t you have an audit?
“I think it is a possibility," he said when asked if there was truth to rumors that there was actually no gold at Ft. Knox or the New York Fed.
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Edited by Rogerdodger, 30 August 2010 - 02:20 PM.
