# Break Out the Abacus and Let's Count Gold!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-abacus-and-lets-count-gold/586751>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 24, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-abacus-and-lets-count-gold/586751 "2011-06-24T19:54:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Profound\_Gibberish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Profound\_Gibberish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profound_Gibberish)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-abacus-and-lets-count-gold/586751/1 "2011-06-24T19:54:33Z")

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[http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/24/news/economy/ron\_paul\_gold\_audit/index.htm?hpt=hp\_t2](http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/24/news/economy/ron_paul_gold_audit/index.htm?hpt=hp_t2)

This is what Ron Paul worries about at night? He wants to count, and assay, every piece of the US Gold Reserves because there are–wait for it. . . . .\*\*\*Internet Conspiracy Theories \*\*\*about it!

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**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-abacus-and-lets-count-gold/586751/2 "2011-06-24T22:04:57Z")

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> “The Fed is pretty secret, you know,” said Paul, \*who leans Libertarian. \*“Congress doesn’t have much say on what’s going on over there. They do a lot of hiding.”

Leans Libertarian?? Sounds like he stopped leaning and went over the edge.

I used to kinda respect the man, back when he was the only one with balls enough to speak out against Bush’s war on Iraq, but this…