Congressman Ron Paul Questions Whether Fort Knox Is Empty

He said there is "reason to be suspicious" about U.S. gold holdings and suggested officials were manipulating the price of gold to prop up the perceived value of paper money. Paul said "it is a possibility" that neither Fort Knox nor the New York Federal Reserve vaults have any gold. He also said he will call for the U.S. government to legalize the use of gold and silver as "legal tender" alongside the U.S. dollar. Let them compete, he says. 

"If people get tired of using the paper standard, they can deal in gold or silver," he told Kitco News. 

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