These dangerous, anti-American crackpots:
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-file... Typical: Jared Lee Loughner
"... At one point, Loughner refers disparagingly to 'currency that's not backed by gold or silver.' The idea that silver and gold are the only 'constitutional' money is widespread in the antigovernment 'Patriot' movement that produced so much violence in the 1990s. It's linked to the core Patriot theory that the Federal Reserve is actually a private corporation run for the benefit of unnamed international bankers. So-called Patriots say paper money — what they refer to with a sneer as 'Federal Reserve notes' — is not lawful. ..."
More:
http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/01/09/who-is-jared-l... /