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During 2011 an endowment which oversees funds held by the University of Texas System and Texas A&M University, had taken possession of physical 6,643 bars of bullion gold, or 664,300 ounces, in a Comex-registered vault in New York owned by HSBC, a London-based bank (as opposed to ‘paper gold’ as in the Exchange-traded Fund, ‘GLD’).
And now, in 2015, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill (HB 483) into law on Friday, June 12, that will allow Texas to build a gold and silver bullion depository. In addition, Texas will repatriate their $1 billion worth of bullion from the Federal Reserve in New York to the new facility once completed.
The writing is on the wall – institutions are losing faith and trust – and are transitioning or converting into ‘physical’ ‘real’ money, before it’s too late…
Friday, June 12, 2015 • Austin, Texas • Signature Statement
Governor Greg Abbott today signed House Bill 483 (Capriglione, R-Southlake; Kolkhorst, R-Brenham) to establish a state gold bullion depository administered by the Office of the Comptroller. The law will repatriate $1 billion of gold bullion from the Federal Reserve in New York to Texas. The bullion depository will serve as the custodian, guardian and administrator of bullion that may be transferred to or otherwise acquired by the State of Texas. Governor Abbott issued the following statement:
Governor's website confirmation
originally posted by: VictorVonDoom
Time for a regime change! We need to liberate those unfortunate, oppressed Texans from their tyrannical government. I heard a nurse say that the Texas National Guard was going around to hospitals and killing babies. We have evidence that the governor of Texas has been stockpiling chemical weapons. Signs of mass graves have been spotted near the Rio Grande.
We need to do something! We should start with a no-fly zone over Texas.
originally posted by: new_here
Exactly. Rumor has it, the vault is void of gold.
originally posted by: buster2010
originally posted by: Answer
Can you blame the state of Texas?
Would YOU trust the federal government with your possessions?
This is the Federal Reserve not the Federal government. The Reserve is privately owned.
originally posted by: buster2010
originally posted by: Answer
Can you blame the state of Texas?
Would YOU trust the federal government with your possessions?
This is the Federal Reserve not the Federal government. The Reserve is privately owned.
originally posted by: jhn7537
a reply to: xuenchen
I'm sure they can request it, but it doesn't mean they will necessarily get it, right? Didn't Germany try to get some of their gold back recently too? By recent, I mean last couple years..
originally posted by: Answer
originally posted by: buster2010
originally posted by: Answer
Can you blame the state of Texas?
Would YOU trust the federal government with your possessions?
This is the Federal Reserve not the Federal government. The Reserve is privately owned.
Uh huh...
6 of one, half dozen of the other. If you honestly think the Federal Reserve doesn't answer to the Federal govn't and vice versa, I have a bridge and some water-front property to sell you.
originally posted by: KnightFire
Well, if they can actually get it, this would be the first steps in Texas becoming a sovereign nation.