Missouri to pay in gold, silver

Thursday, May 08, 2025

Shoppers in Kansas City and across Missouri could soon be able to pay for their groceries and pay taxes with gold and silver. Missouri lawmakers this week, in a move that surprised some, approved a controversial bill that would make gold and silver legal tender in the state. The legislation, which passed both chambers of the General Assembly as an amendment to a sweeping finance-related bill, is headed to Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe's desk.

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Were trump bucks not good enough?

#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-05-08 11:19 AM | Reply

Missouri used to be a decent place to live. Now it's just a red state shithole. One didn't even need to look to know that some small town - Dixon, MO - MAGA goober came up with this. Median family income here is 28K per year and almost 25% live below poverty line. The whole town together couldn't scratch up enough gold or silver to buy a lottery ticket or a pack of cigarettes, yet this is what their representative is up to in Jeff City.

#2 | Posted by HeeHaw at 2025-05-08 04:26 PM | Reply

Considering we're currently using IOUs to make purchases for goods and supplies. I feel like it would be foolish to spend gold or silver for the same transactions.

Especially since the dollar is losing all value thanks to the efforts of Putin, via the Trump administration, to destroy America.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-08 04:39 PM | Reply

#2: Hi Heehaw: Missouri sounds like a veritable paradise. In 2021, 113,351 firearm licenses were on record and 48.8% of adults have guns at home. In an average year, 1,378 people die and 4,257 are wounded by guns in Missouri. The "Show Me State" has the fourth-highest rate of gun violence in the US. Now there is legislation for people to walk around and pay for groceries with gold or silver? What could possibly go wrong? Are ammunition vending machines coming to Missouri too?

Sources:

cbsnews.com

everystat.org

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-08 04:55 PM | Reply

Show-Me The Counterfeit Gold And Silver!

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-08 05:33 PM | Reply

OMG. LMAO! What? They're going to have some machine to shave and measure gold shavings from Krugerrand or something for the miniscule number of people who do so they can pay their $10.83 at Walmart?

As if most people have silver and gold laying around, anyway. An average Missourian isn't going to be spending $2-3000+ for an ounce to keep in their dresser drawer. In this day and age, if the average person wants to invest in gold or silver they'll do it by buying into an ETF.

#6 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-05-08 05:43 PM | Reply