[alasdair_]

This reminds me of the guy who paid his employees in silver dollars and paid taxes on the nominal value paid instead of the market price. He also ran a separate business that bought all the silver dollars back for the market price right next door.

It all went well for him until he started a payroll company to do the same thing in multiple states.

[refurb]

Potentially kooky website (many gold bug sites are), but it has some details for anyone interested.

https://www.fff.org/2013/12/09/the-u-s-vs-robert-kahre-a-hor...