Hammel: We Deserve Transparency

Hammel: We deserve transparency

There’s an old saying about government — “it’s not that ‘what is said isn’t so,’ it’s what is so isn’t said.”

Government Secrecy Prevails Over Gold Transparency | Headline USA

(Stuart Englert, Money Metals News Service) When it comes to U.S. gold reserves, secrecy prevails over transparency. Attempts to authorize a comprehensive, independent audit of the nation’s gold reserves have proven elusive and futile for decades. The last two prominent audits, conducted 72 and 51 years ago, respectively, were far from thorough or free of government influence. The 1953 gold audit was commissioned by Treasury Secretary George M. …