Paul wants to check Fort Knox for gold

Ron Paul said Thursday that he’s eager to find out how much gold the United States really owns. A supporter at a town hall meeting asked about Fort Knox: “Would you reveal as president whether there’s actually gold there?” Here is Paul’s full response: “Yes, and if I couldn’t accomplish that then there’s big trouble in this country. I may need to get some help for you. I tried for years to do this…I never went to Fort Knox. I made a request when the gold commission came up in the early 1980s. We had a study of the role of gold in the monetary system. There were 17 members, and I couldn’t get one other person to endorse the principle that we ought to go to Fort Knox and find out if there’s gold.”