The Twelve Steps

1. We came to understand that our government is powerless over its spending - that our nation's debt had become unmanageable.
2. We came to believe that a power greater than our fiat currency could restore us to sanity.
3. We made a decision to turn our savings and our investments over to the care of gold, as we understand gold to be a physical asset - not a paper promise.
4. We made a searching and fearless inventory of our wealth.
5. We converted to gold, to Krugerrands, and to Maple Leafs, the fiat paper assets of our wealth, thus eliminating our counterparties.
6. We were entirely ready to have gold remove all risk of default.
7. We humbly asked the coin dealer to reduce our exposure to The Inflation Tax.
8. We made a list of those politicians that expose us to The Inflation Tax, and became willing to work against them all.
9. We gave direct support to Libertarians whenever possible, except when no Libertarian is on the ballot, and then we voted against the incumbent.
10. We continued to create wealth through our own industry, and then we converted it to gold, and promptly buried it.
11. We sought through silver coins to increase our contact with precious metal, as we understand silver to be a physical asset - not a paper promise, paying for as many day-to-day transactions with silver as possible, using our credit card (not debit) for what was not, and paying off the entire balance each month.
12. We, having had a fiscal awakening as the result of these steps, tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.