Gold Surges another 40 dollars today

While pundits at CNBC, FOX, and BLOOMBERG hastened to characterize gold's 40 dollar surge to 1660 today, as a "FEAR BASED TRADE." Their efforts to downplay golds recent rise are belied by the fact that it is CENTRAL BANKS that are leading the buying binge; and now International Sovereign Governments, US State Governments and influential Senators in the US Government are initiating serious legislation to make the gold trade into a permanent anchor of international currency. Consider the following:

SEOUL | Tue Aug 2,

(Reuters) - South Korea spent more than a billion dollars in its first gold purchase in more than a decade, as uncertainty about global growth and sovereign debt push central banks around the world to diversify foreign reserves.

In March: Utah repealed its capital gains tax on gold and silver coins it will recognize as legal tender. Twelve other states are considering similar legislation.

Then, in June: Senators Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) introduced the Sound Money Promotion Act that would remove the 28% federal tax on gains realized in the use of gold or silver coins recognized as legal tender for use within a state.

Now, in Switzerland, efforts are underway to create an official Gold Swiss franc (GSF) with a set of coins, each with a fixed content of gold. The proposed constitutional change would permit private institutions to issue an unlimited number of coins whose appearance, content and weight of gold, and definition would be under the supervision of the Swiss government.

Gold Swiss franc bank notes are conceivable, as are GSF bank deposits, but they would have to be 100% backed by gold held by the issuing institution. Credit transactions would be legal, but fractional reserve credit would be forbidden under Swiss law.

Within the next few weeks, signatures will be collected to launch an initial referendum that would require the Swiss National Bank to repatriate all of its gold holdings to within the borders of Switzerland, prohibit it from selling any more of its gold, and require a minimum 20% of its assets be gold.

Where all this legislation will lead remains to be seen. But remember: it rests on 3000 years of precedent.