Well, gold was banned in US not that long ago ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Reserve_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Reserve_Act ). Naturally, we c

Well, gold was banned in US not that long ago ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Reserve_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Reserve_Act ). Naturally, we could argue whether gold is a currency and whatnot, but for the sake of the argument, I will state that there is absolutely nothing government will not attempt to legislate. Hell, they can legislate that 2 + 2 = 5. It won't make it accurate, right or even make sense, but they can.