South Carolina Lawmaker Seeks to Ban U.S. Currency

By GottaLaff

Methinks things are getting a little out of hand in South Carolina:

A bill introduced in the South Carolina legislature would make disallow U.S. currency as legal tender in the state, reports the Palmetto Scoop.

The bill introduced by State Rep. Mike Pitts (R) would ban what he calls "the unconstitutional substitution of Federal Reserve Notes for silver and gold coin" in South Carolina.

"If the bill were to become law, South Carolina would no longer accept or use anything other than silver and gold coins as a form of payment for any debt, meaning paper money would be out in the Palmetto State."

Leave it to a Rushpublic to require us to carry gold coins. Forgetting for a moment the utter lunacy of this idea, think about just the concept of schlepping around a bunch of weighty currency.

Who knew South Carolina Rushpublics were into heavy metal?