About Rob Gray

Rob Gray is the Executive Director of the American Open Currency Standard and a reputable expert on complementary currency and barter systems. Rob resides in Dallas, Texas with his wife and 2 children.

Silver Bullet & the Silver Summit

September 20, 2012 by Rob Gray 4 Comments

Buying physical silver is by far the greatest act of wisdom and rebellion any American can and should do right now. It is both a Silver Bullet to rebel against the Elite's rigged paradigm built off of debt and death and a Silver Shield to protect your family and wealth in a post-dollar world. Buying physical silver and keeping it in your possession is non-violent, non-compliant resistance. Most importantly it works outside the system and it cannot be stopped. When Chris Duane, founder of … [Read more...]

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Radiant Barrier & The Ag Trading Post

September 7, 2012 by Rob Gray Leave a Comment

In 2009, the country's first "silver-only" general store opened in Dallas. Less than a year later, it closed. The Ag Trading Post built its business model around a single premise: the refusal of Federal Reserve Notes. Many people thought this was illegal, but as I pointed out in my article, it's perfectly okay to choose whatever form of money we want as payment. The US Treasury Department agrees. Ultimately, the store didn't make it. There were several key reasons it failed; the two most … [Read more...]

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IRA Misconceptions Increase Risk

August 30, 2012 by Rob Gray 2 Comments

Disclaimer: Please understand that this article is not written to provide tax or legal advice and I am not providing any such advice. In fact, it disgusts me to think that you need to "figure out the system" to secure what is already yours. This article simply describes my quest for information and knowledge about IRAs and how this information could help me and my father. A few weeks ago, my father mentioned to me his disgust with the performance of his IRA. My response: "You still have an … [Read more...]

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Legal Tender & 5 things I learned from D.C.

August 3, 2012 by Rob Gray 45 Comments

As some of you know, I had a rare opportunity to testify August 2nd 2012 before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy regarding parallel currencies. For a full video of the hearing, click the image on the left. It all passed so fast, and the reality didn't set in until I left the chamber. My first thought upon walking out of the building was really anti-climatic: "I spent all this time over the past week for that?" And to think I could have focused my time and … [Read more...]

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AOCS Goes to Washington

August 1, 2012 by Rob Gray 30 Comments

Missed the live feed? Catch the full hearing on YouTube HERE or Mr Gray's excerpt HERE. While debriefing from our most recent trip to FreedomFest in Las Vegas, I posed a question: how do we take our movement to the next level? I mean, we have so many people that are paying attention now, but still believe we can petition the government to solve today's social and economic problems. Last week, Congressman Paul's bill to audit the Fed finally came to a vote on the House floor. Though it … [Read more...]

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Doing Business in a New Way

June 5, 2012 by Rob Gray 2 Comments

Greetings, and welcome to nearly half-way through 2012! In today's world, it's easy to get so tied up in trying to keep our heads above water that it seems nearly impossible to find time to stop and smell the roses. Most of us are over-worked, under-paid and wound up so tight in the ever-increasing squeeze that we fail to take a moment and reflect on how good life actually is and how much we've accomplished. Since day one, we struggled with this at the American Open Currency Standard. Even … [Read more...]

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AOCS helps launch “Mulligan Mint”

June 5, 2012 by Rob Gray 3 Comments

"A small brick structure came next, bearing the sign: Mulligan Mint. "A mint?" she asked. "What's Mulligan doing with a mint?" Galt reached into his pocket and dropped two small coins into the palm of her hand. They were miniature disks of shining gold, smaller than pennies, the kind that had not been in circulation since the days of Nat Taggart..."That's the money we use here," he said. "It's minted by Midas Mulligan."" Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged In the March 2012 AOCS Director's Update, you … [Read more...]

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AOCS Currency Hour Podcast – Economic Updates

May 21, 2012 by Rob Gray 1 Comment

In this week's episode, Rob Gray and Gus Demos discuss what's happening this week in the currency markets. 2012-02.15 - Waking Up & Global Currency Updates … [Read more...]

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