That could translate into several thousand AUD, but the factors that would contribute to an AUD and tax base collapse will also likely motivate the government to outlaw private gold holdings outside of approved and audited depository institutions, and of course there'd be a significant per ounce compliance fee, a government levy and owner certification requirements that would prove onerous and result in forfeiture for non compliance.Peter said:My long term gold price
$3000 USD.
Uncertainty and economic chaos.
The extremely wealthy will structure their investments to largely avoid any impact. Unsupervised gold transactions are a threat to the government's desire for total oversight and control of the financial activities of citizens. But any coordinated plan will anyway fall by the wayside in coming years as the politicians desperately scramble for any last scraps of wealth from the people to make up for a collapse in revenue. Total economic collapse will not be pretty.Peter said:Well the liberal party would never do that because the poor generally don't have stashs of gold under the bed, the rich do if anyone.
And they are just a front for rich interests (reduce tax on business, reduce wages, reduce conditions,etc).
Peter said:How do you know?