This is my shocked face, that you can't see.

I doubt an under the table tax evading mushroom chomping handyman is anywhere near a marginal tax rate that would render owning gold immune to capital gains taxes.

I am also pretty sure that owning a pile of gold when the predicted fall of society...on a Tuesday, no less...happens, will get you anywhere.

When zombies, Bigfoots, and Gnomes come looking to rape your wimmins and eat your food, Rich, I doubt they will take gold as a comparable pay out.

Neither will anyone else in the entire world. Just like fiat currency, pretending that a shiny rock has any inherent value at all is an entirely societal construct, too.

Fish on...

Todd