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Barter Trade Dollar Transactions Remain Legal, Despite Defendant’s Legal Argument in NC Federal Court

PORTSMOUTH, Va.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-“Trade Dollars used in modern trade and barter transactions among businesses participating in barter exchanges are a legal and robust form of commerce in America,” said Ron Whitney, Executive Director of the International Reciprocal Trade Association (IRTA). “The Government rejected any comparison of vonNotHaus counterfeiting activities with legitimate Barter currencies. “” The U.S. organized barter industry […]

Important Update on Examiner Article

I received word from Ron Whitney of IRTA recently that the article I reported on in the Examiner, the article reporting an attack on barter currencies, was not factually correct by any means. From Ron: Tyler: The slant of Mr. Shortgen’s article in the Examiner.com is incorrect. First, you need to read the revised article […]

Federal Government Trying to Outlaw Barter Currencies?

From examiner.com: The Federal government is trying to establish bartering private currency of any type as an illegal enterprise in a false interpretation of the court’s recent conviction of Liberty Dollar’s owner Bernard Von NotHaus. In a case where the government used conspiracy and counterfeit charges against NotHaus to establish that he intended to mint […]