give a barbaric relic to the winner? Just another reminder the metals were and are now precious. Each award ceremony is a reminder that internationally the metals are to this day recognized as precious. if Ron Paul becomes Sec.of Trea.....HE WILL HAVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN HE OPENS THE VAULT AT Ft. Knox and sees it is empty......the administration will blame him for the missing gold.....and that will be the end of the tea party...... I re The Bonus Army that Lynn and TR too readily dismissed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army If you study this part of American history you understand we are not becoming today's Greece in a couple years....we became today's Greece in 1932. Government denying promises is often met with hostility. There will be another MacArthur fresh out of West Point desiring credentials. Marching on DC was not invented bu the civil rights movement. It is where you need to go when the politicos say "Let them eat cake!" Tex you make an inference I had not intended. By another MacArthur I meant only a US military leader willing use force against an assembly of US citizens. Veterans of a foreign war themselves some of whom were former MacArthur led troops. What I found telling is the 1924 World War Compensation Adjustment Act the American legion was instrumental in achieving the "bonus" provision. Politicians were quick to seize on broadcasting their support for the law demonstrating themselves as friends of the veteran groups. Five years later, when tough times hit,