Actually, the auction idea is not bad. ...under certain circumstances. I would suggest the bidders have to be from the 50 states and they have to pay in gold or silver. Otherwise, the same currency counterfeiters who are causing all this problem in the first place will end up with the hardware, then to be distributed amongst their remaining puppet nations. No one will be able to outbid them; they print what they need; when ever they need it.

And a culmination of a "better idea" is still derived from the construction of a village, small town or city first. We need practice in the laboratory of life with this radical view and prescription.