By Stefan Gleason and Jp Cortez, Originally Published on Money Metals Exchange Under certain circumstances, seemingly decent human beings are capable of horrific things. So it is with Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who parlayed his sound money bona fides into the top post at America’s private banking cartel and current issuer of our […]
What Can Gold Do for Our Money?
By Stefan Gleason One of the chief virtues of a gold standard is that it serves as a restraint on the growth of money and credit. It makes runaway government deficit spending and major monetary catastrophes such as hyperinflation practically impossible. Opponents of a gold standard can’t defend the political malpractices that are enabled by […]
Securing Our Money through Currency Competition
By Jp Cortez of Sound Money Defense League Competition is a good thing. It brings out the best in athletes. It brings out the best in students. It brings out the best in companies. Since monopolies remove the positive effects of competition, however, it makes sense to reexamine one of the most detrimental monopolies that […]
Rolling Back the Taxes on Our Constitutional Money
By Jp Cortez of Sound Money Defense League Imagine if you asked a grocery clerk to break a $5 bill and he charged you a 35 cent in tax. Unfair, right? After all, you were only exchanging one form of money for another. But try walking to a local precious metals dealer in more than […]
Guest post: Diminishing pensions and Social Security funds could put seniors on food stamps
By Trisha Miller Last year, over $888 billion dollars went to Social Security payments in the US. About 40 million retired workers received benefits averaging $1,342 dollars per month. 28.6% of folks 65-74 were still in the workforce in 2012. Studies approximate that by 2022 that number will rise to about 31%. Why are seniors […]