Topic: Government

Government, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Yes Virginia, There Is A Constitutional Monetary Unit

– February 5, 2013

Last week, the Virginia House of Delegates Rules Committee passed, by an 11 – 1 bipartisan majority, a bill to establish “a joint subcommittee to study the feasibility of a United States monetary unit based on a metallic standard, in keeping with the constitutional precepts and our nation’s founding principles….”

Government, Sound Money Project

Art Cashin On The New Normal’s New Populism: 165 Million As State Dependents?

– September 18, 2012

A Somewhat Ominous Op-Ed Recalls A Manufactured Ominous Quote – An op-ed in Forbes last week by Bill Wilson is causing some buzz in Wall Street watering holes. Its title is “165 Million Americans Are Dependents of the State: Is Tyranny Next?” Here’s a bit of the essay

Central Banking, Government, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Banking, Sound Money Project

Stop Printing Money, Inc.

– April 18, 2011

“America currently has $14 trillion in debt on the books and another $70 trillion or so in unfunded entitlements and pensions that are not yet on the books. These debts will never be repaid with dollars at current value. Either America will devalue its …

Fiscal Policy, Government, Inflation, Sound Banking, Sound Money Project

The Power to Tax – James M. Buchanan

– March 7, 2011

“The Leviathan exploitation of the revenue potential of the money-creation power is a possibility that will be among those to be reckoned with in the constitutional deliberations of the citizen when he considers the possible efficacy of granting indepe …

Fiscal Policy, Free Markets, Government, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Banking, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

“Transcript: GOP Response From Rep. Paul Ryan” – NPR

– January 26, 2011

“Millions of families have fallen on hard times not because of our ideals of free enterprise — but because our leaders failed to live up to those ideals; because of poor decisions made in Washington and Wall Street that caused a financial crisis, squan …

Government, Sound Money