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U.S. Congressman Introduces Gold Standard Bill To Tame Inflation

Published 10/10/2022, 10:57 AM
Updated 07/09/2023, 06:31 AM

America’s currency will regain stable footing for the first time in half a century if a bill introduced by U.S. Representative Alex Mooney (R-WV) becomes law.

Referred to as the “Gold Standard Restoration Act” by sound money activists, H.R. 9157 calls for the repegging of the Federal Reserve note to gold to address the ongoing problems of inflation, runaway federal debt, and monetary system instability.

Upon passage of H.R. 9157, the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve would have 30 months to disclose all gold holdings and transactions publicly, after which time the Federal Reserve note “dollar” would be pegged to a fixed weight of gold at its then-market price.

Federal Reserve notes would become fully redeemable and exchangeable with gold at the new fixed price, with the U.S. Treasury and its gold reserves backstopping Federal Reserve Bank as guarantor. Rep. Mooney said,

“The gold standard would protect against Washington’s irresponsible spending habits and the creation of money out of thin air. Prices would be shaped by economics rather than the instincts of bureaucrats. No longer would our economy be at the mercy of the Federal Reserve and reckless Washington spenders.”

The Gold Standard Restoration Act also makes several findings about the harm the Federal Reserve System has inflicted on everyday Americans – particularly since President Richard Nixon “temporarily suspended” the gold backing of America’s monetary system in 1971.

H.R. 9157 points out the following:

“The Federal Reserve note has lost more than 30 percent of its purchasing power since 2000, and 97 percent of its purchasing power since the passage of the Federal Reserve Act in 1913.”

Economists have observed that eliminating gold redeemability from the monetary system freed central bankers and federal government officials from accountability when they irresponsibly expand the money supply, fund government deficits through trillion-dollar bond purchases, or otherwise manipulate the economy. H.R. 9157 states,

“At times, including 2021 and 2022, Federal Reserve actions helped create inflation rates of 8 percent or higher, increasing the cost of living for many Americans to untenable levels…enrich[ing] the owners of financial assets while… endanger[ing] the jobs, wages, and savings of blue-collar workers,”

Rep. Mooney’s bill would also require full disclosure of all central bank and U.S. government gold holdings and gold-related financial transactions over the last six decades – a seemingly taboo subject surrounded by mystery and deception.

“To enable the market and market participants to arrive at the fixed Federal Reserve Note dollar-gold parity in an orderly fashion... the Treasury Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve shall each make publicly available… all holdings of gold, with a report of any purchases, sales, leases, and any other financial transactions involving gold, since the temporary suspension in August 15th, 1971, of gold redeemability obligations under the Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944.”

Furthermore, H.R. 9157 requires the Fed and the Treasury to disclose “all records of redemptions and transfers of United States gold in the ten years preceding the temporary suspension on August 15, 1971, of gold redeemability obligations.”

“Today’s debt-based fiat-money system serves primarily to support big government and wealthy financial insiders – while the Federal Reserve’s serial policy of currency debasement punishes savers and wage earners as it undermines the economy,”

Stefan Gleason, President of the Sound Money Defense League and Money Metals Exchange, said.

“A return to gold redeemability would arrest the problem of inflation, restrain the growth of wasteful and inefficient government, and kick off an exciting new era of American prosperity,”

Gleason concluded.

Rep. Mooney’s gold standard bill was introduced on October 7, 2022, and referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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