The Sound Money Showdown in U.S. States
By Jp Cortez Policies relating to sound money have been the subject of substantial debate at the state level this year, with bills, hearings, and/or…
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Jp Cortez Interview: Sound Money Movement Gains Momentum in the States
Mike Gleason: It is my privilege, now, to welcome in Jp Cortez, with the Sound Money Defense League, a non-partisan national public policy organization working…
West Virginia Joins Growing Sound Money Movement — Six Other States Now Weighing Their Own Bills to End Taxes on Gold & Silver
By Jp Cortez Before the ink could even dry on West Virginia Governor Jim Justice’s signature on a repeal of sales taxation on gold, silver,…
West Virginia Legislature Votes to End Sales Taxation on Gold & Silver
Sound money advocates rejoiced today as the West Virginia legislature overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 502 and sent it to Governor Jim Justice for his signature. First…
Congressman Demands CFTC Explain Its Failure to Find Silver Market Manipulation Where DOJ Did
By Jp Cortez Washington, DC (February 5, 2019) – A member of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee today pressed the Commodities Futures Trading Commission…
West Virginia Legislator Proposes Eliminating ALL Taxation on Gold and Silver
By Jp Cortez Charleston, West Virginia (January 29, 2019) — West Virginia legislator Delegate Pat McGeehan (R-01) has introduced the West Virginia Sound Money Act, House…
Arizona Considers Bill to Safeguard State’s Assets with Gold and Silver
By Jp Cortez An Arizona legislator has introduced a bill this week to de-risk the state’s financial holdings with a modest allocation to physical gold…
Wyoming Legislators Want State to De-Risk Investments by Holding Gold and Silver
By Jp Cortez Cheyenne, Wyoming (January 17, 2019) – A group of Wyoming legislators have introduced three bills this week to de-risk the state’s financial…
What States Are Doing to Offer More Currency Competition
By Jp Cortez The destruction of sound money over the past century stems from actions at the federal level, but there are steps which states…
2019 Outlook: The State of Sound Money in the United States
By Jp Cortez The Great Recession, coupled with the “Ron Paul Revolution,” prompted a renaissance of the sound money movement in the United States. As…
Jp Cortez: Gold and Silver Are Still Money
By Rory Hall Once in a while it seems everything aligns just right and the world spins in the orbit we choose. This happened recently…
Congressmen Introduce Bill to End Taxation of Gold and Silver
By Activist Post Washington, DC (September 7, 2018) – The battle to end taxation of constitutional money has reached the federal level as U.S. Representative…
What Has (State) Government Done to Our Money?
By Jp Cortez Is your state destroying your money? Federal policy and the privately owned Federal Reserve System are the root causes of inflation, instability,…
Money, Fake Money, & Sound Money
By Jp Cortez Americans no longer carry gold and silver money in our pockets and purses as our grandparents did. But we still carry the…
