Category Archives: The History of it All

Ayn Rand’s Hymn To Money

Gold Money Is the Root of All Good; Paper Money Is the Root of All Evil ~ A Blueprint for a New Gold Coin Standard ~ July 1, 2002 ~ Millions of people who have read Ayn Rand’s 1957 monumental … Continue reading

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Smith: Dreams of Prosperity and an Inflated Currency ~ Eradicate the Federal Reserve Bank

“Long before we wake up from our dream of prosperity through an inflated currency, our gold, which alone could have kept us from catastrophe, will have vanished and no rate of interest will tempt it to return.” ~ U.S. Senator … Continue reading

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The US King Dollar Has No Clothes: America’s “Toilet Paper Money”

August 12, 2015 ~ The conventional wisdom is that no other currency in the world can support the global bond market save the US$ Toilet Paper Money. Therefore, we cannot do without the US$ toilet paper money! The so-called experts … Continue reading

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Nixon 1971: The Day the President Made the Dollar Stop Being Real — And Nobody Voted On It

On August 15, 1971, President Richard Nixon interrupted Sunday night television to make an announcement that would quietly reshape the entire global financial system. Without a single vote in Congress, without consulting America’s allies, and without any public debate, Nixon … Continue reading

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The Year Your Paycheck Stopped Belonging to Your Family

1913 changed America forever. The Federal Reserve. The federal income tax. The direct election of senators. In just ten months, three structural changes rewired how money, power, and representation worked in the United States. This episode follows the documented story … Continue reading

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Taxpayers 65 and Older Can Claim a New $6,000 Deduction, but Only by Attaching Schedule 1-A

Millions of Americans age 65 and older now have access to an enhanced federal tax deduction worth up to $6,000 per person, or $12,000 for married couples filing jointly when both spouses qualify. But claiming the benefit requires a step … Continue reading

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Hickman: America Turns 250

At 125, It Looked Like the End! On the afternoon of September 6, 1901, President William McKinley stood in a receiving line at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, shaking hands with a crowd of well-wishers. One of the … Continue reading

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Nixon 1971: The Day the President Made the Dollar Stop Being Real — And Nobody Voted On It

On August 15, 1971, President Richard Nixon interrupted Sunday night television to make an announcement that would quietly reshape the entire global financial system.

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The “Temporary” Tax of 1913: The Greatest Wealth Transfer in Human History

In 1913, two laws were quietly passed that would permanently reshape who gets rich and who stays broke in America — and most people have never heard the full story. This is the history of the Federal Reserve Act and … Continue reading

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Hickman: Get Ready for “Business Friendly Socialism

On New Year’s Day in the year 1829, a 29-year-old young lady from Washington DC named Peggy Timberlake married John Eaton – a powerful senator from Tennessee. Eaton was also close friends with the incoming president Andrew Jackson. Peggy, on … Continue reading

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