WTF happened 54 years ago today?

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Jp Cortez the Big Lie

Central Banks Do Not Prevent Financial Crises or Control Inflation Daniel Lacalle Mises Institute Sound Money Defense League Money Metals moneymetals.com/news/2025/08/2…

Happy 90th birthday Ron Paul. Thank you for changing my life by giving voice to ideas of sound money, Austrian economics, liberty, and non-interventionism. Thank you for inspiring the work of Sound Money Defense League. You are a hero, may there be 90 more years.

People being unable to afford housing is a policy choice, but not the way she thinks it is.

If capital accumulation “initiates the process of civilization” (Hoppe), what does capital destruction initiate?

"According to updated 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Harvard Management Company (HMC) bought 333,000 shares of SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD), the world’s largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund (ETF). The position is valued at $101.5 million."

I guess Harvard finally sees value in holding some hard assets to protect their wealth as the value of the U.S. dollar continues to decline.

Harvard, along with other institutions, nations, and states themselves have rediscovered the value of politically neutral, non-inflatable money.

Inflation is on purpose. Mike Maharrey of Money Metals. Mike Maharrey Money Metals Sound Money Defense League

“I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system” - George W. Bush

Jp Cortez Not good at all. Socialistic

Why would you even think about touching the bar unless you were 100% certain you could do it? He should fire the person who told him this was a good idea/the person who didn’t stop him from doing it

Why do y'all hate the Constitution?

"I really look forward to have the U.S. government be my shareholder" Said no one sane or not under pressure ever of any government.

This is going to backfire tremendously. - Cronyism will skyrocket as companies seek "investment". - Democrat administrations will impose woke requirements on corporations. - Companies will underperform because they know they will be bailed out. - Taxpayers will lose billions.