Reminder that free trade works best when currency exchange rates are fixed.

Terrific piece by our friend @Vladimirth. 'Nixon didn’t beg to ditch Bretton Woods in ‘71. No chats, no polls—just a Camp David huddle & a gold peg axed. The public accepted it, though it led to worse outcomes. Trump’s got the thumotic fire to fix that." https://t.co/qu2BtA8CDR

U.S. prices of gold and oil would have risen by more than 6% if Trump had slapped tariffs on Columbia? That is bad math and terrible economics. Prices of internationally traded commodities like gold and oil are determined on world markets. Costco could never charge you a higher

I like the caption for this segment with Charles Payne ⁦@cvpayne⁩ last week. A solid monetary foundation that delivers stable money (vs. government-induced inflation) provides optimal platform for productive economic growth—the kind that raises wages and living standards.

In my conversation with Trump’s former economic advisor @judyshel, she emphasized the U.S. should NOT create a central bank digital currency. It is now banned. Judy is advocating for gold-backed treasury bonds and the further development of stablecoins. The golden era...

Everyone's talking about the Panama Canal but Mexico is lowkey building its own rival canal as we speak

7 states have adopted flat taxes since 2019, and 9 enjoying a 0% income tax. We’re currently in a tax revolution!  Who’s ready to join Texas, Tennessee, and Florida in the no-income-tax club?

Todays' "Heard on the Street" Wall Street Journal column by Aaron Back says, "core CPI has now come in at either 3.2% or 3.3% [annualized] for seven straight months. This gives little comfort that inflation is still heading toward the Federal Reserve's 2% target." Actually,

From @Comm4Prosperity: "We keep getting asked by readers: if the dollar is being devalued (as measured by consumer inflation and the rising price of gold), why is the dollar soaring against other currencies? The answer, as Unleash Prosperity Economic Advisory Council member,

"he would have had 3 yrs of 10% tax-rate cuts 1979-81, plus the cap gains tax-rate cut. No way inflation would have survived this—the incentive for going after dollars via productive activity would have been too strong." 3/end

"He [Carter] detested the bill and killed it in House-Senate conference that was resolving details. Carter’s condition was that the 30-percent income tax rate cut had to go, and he would swallow the capital gains tax-rate cut. Had Carter signed the full tax bill... 2/

"The Reagan tax-rate cuts—Carter had them all heading to his desk in October 1978. A Rep. Jack Kemp-endorsed cut in tax rates of 30 percent across the board inclusive as well of a capital gains tax-rate cut had just passed both houses of Congress comfortably... 1/

From the great @sfgrannis: "The U.S. economy is the undisputed powerhouse of them all. Nothing says it better than the $170 trillion net worth of the U.S. private sector, & the fact that the market capitalization of U.S. equities is greater than the sum of all other global

Our friends at @Comm4Prosperity are doing great work pressing the new Administration and Congress to prioritize tax cuts early in the new term. https://t.co/osxHniz8gL

To re-incentivize American manufacturing (& STEM education), bring back the gold standard.

Statement on the passing of President Jimmy Carter: “We're grateful for President Carter's service to our nation and his fellow Americans who sought a home and were willing to invest their sweat equity in the ownership. The Jack Kemp Foundation loves (as did our namesake) the

A new study from @kempfoundation estimates energy prices in Northern Virginia will need to increase by 25 to 70 percent by the end of the decade to meet the growing demand for data centers. @7NewsDC https://t.co/e5NwCvN58i