I’m in favor of some kind of gold standard (although I’d prefer a balanced budget amendment more).
But a gold standard has to be in place before Congress starts to wildly overspend (and throw dollars everywhere), not after. So that horse has left the barn. That’s the way I see it. And since I studied chemistry and not economics, I well could be wrong.
I studied economics, and its a fake social science. It should be an objective study of how people and society react to monetary incentives, but its mostly used by politicians to lie to people.
A scientist's / engineer's mind without any pre-conceived notions or ideological baggage does much better understanding how the economy works.