It's high time that we do away with the Fed and their international crooks - the Fed is un-Constitutional, and they sway political decisions without representing the people. However, they also have all of America's gold reserve and word has it that it has been spirited out of the country. The tiny pittance of gold that exists in Ft Knox these days is not America's reserve - it is low quality from electrical scrap.
Instead of making gold the money standard, they should choose a material that America has plenty of - and the rest of the world has little. How about Plutonium? That would make America and Russia the most wealthy nations on Earth.
Hang with Gold because history sure supports it.