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This year is shaping up to be one of the most legislatively successful in U.S. sound money history. Money Metals Exchange was instrumental in achieving six new sound money victories... as well as one key defensive win. The upshot is that sound money legislation, carefully crafted and propelled by grassroots enthusiasm, is proving to be both practical and achievable. The seven legislative successes, coming on the heels of five in 2023, range from new sales tax and income tax exemptions to policies that undermine the Federal Reserve's problematic monopoly on money. Here's the rundown... Sales Taxes on Gold & Silver...

Inflation Fears Grow After Fed Prints $1.2 Trillion http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503983_162-4...03983.html Amendment Slipped Into Health Care Legislation Would Track, Tax Coin and Bullion Transactions http://abcnews.go.com/Business/gold-coin...d=11211611 Flashback: The Gold Confiscation Of April 5, 1933 http://www.the-privateer.com/1933-gold-c...ation.html On June 5, 1933, the United States went off the gold standard http://www.history.com/this-day-in-histo...d-standard Tracking wealth allows its confiscation, by means of taxation. Taxation is a disincentive to own property, and create wealth. Marxists create economic distress. If history provides evidence of failed solutions, repeating those solutions must be intended to bring about failure.