Category: Sound Money Defense League

2024 Sound Money Index Highlights Problematic States, Positive Reforms

With inflation, debt, and financial instability continuing to make headlines, a new national scorecard exposes Vermont, New Jersey, Maine, and Minnesota as America’s absolute worst states for sound money, while...

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Sound Money Scholarship Awards $13,500 to 9 Outstanding Students

Money Metals Exchange and the Sound Money Defense League award more than $10,000 to deserving students Charlotte, NC / With the world facing high levels of inflation and financial instability,...

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Oregon Governor Signs Bill Ending Unjust Corporate Activity Tax on Precious Metals Dealers and Investors

With the stroke of her pen, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek put an end to the state’s punitive Corporate Activity Tax as applied to precious metals dealers and, ultimately, to gold...

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Gold-backed Scholarship Offers Deserving Students Opportunity to Save on College

A national precious-metals dealer is teaming up with a sound money policy group to help students pay for the ever-increasing expenses associated with continuing education. Charlotte, NC / A national...

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Arkansas Passes Legal Tender Act, Removes Taxes on Gold and Silver

Arkansas Governor Signs Senate Bill 1718, Reaffirming Gold and Silver as Legal Tender and Removing All Tax Liability from the Monetary Metals Little Rock, AR / Sound money advocates are...

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Three Congressmen Introduce Gold Standard Bill to Stabilize the Dollar’s Value

Washington, D.C. / As America faces the twin threats of inflation and bank failures, three U.S. congressmen introduced a pivotal sound money bill that would enable the Federal Reserve note...

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Lawmakers in Tennessee and Virginia Named 2022’s Sound Money Legislators of the Year

Tennessee legislators Rep. Bud Hulsey and Sen. Frank Niceley and Virginia delegate Amanda Batten have been awarded the 2022 Sound Money Legislator of the Year Award Charlotte, NC / America’s...

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Wyoming & South Dakota Top 2023’s Sound Money Index

Money Metals Exchange, a national precious metals dealer, depository, and collateral lending institution, has again teamed up with the Sound Money Defense League, an influential public policy group, to produce...

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Sound Money Movement Scores 2022 Wins

As state legislatures clear out and head home for the summer, one reality has emerged: Sound money is a winning issue in the states. Charlotte, NC / As state legislatures...

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Gold Backed Scholarship Returns for Seventh Year; Blue-Ribbon Judges Panel Announced

For the seventh straight year, a national precious-metals dealer has teamed up with a sound money policy group to help students pay for the ever-increasing costs of college. Charlotte, NC...

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Tennessee Governor Signs Full Repeal of Sales Taxes on Gold and Silver

With Governor Bill Lee’s signature on Friday, Tennessee has officially become the 42nd state in the U.S. to remove sales taxes from constitutional sound money (i.e., gold and silver) Nashville,...

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Idaho House Votes for Potential Gold and Silver Allocation to Hedge State Funds

Boise, ID / The Idaho State House today overwhelmingly approved a bill which enables the State Treasurer to protect state reserve funds from inflation and financial risk by holding physical...

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