Letters to the editor March 6

Gold standard

Failure to pass HB 382 in the state House of Representatives is a clear sign that defines opposing ideologies that are inconsistent with the freedom our Founding Fathers envisioned for us. If passed, Montana would have recognized gold and silver, which would allow residents to store wealth, despite the decline of the Federal Reserve note.

As Mayer Amshel Rothchild once stated, “Give me control over a nation’s currency and I care not who makes the law.” This would explain why all Democrats and 14 self-proclaimed Republicans voted against the bill. Their intent is that you don’t own the value of your labor; they do, as well as control over it. This is how communist Marxist ideology is infecting the government of Montana.

Simply put, all these anti-constitutionalists of both parties have exposed themselves for who they are. According to Alan Greenspan, “In the absence of a gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.” 

How long will it take Montana to realize that there is a war going on for your wealth, and your children’s future? Twelve other states have already implemented legislation to restore Constitutional money. Over 20 more states are considering the same. Will Montana be last to take actions to protect its citizens’ private property?

— Bob Wagner, Harrison

Speak up

I keep waiting for just one Republican senator or representative to stand up and state, “This may cost me my seat, but someone needs to stand up for democracy. I do not support Putin and it is wrong for our president to stand with this thug and not our democratic allies.”

It is particularly troubling that Montana’s Sen. Tim Sheehy and Reps. Ryan Zinke and Troy Downing all served in the military, but have not publicly questioned President Trump’s recent support for Vladimir Putin and Russia in the Ukrainian invasion.

— David Dorsett, Kalispell