Hart Backs Return To Gold Currency

A proposal from two lawmakers and a group of North Idaho residents to go back to gold and silver currency failed to get introduced in a House committee last week – or even to draw any motion to act on it at all. Reps. Phil Hart, R-Athol, and Rep. Lenore Barrett, R-Challis, joined with the “Idaho Sound Money Task Force” to propose the bill in the House State Affairs Committee. Tom Dillon, of Sandpoint, chairman of the Legislative District 1 Republican Central Committee and a member of the task force, told the panel, “The evidence is overwhelming that the federal reserve system has failed in its duties to stabilize the economy. … It is an emergency situation”/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise. More here .

Question: Are you surprised that Hart would be involved in an attempt like this to go back to gold & silver currency, an idea that didn’t even attract a motion to hear it?