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Parson named OVC Pitcher of the Week

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Eagles visit UE Tuesday, Little Rock this weekend

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — University of Southern Indiana freshman right-handed pitcher Grant Parson (Owensboro, Kentucky) was named the Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week after leading the Screaming Eagles to a victory over Southern Illinois University Edwardsville last week. Parson is the first Eagles’ pitcher to earn the honor since USI made the transition to Division I last season.
 
Parson was dominating versus SIUE last Friday, allowing one run on five hits and two walks in seven innings of work. He also struck out a season-high nine Cougars in the win.
 
For the season, Parson is 4-3 overall and has a 3.90 ERA in 60 innings of work. He also leads the Eagles with 60 strike outs and has held the opposing teams to a .215 batting average in 11 starts.
 
Parson and the Eagle continue action Tuesday when they visit the University of Evansville for a non-conference game. First pitch at UE is slated for 6 p.m.
 
Following the midweek game at UE, USI stays on the road with a trip to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for a three-game OVC series. The first pitch of the series is schedule for Friday at 6 p.m. and continues Saturday at 4 p.m. before concluding Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
Links to follow the Eagles during the 2024 season can be found on USIScreamingEagles.com and on the USI Baseball Schedule.
 
USI Baseball Notes
USI wins three of four for 2nd-straight week. The USI Screaming Eagles were 3-1 for the second-straight week, falling at Southern Illinois University before sweeping SIUE over the weekend. USI senior outfielder Ren Tachioka batted a team-best .529 last week with seven runs scored, two doubles, and five RBIs. Senior first baseman Tucker Ebest led USI in RBIs with six.
 
USI won 6th series of the year. USI won its sixth series of the season and its third in the OVC after sweeping SIUE last weekend. The Eagles won only four series all of last season.
 
Tachioka igniting Eagles’ bats. USI senior outfielder Ren Tachioka is on an 11-game hitting streak and has been igniting the Eagles’ offence. During the streak, Tachioka is hitting .468 (22-47) with 16 runs scored, four doubles, one triple, and 10 RBIs.
 
Van Grieken heating up. USI junior third baseman Ricardo Van Grieken has been heating up the last 10 games. Van Grieken has raised his batting average 29 points over the last week (.189 to .219) by hitting .343 (12-35) in the last 10 games. He also has scored eight runs, driven seven more, and banged four doubles.
 
Kapust the surprise hitter this spring. Senior catcher Tyler Kapust, who has played nearly as many games this season (25) as he has the first three seasons (31), is having a career year at the plate. Kapust is hitting .297 (19-64) this season, compared to the .188 career average (10-53) he entered the season with. He also has a career-high eight RBIs and one home run.
 
Comes down to pitching. USI’s 22 wins in 2024 (year two of the Division I transition) are five victories better than last season with eight regular season games to play and a lot of this year’s improvement has come down to pitching. The Eagles have a 5.79 ERA, 1.91 better than last season’s 7.70 ERA and the lowest since 2021.
 
One run games. The Eagles are battle tested in close games this spring, playing in nine one-run games, going 2-7, and 10 two-run games, going 4-6.
 
USI in the OVC. USI is tied for fifth in the OVC standing (11-10) after sweeping the series and tiebreaker with SIUE. Senior outfielder Ren Tachioka leads USI at the plate in conference play, batting .441 (30-68). Senior first baseman Tucker Ebest has a team-high 21 RBIs and four home runs in league action.
 
USI in non-conference. In the 27 non-conference games, senior outfielder Ren Tachioka leads the Eagles with a .366 average (30-82), while senior first baseman Tucker Ebest has a team-high 26 RBIs. Ebest also is tied with senior designated hitter Jack Ellis with a team-best four home runs outside of the OVC. Four pitchers have a team-best two victories each in the non-conference schedule.
 
Season leaders at the plate in 2024. Senior outfielder Ren Tachioka is hitting a team best .400 (60-150) in 38 of the 48 games, while senior infielder/designated hitter Tucker Ebest has hit a team-high eight home runs and driven in a team-best 47 RBIs.
 
Leaders on the mound in 2024. USI junior right-handers Gavin Seebold has recorded a team-best six wins this season (6-2). Freshman right-hander Grant Parson follows with four wins and has a team-high 60 strikeouts. Freshman right-hander Clayton Weisheit leads USI hurlers with a team-low 2.92 ERA in 37.0 innings this season.
 
At home versus the road. USI, as a team, is hitting .296 at the home (23 games), compared to .271 on the road (23 games). Senior rightfielder Ren Tachioka is hitting a team-high .444 at the USI Baseball Field, but team-high .359 on the road. On the opposite side, junior outfielder Adam Euler is batting .314 on the road, compared to .259 at the USI Baseball Field.  
 
Multi-hit/Multi-RBI Games. USI junior centerfielder Terrick Thompson-Allen leads the Eagles with 22 multi-hit games (20 with 2; 2 with 3), followed by senior outfielder Ren Tachioka has 20 (13 with 2; 6 with 3; 1 with 4). Senior first baseman/designated hitter Tucker Ebest has a team-high 14 multi-RBI games. Sophomore infielder Caleb Niehaus has the top RBI game of the season with five versus Southeast Missouri State University.
 
In the OVC statistically. USI as a team is third in the OVC in pitching with a team 5.79 ERA and fifth in the league in hitting with a .282 team batting average. Senior outfielder Ren Tachioka is second in the OVC with a .400 batting average, while freshman right-hander Grant Parson is fourth with a 3.90 ERA and sixth with 60 strikeouts.
 
In OVC Games Only. USI is fourth in the league with a .303 team batting average and fourth with a 5.97 team ERA in OVC games only.
 
UE in 2024. The Aces are 27-20 overall in 2024 and are 17-4 in the last 22 games after starting 10-16.         
 
USI vs. UE. Evansville leads the all-time series with USI, 33-20, but the Eagles won the last meeting in 2018, 5-3.  
 
Little Rock in 2024. The Trojans of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock are 26-20 overall and 13-8 in the OVC after taking two of three from Western Illinois University. Little Rock has won six of the last 10 games, entering this week.   
 
USI vs. Little Rock. Little Rock leads the all-time series with USI, 2-0, after taking both games of the series last season at the USI Baseball Field. The third game was rained out.
 

USI Softball earns no. 4 seed for OVC Tournament

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Softball will be the 4-seed at the 2024 Ohio Valley Conference Softball Championship Tournament. Southern Indiana will play Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., awaiting the winner between No. 5 University of Tennessee at Martin and No. 8 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

The winner between USI and UTM/SIUE will go on to face Eastern Illinois University, who earned the regular season title and the No. 1 seed, on Thursday at 12:30 p.m.

Southern Indiana is making its second consecutive appearance at the OVC Tournament, debuting last year as a top-four seed and earning the program’s first-ever OVC postseason win.

The tournament begins Wednesday morning and runs through Saturday (May 8-11) at the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex in Peoria, Illinois. This marks the first time the Championship will be held at the neutral site.

Eagles overpower Cougars, complete sweep

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball overpowered Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 13-9, and completed a three-game sweep Sunday afternoon at the USI Baseball Field. The Screaming Eagles are 22-26 overall and 11-10 OVC, while Cougars go to 18-28-1, 10-11 OVC.
 
USI moves above the .500 mark in the OVC for the first time since the first week of April and are tied for fifth in the league standings. The Eagles also remain within two games of conference-leading Morehead State University and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, which are 13-8 in the league, with six conference games remaining.
 
SIUE scored four runs in its first two at-bats before the USI bats came to life in the bottom of the second. The Eagles cut the deficit to 4-3 when junior leftfielder Adam Euler (Evansville, Indiana) smashed a three-run blast to right field.
 
After the Cougars bounced back with a run in the top of the third to lead, 5-3, USI exploded for five runs in the bottom of the third to take its first lead of the game, 8-5. USI senior first baseman Tucker Ebest (Austin, Texas) put the Eagles into the lead, 6-5, with a three-run blast to center field.
 
Junior centerfielder Terrick Thompson-Allen (Sioux City, Iowa) sent USI’s seven run across the plate with a RBI-single to center, while sophomore shortstop Caleb Niehaus (Newburgh, Indiana) finished the scoring with a sacrifice fly for the 8-5 lead.
 
SIUE rallied to tie the game in the top of the fourth, 8-8, with three runs on three hits, including a two-run home run of its own. The Cougars would slide back into the lead, 9-8, with a tally in the top of the fifth.
 
The Eagles rallied back into the lead in the bottom of the fifth with a four-run frame. Senior rightfielder Ren Tachioka (Japan), who extended his hitting streak to 11 games, banged a bases-loaded off the center field wall to make the score 11-9. Tachioka finished the scoring in the fifth by stealing third and rounded the bag to score on the wild pitch to put the Eagles up 12-9.
 
USI finished the scoring in the sixth when Niehaus scored on an error for the 13-9 win.
 
On the mound, junior right-hander Peyton Brown (Clemmons, North Carolina) picked up the win in relief. Brown (1-1) threw three innings, allowed one run on two hits, while striking out three.  
 

Blazers fall at Parkland College in extra innings to close out regular season

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The 2024 Vincennes University Spring regular season came to a close Sunday evening as the Blazers headed up to Champaign for the final two games of their four-game split Mid-West Athletic Conference series with Parkland College.

The Trailblazers held early leads in both games Sunday but came out on the wrong end of a 9-3 final score in game one and a 10-6 final score in 11 innings in game two.

The day got off to a pretty good start for the Trailblazers, with sophomore Carter Whitehead (Huntingburg, Ind.) leading off the game with a single and later scoring the first run of game one on an RBI single by sophomore Trevor Newman (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

Vincennes would build on this early lead in the second after sophomore Kade Hinton led off with a walk followed by back-to-back singles by freshman Bryce Gross (Bridgeport, Ill.) and redshirt freshman Holden Clifton (Louisville, Ill.).

Hinton would come in to score on a double play, giving the Trailblazers an early 2-0 lead over the Cobras.

Parkland would respond, however and rally back to take their first lead of the day with five runs in the third.

Vincennes was able to get one of these runs back in the fourth after Holden Clifton led off the fourth inning with a single, giving him two hits on the game and was able to come around and score on an RBI single by freshman Bradyn Douglas (Frankton, Ind.), his second hit of the game.

This would be as close as VU would get to regaining their lead unfortunately, as Parkland answered back with a run in the fourth and fifth and added two more insurance runs in the sixth to pull away late and come away with the 9-3 victory in game one.

Sophomore Max Lines (Indianapolis, Ind.) got the start in game one of the day for the Trailblazers, throwing three and one-third innings, allowing six runs on six hits and striking out four and began the game by retiring the first six batters he faced.

Sophomore Jace Parnin (Fort Wayne, Ind.) was called out of the bullpen and was able to pitch the final two and two-thirds innings of relief, allowing three runs on four hits and striking out the first two batters he faced.

The Trailblazers looked to bounce back and end the regular season on a high note in the game two series finale.

VU again got out to a fast start in game two after Jace Parnin led off the game with a single and would come around to score on an RBI single by sophomore Bryan Kohlmeyer (Paris, Ill.).

The Vincennes lead continued to grow in the second after freshman Noble Johnson (Terre Haute, Ind.) drew a two-out walk and scored on an RBI double by Parnin.

Parnin would steal third and come in to score on a dropped third strike to put the Blazers ahead 3-0.

Parkland would get on the board in the bottom half of the second, plating a pair of runs to cut the VU lead down to one.

Vincennes would get a run back in the third inning after Bryan Kohlmeyer reached on a walk and came around to score on an RBI double by sophomore Dylan Ecken (Louisville, Ky.).

Parkland again answered back and took their first lead of the game after scoring three runs in the third and adding another run in the fourth to take a 6-4 lead.

Vincennes would continue to battle in this regular season finale, using a leadoff walk by sophomore Keegan Schlotterbeck (Centerville, Ind.), a hit by pitch by sophomore Brandon Juarez (Evansville, Ind.) and a walk by Bryan Kohlmeyer to load the bases in the seventh.

Schlotterbeck would come in to score after Dylan Ecken was hit by a pitch and Juarez would score the game tying run on an RBI single by freshman Brody Fessel (DePauw, Ind.).

This regular season finale would remain tied and head into extra innings after Parkland College left runners in scoring position in the eighth and ninth innings.

Vincennes looked to be in great shape to break the tie game in the 10th inning after a leadoff single by freshman Jaydon Bradbury (Terre Haute, Ind.) and a single by Jace Parnin, giving him three hits in the game, but were unable to push a run across in the inning.

Parkland would eventually break the tie and end the game with a big walk-off grand slam in the 11th inning, ending the VU regular season by taking game two of the day by the final score of 10-6.

Freshman Yancey Edlin (Pekin, Ind.) got the start in game two of the day for the Trailblazers, throwing four innings, allowing six runs on four hits and striking out three.

Freshman JD Bowser (Mt. Carmel, Ill.) was the first Trailblazer out of the bullpen in game two, throwing two strong innings, allowing just a single hit.

Freshman Bryce Gross also kept the Cobra offense at bay, throwing three shutout innings out of the pen, allowing three hits and striking out three.

Sophomore Christian Pinson (Elizabethtown, Ky.) kept the game going in extra innings, allowing one hit and striking out one in an inning of work.

 

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JOHNNY KINCAID ENDORSES COUNTY COMMISSIONER CHEYL MUSGRAVE FOR FOR RE-ELECTION

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JOHNNY KINCAID ENDORSES COUNTY COMMISSIONER CHERYL MUSGRAVE FOR RE-ELECTION

MAY 6, 2024

It’s rare for a political candidate to impress me enough for me to make an endorsement. Cheryl Musgrave is that rare candidate.

I’ve known Cheryl for many years, and she has been consistent in her beliefs and work ethic. She is practical, pragmatic, and straight to the point. But, most of all, Cheryl Musgrave is an innovator. 

In 20 years of serving our county, Cheryl has found new ways to do things. As county assessor, Cheryl used the internet for mapping and property information before many people had computers. Her efficiency in that position drew the attention of then-governor Mitch Daniels, who put her to work at the state level. 

As Vanderburgh County Commissioner, she was persistent about making high-speed internet available to anyone in the county. AT&T partnered with Musgrave and the county to lay fiber optic cables throughout Vanderburgh County.

Cheryl has a passion for historic buildings, having lived in one herself. She is currently spearheading renovations at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum and has a vision for seeing the 100-year-old building host concerts, weddings, and other events.

Cheryl fought against rate increases from Centerpoint Energy. 

Cheryl is also a supporter of the local business community. Her campaign finance reports show she has spent 99% of the campaign’s money locally. On the other hand, her opponent has spent 70% of her campaign funds out of state.

A lot of money has been spent trying to convince you that Cheryl Musgrave is against business. The mailers say that Musgrave wants to raise taxes on businesses and stands in the way of progress. These claims are assumptions from newspaper reports that are out of context. The Courier and Press has published two recent stories that debunk every claim made in those slick direct mail attacks.

Musgrave has a long history of voting Republican, while Canterbury had to get a waiver to run because she has voted Democrat. Musgrave has an A grade from Right to Life; her opponent has a B but claims to be “Pro-Life.” Canterbury has hijacked the word “conservative” to try to get your vote. The true conservative Republican is Cheryl Musgrave.

Make your voice heard and go to the polls. Vote for Vanderburgh County Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave on May 7, 2024, in the Republican primary.

Footnote:  Mr. Kincaid is a regular contributor to the City-County Observer and isn’t a paid employee of the City-County Observer.

We posted Mr. Kincaid’s letter of endorsement without bias, opinion, or editing.

 

ONE YEAR CHILD IS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE

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ARTICLE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY-COUNTY OBSERVER BY VANDERBURGH COUNTY SHERIFF NOAH ROBINSON
MARCH 6, 2024
My very dear friends, China & Alex, faced every parent’s worst nightmare yesterday morning (5/3) when they found their 1-year-old son after he had fallen into their backyard pool. His mom immediately administered CPR before he was taken to the ER in Evansville and eventually, life flighted to Louisville to see a team of neurologists.
Sweet Ayko (their son) is currently fighting for his life and the last thing they need to be worried about is finances. China is a small business owner in Evansville and Alex is a teacher for the EVSC. They also have two other elementary-aged children. They are truly the sweetest people and the absolute best parents. China told me “I would go into debt for the rest of my life if it meant saving my babies.” Please consider donating to help alleviate costs as they will be acquiring tons of medical bills. The funds will also go towards hotel stays, travel, and food while they are in Louisville.
If you cannot donate, please share & keep praying for China, Alex, and sweet Ayko.
As of today (5/4), his vitals are improving, but he is still sedated. They are actively monitoring his lungs and brain activity, but will undoubtedly have a long road of recovery ahead of them. I will update this as I receive them.
Thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of all of their family & friends’ hearts!
FOOTNOTE: Colleen Watters is organizing this fundraiser on behalf of China Chism.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: WHY I’M RUNNING FOR DISTRICT 8th CONGRESSMAN

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by RICHARD MOSS, MD

MAY 6, 2024

My name is Richard Moss.  I am a board-certified cancer surgeon, seasoned businessman, and America-First conservative running for Congress. I have been in private practice for 35 years in Jasper, Indiana.  I am married with four children.  I am committed to limited government, defending our Constitution, and preserving Judeo-Christian values.

I support sealing our southern border, avoiding forever wars, and returning jobs and factories to the heartland, particularly here in Indiana. This, after 50 years of “America Last,” when we shipped industries, vital supply chains, and jobs overseas for “cheap labor.”  “Cheap Labor,” it turns out, was not cheap.

I favor a strong military but not a “woke” military.  I follow President Ronald Reagan’s adage of “peace through strength.”  If we must go to war, it should be a war of necessity, not a war of “choice,” with a well-defined mission and purpose.  Victory should be achieved as swiftly as possible.  In our two wars of choice this century, we did not have a clear mission and paid dearly in blood and treasure.  We also damaged our national interests rather than improve them.

I favor a balanced budget and paying down the debt and will work to move the GOP to become the party of fiscal discipline and prudence.  I support cutting spending and eliminating deficits, which result in the “printing” of money, causing inflation and higher interest rates.  This harms consumers and homeowners.

I support full spectrum energy dominance including coal, natural gas, oil, and nuclear. I do not accept the myth of so-called “man-made climate change” or “global warming.” Carbon dioxide (CO2), along with H2O and oxygen (O2), is critical to life, our atmosphere, and all living things.  It is an essential compound.  I will oppose spending one dime of federal money on windmills and solar panels, which are themselves environmentally unsound, costly, and undependable.  They do not generate the inexpensive, reliable energy that our modern economy and large population require.

I oppose DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) and embrace color-blind meritocracy, the key to American progress and greatness – and a fair and just society.

Election integrity is critical.  Photo ID must be mandatory, with signature verification and proof of citizenship.  I oppose same-day or motor-voter registration, “ballot curing,” “harvesting,” or “drop boxes.”  Illegal aliens should not vote; the right-to-vote belongs to US citizens alone.  We must eliminate unsolicited mail-in ballots and return to paper ballots counted the same day, on “election day.”

We must reign in our out-of-control federal bureaucracy (the “Swamp), with emphasis on the DOJ, FBI, EPA, and the IRS. We must return power to the states and local communities and away from unelected bureaucrats, and purge the partisans that have infiltrated these institutions and turned them against regular Americans – and President Trump.

I am deeply opposed to the weaponization of the legal system.  It is appalling that corrupt, activist courts in deep-blue jurisdictions are prosecuting President Trump, forcing him to spend precious time and resources in court.  These are “political” prosecutions that seek to bankrupt and incarcerate him, and prevent him from running. This is unprecedented in our nation and reflects the behavior of Third World dictatorships and the former Soviet Union.

The Covid lockdowns, school closures, and mask and vaccine mandates were a disaster. I opposed them then and would oppose them again.

I support the state of Israel and its right to defend itself and oppose the antisemitic, Nazi-like campus protests, encampments, and riots against Israel, the Jewish people, and the United States.  Those who hate Israel usually hate the US.  Their long-term target is not Israel but this nation.  There is surging antisemitism in our universities, the Democrat Party, the country, and the world at large that I would vigorously confront.

Regarding the student riots, they must be ended immediately, students expelled, visas revoked for foreign students that support Hamas, and sent back to their native countries, such as so-called Palestinian students, among others.  The universities that support such attitudes and behavior should also be defunded – and taxed.  I would recommend rescinding loans for students supporting terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.

 I embrace the Constitution and the Bill of Rights with emphasis on the first and second amendments – but all of them.  Our founding documents, including the Declaration of Independence, are unprecedented in their brilliance and clarity, an inspiring and historic foundation for a newly formed nation – and model for the world.

 I support traditional values, the Judeo-Christian tradition, and hold to the definition of marriage as the union of a man and woman. We must encourage and support strong intact married families as the cornerstone of the civil society and the nation at large. I am pro-life and believe that life begins at conception, a gift from God and God alone, and that the unborn must be protected.

I have been endorsed by Congressman Bob Good, of Virginia, the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus in Congress, Indiana State Representative Betty Cash, and the Bull Moose Project, an organization devoted to America First principles.

I am running for Congress because of my profound concern over the direction of our country as a result of the destructive policies of President Joe Biden and the radical Democrats: in particular, the invasion of our southern border, the massive government deficits, and ensuing inflation, the release of criminals onto our streets, the assault on fossil fuels, and the appeasement of our worst enemies globally that have resulted in wars around the world.

The primary is May 7. Early voting is taking place as we speak.  A vote for me in the primary and subsequent election victory in November will send a strong conservative Hoosier voice representing Southwestern Indiana, the eighth district, to our nation’s capital.  I humbly ask for your vote.

FOOTNOTE: Richard Moss, M.D., a surgeon practicing in Jasper, IN, is a candidate for Congress for Indiana’s 8th district. He has written “A Surgeon’s Odyssey” and “Matilda’s Triumph,” available on amazon.com. Contact him at richardmoss4congress.com, Richard Moss for Congress on Facebook, Richard Moss, M.D. on Twitter, and Instagram.

The CITY-COUNTY OBSERVER posted this letter without opinion, bias, or editing.

Let’s talk MONEY

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Freedom, Indiana – Author Andrew Horning is the Libertarian Party of Indiana’s candidate for Indiana’s US Senate seat in 2024.

It should now apparent to all, that the unconstitutional, wholly corrupt, inherently divisive “Two Party System” puppet show we’d been warned against since our nation’s founding, is driving us to destruction.  My book, “Relighting the Torch,” goes into much more detail of the constitutional and pragmatic aspects of money, banking and inflation.  But the simplified gist is that the more dollars our central bank prints in relation to market activity, the less each one is worth; which is why prices in those devaluating dollars go up.  In the words of Milton Friedman, it’s “too many dollars chasing too few goods.”  Our nation’s founders had experienced disaster with the hidden taxation, market distortion and inflation with fiat currency, and crafted solutions in both state and federal constitutions.  We only need to learn, and use them.

Bankers don’t have to be, “a den of vipers and thieves,” as described by Andrew Jackson.  Sound money, as both state and federal constitutions still demand, would make over-issuance of monetary debt instruments to cover government overspending, and the market distortion, and persistent inflation that invariably results, practically impossible.  Our current, unconstitutional fiat currency, central bank, and so-called “Modern Monetary Theory,” or MMT, on the other hand, helps the rich get richer at the expense of everybody else.  So today, if you’re not in the “investment class,” you’re paying for it.

MMT, with it’s inevitable “Cantillon Effect,” was doomed to failure from our government’s implementation of it in 1913, because it’s based on a few catastrophically and invariably debunked notions:

  1. Fiat currency – or the creation of unbacked literal monopoly money out of nothing.  This becomes a “hidden tax,” debt engine, and means of transferring wealth from the bottom-up.
  2. Zero reserve banking – or lending money, even fiat currency, that the bank doesn’t own, or have even a fraction of other people’s money, on hand.  Fractional reserve banking isn’t all bad, but The Fed eliminated the requirement to hold even a fraction of deposits on reserve, during the COVID madness.  This practically ensures bank runs and closures, fairly soon.
  3. Forever debt – the idea that a government can keep spending fake money that doesn’t exist, and  doesn’t belong to it anyway, which both increases debt costs, requires the Fed to fabricate more devaluating dollars, which erodes the trust of the whole system until it inevitably collapses.

As economist Herbert Stein said, “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.”  So before our monetary monster dies and collapses down upon us (let’s do hurry), I propose all states invoke, Article I, Section 10, of the federal constitution, which forbids states from making “… any thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts,” including, quite literally, our unconstitutional and inflationary Federal Reserve US dollars.  Indiana’s constitution Article 10 Section 3 already demands that “…all paper credit designed to be circulated as money… be readily convertible into specie, for the redemption of the same in gold or silver.” 

The Indiana Constitution’s Article 11, Section 7 says, “All bills or notes issued as money shall be, at all times, redeemable in gold or silver; and no law shall be passed, sanctioning, directly or indirectly, the suspension, by any bank or banking company of specie payments.” 

In other words, a return to a monetary system that’s been proven to be stable, functional, and a means for the poor to get richer, for over three thousand years… is already, and still, the law. 

Several states, and indeed many nations, are already making moves to return to sanity.  Texas is on the cusp of a state-issued gold-backed digital currency.  The state will hold gold on behalf of the digital currency holders, with trade being 1:1, without fractional reserve fudging.  Utah already passed a bill to accept federally issued gold and silver coins as legal tender to pay taxes.  There are commercial apps like Glint Pay, that are backed by physical gold holdings, yet allow simple digital transactions that are at least as easy as a credit card.  And past court cases held that increases in the value of monetary gold against the Fed’s fiat USD would not be taxable.  In other words, this is very doable, right now, and would give us a stable means for business, savings growth and daily life, even when today’s banking systems fail (and they will).

At the federal level I’d reintroduce Ron Paul’s “Free Competition in Currency Act” to repeal the Coinage Act of 1965, which unconstitutionally decrees that, “Federal Reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal Reserve banks and national banks, are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues.”  And I also propose we, of course, End the Fed.

But let’s be very clear:  None of this will happen as long as voters keep reelecting the status quo cronies who benefit from the transfer of wealth from you, to them.  We have to vote out these liars, thieves, puppets and bums.  All of them; both the ones we see on the ballot, and those that lurk behind the curtains, and closed doors.  That is what Election Day is for, you know.  It’s our power of peaceful revolution.  And God Knows we need such an epiphany in action right now.

Liberty or Bust!
Andy Horning

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