"To define the dollar as a fixed weight of gold, and for other purposes."

So is this another go like 1933 when gold got set to $35.00 an ounce with an executive order making it mandatory all gold be sold to the Fed for a fixed price? Because as I remember reading, that was about the time it was no longer profitable to mine the stuff. There was a short bonanza in the 70s-80s, just before mining got shut down by enviromentalists and green peace types lobbying for owls, scenic rivers, wild life preserves and other nonsensical pet projects. Many of which turned into massive land grabs, millions of dollars spent on "research." Later it was shown many of those studies were done in a manner to reach specific conclusions and much of the land has been repurposed or sold to lumber/gas/oil/foreign mining companies. (Check out how many state and national monuments have been redefined for other uses.)

Most of the lobbying was done without public knowledge to bypass the window of time required by law for public notification, rebuttal and discussion. What directly followed, was precious metals being hedge funded to limit supply and control prices. With inflation, demand, scarcity, and prices of all metals at all time highs, of course somebody is interested in reworking the system for quick profit under the guise of "stability." This, in my opinion is another example of Hegelianism playing out, simple as.

USFS and BLM have regulated mining and mismanaged the lands they are supposed to maintain to a point only corporations willing to spend millions actually get to make money at it. All they have to do is lobby the federal government, purchase approval for a lease agreement, then they are legally allowed to come in and take minerals and resources that belong to the American people. Most of the corporate gold mining outfits today are Canadian, Saudi Emirates or Chinese and the profits do not remain in America. For the rest of us, we get to chase it as an antiquated hobby with a gold pan or metal detector in some limited areas, but only with approval from the government once they get their fees.

To truly fix our monetary system, in theory, the power would need to go out for a couple of months, so everything fiat could grind to a halt while we worked on building a parallel gold backed economy. Saving the dollar with gold keeps all of the debt that comes with it, whereas a "new currency," would perhaps allow for paying cents on the dollar against that debt.