 Welcome back to Special Report. So the world is in economic turmoil. I don't need to tell you that, but this, of course, says central banks and countries like China, India, and Australia began transitioning to digital currency. The Federal Reserve has been contemplating doing the same here for the US. And with digital currency, the government could track every single purchase that we make. I mean, officials could even prohibit us from purchasing certain products or even easily freeze or seize part or all of our money. It's kind of a scary thought. So these are some of the reasons that concerned Americans have reached out to Burj Gold Group. They want to have a physical asset that's independent of the US dollar. Gold tax sheltered and a retirement account. You can learn more if gold is right for you too. Again, that word to text is America. And here's the number. It is 989898 and they're gonna send you a free information kit about gold. 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You know, I think some Americans don't really pay any attention to this, but maybe we should. What do you think? Well, I think the problem is we're carrying so much debt in the United States right now as a country that we've actually devalued the dollar. So that is a problem. And then when you have China, which of course wants to come in as a world power and be number one, they want that currency to be at the top. So when you see alliances like this with particularly Russia and China, yes, it's problematic. Do I think that they're close to overtaking Europe, for example, or the United States know, but I do think it's a problem for the future. Well, the other thing I want to ask you, and again, it's just concerning a lot of people. I mean, we could sit there and talk about every political issue out there of the day, but let's be honest, average, everyday real Americans like you and me, the people watching this show, the number one issue they care about, their pocketbook. They see that they're making less and they're spending more. And this is everything when it comes to groceries, to gasoline, you name it. I've talked to people that have said their home insurance has gone up, people having to sell their homes because they can't afford it. We're not talking just a little bit. I mean, in some cases, double, triple, quadruple. And I don't want people to panic, but we're all feeling, again, the effects of so-called by-denomics. And here's the sad news. I mean, just the news reporting there, you see the headline right in front of your screen, by-denomics, food prices expected to rise through 2024. I mean, we have Thanksgiving just around the corner. Biden isn't going anywhere anytime soon. What can we do to help ease the pain that we're all feeling? Well, I would say the best thing you could do as a shopper, particularly if you shop here, a family, if you're a grocery shopper, is make a list before you go to the store. You know, sometimes when I don't make a list, I tend to overbuy. So, I mean, if you make a list, make a list of the things that you need that you absolutely, absolutely need the essentials. And also you can buy in quantity, particularly for meats. You know, you can buy those big family packs, chickens and things, and then freeze them. Chicken, I think, is good in the freezer for at least six months. So that's another way. And, you know, shop around, see where you can get the cheaper prices for things or when things are on sale. So I think, and stock up now, you know, before the holidays, because prices will go up over the holidays because people do a lot of cooking between now and the holidays at Christmas. But I think the biggest issue is that people feel rich when they're not scraping every single week with their paycheck, and also when they see their 401k going up. People feel poor, you know, when every day things that they need all the time, like gas and food and paying rent, and in mortgage payment, for example, because mortgage rates have gone up, when those things have gone up a lot. So it's the everyday things that people have to pay for that have gone up so much. And of course, food is one of them. So, and of course, if you have a 401k, it's been up, it's been down, it's been up, it's been down. It's been a roller coaster all over the place. If you've been watching how the market has been this year, 2022 was a bearish year for the market. We've been doing good so far this year, but we had a big sell-off in the month of August. And I really don't know what that means between now and the rest of the year. We could continue to sell off or we could rally. It's gonna depend on the fed. Yeah, I love it how you said, make a list, I don't, I love to shop. Do as I say, not as I do. But we joke around here with the Rad family and stuff and one of our producers, he's like, what I do every time is I go to the grocery circular and I look to see what's buy one, get one free. Or if you've noticed now, it's buy one, get one half off. But make your list that way and freeze it. I mean, it's what you could do. It's what's in your control until you can make some voting changes, right? So Joe Biden and the Democrats passed an inflation reduction act, if you wanna call it that. And they said that all the extra taxes and fees included in the bill would rake in more cases for the federal government. But cash, I meant to say for the federal government, but federal revenue fell, are you ready for this? $416 billion from this time last year despite the passage of the IRA bill. But we now know from history that anytime the government increases regulations and taxes, people spin less and the government takes in less revenue. Why do we keep doing the same thing over and over and over again and expecting a different result, Melissa? Well, first of all, that term Bidenomics is so problematic. And if Biden decides to run using that term, which is exactly what I think they're gonna end up doing into 2024, if in fact it is gonna be Biden that's running for reelection, it's just so problematic because all it did was add on to our debt. It was a spending bill, essentially. It did not really help everyday Americans. It didn't help businesses either because they raised the corporate tax rate, which of course, President Trump lowered. So lower taxes is better. And I know this doesn't make any sense, but the fact is we have to lower spending and then lower taxes. When the government is constantly, constantly spending on things, and again, many of these programs sometimes which really don't end up amounting to anything at all. Sometimes some of these programs end up going belly up and then it's a waste of the money. So I mean, part of the problem is that people are watching their wallets right now and so when you have a situation where taxes are going up, it's another thing that makes people nervous besides the cost of regular everyday things that we talked about. Well, the bottom line is we all know one thing. Bidenomics, it ain't working. He can keep touring from one city to the next, trying to convince people of that, but even mainstream media outlets are having to say, you know, why aren't the American people, why isn't that resonating? Because it's not, it's not. You can keep telling him that, but they know what's in their bank account. Melissa Armo, thank you so much for joining us. Good to see you. All right, the world and let's be honest, our nation's economy is in turmoil and it's easy, right, to let us get to us. But earlier today on American Sunrise, we had a chance to speak with Penny Maxwell from the Freedom House Church. And I thought it was so important to do this because we get it, we're stressed, you're stressed, we're all stressed and we like to think that we're always in control. But there are moments.