It’s not “Presidents’ Day.” Legally, it’s George Washington’s Birthday—and we’ve quietly erased the one American who actually deserves a national holiday.

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In this episode, I explain how a 1968 law moved holidays to Mondays, how retail “Presidents’ Day” sales hijacked the meaning, and why Washington’s character matters: the war hero who survived what should’ve killed him, turned down a crown, stepped away after two terms, and personally led troops to put down the Whiskey Rebellion.

We also cover a modern contrast: government subsidies and incentives that raise prices, distort markets, and create the very “affordability” problems politicians pretend to solve.

Chapters:

00:00 Cold Open: No Friends in the Pits

00:20 Show Intro: The Peter Schiff Show Begins

00:55 Why It’s George Washington’s Birthday (Not “Presidents’ Day”)

02:46 How “Presidents’ Day” Sales Hijacked the Holiday

05:32 Washington’s Early Life & French and Indian War Heroics

09:22 Leading the Revolution: Beating the World’s Strongest Army

12:07 Turning Down a Crown & Setting the Two-Term Precedent

13:39 The Whiskey Rebellion: A President Who Led from the Front

16:27 Why Washington Deserves the Holiday (And the Modern Debate)

19:32 Pepsi Cuts Prices 15%: The SNAP Junk Food Policy Angle

23:08 The Bigger Lesson: Subsidies Raise Prices (College, Housing, More)

25:34 Why Subsidies Make Housing, College & Healthcare More Expensive

26:48 Trump on Keeping Home Prices High (and the Credit-Fueled Fix)

28:57 Affordability 101: Demand Down or Supply Up?

30:15 SNAP Benefits as Money Supply: How It Spills Into Everything

33:43 The Farm Subsidy Paradox: Paying to Raise Food Prices

38:31 Government Spending, Inflation, and the Case for Gold

39:11 Gold & Silver Levels + Why to Dump Bitcoin

40:37 MicroStrategy/Strategy and Michael Saylor: The “Legal Ponzi” Critique

47:23 Palm Beach “Trump Airport” Trademark Story

50:44 Wrap-Up: Calls to Action, Subscribing, and Sign-Off

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Peter Schiff explains why today’s “better than expected” jobs report is meaningless—and why the real story is the massive downward revisions. The government erased roughly 2.5 million jobs going back to 2019, including about 1.1 million from 2025 and over 800,000 from 2024. That means many of the celebrated “beats” from the past two years were actually misses, and markets were trading on bad data.

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Schiff breaks down how automated trading reacts to jobs prints (strong jobs = buy dollars/sell gold), why the birth/death model distorted reality, and why gold and the dollar are no longer reacting the way they used to. He also covers rising oil and oil stocks, why gold and silver miners may hit new highs before the metals, why foreign markets are crushing U.S. stocks year-to-date, and why the dollar index looks set up for a sharper decline.

Finally, Schiff argues the crypto crash is the first bubble to pop—an early warning for broader asset bubbles—and explains why tokenized gold is becoming the real “digital money” narrative as Bitcoin’s “digital gold” claim fails in real time.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction and Opening Remarks

00:56 Analyzing the Employment Report

03:06 Revisions and Job Market Realities

07:17 Impact on Markets and Currency

11:41 Oil and Energy Market Trends

16:24 Stock Market Performance and Predictions

26:06 Economic Data and Debt Discussion

31:04 Inflation and Its Consequences

34:11 Understanding Poverty and Supply

35:52 The Role of the US Dollar in Global Trade

37:07 Impact of Dollar Collapse on Global Markets

40:11 Trump Administration's Economic Policies

41:51 Bitcoin's Decline and Market Bubbles

52:21 The Future of Gold and Tokenization

58:34 Preparing for Economic Crisis

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Peter Schiff examines the economic fallout from tariffs, critiques Bitcoin's poor performance, and forecasts the implications for upcoming elections.

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Gold and silver are stabilizing after last week’s historic paper-market smash, and the real story is what’s coming next: a weaker jobs trend, rising energy, and a tariff regime that’s functionally a tax on everyday Americans.

Peter breaks down the ugly ADP print (and the downward revision), why the “strongest economy ever” narrative doesn’t pass the smell test, and why oil’s turn higher undermines the administration’s last clean talking point on inflation.

Then Peter walks through Scott Bessent’s testimony and why tariffs are politically toxic: officials can’t claim tariffs don’t raise prices while simultaneously admitting removing tariffs lowers prices. That contradiction is the whole game.

Finally, Peter covers the optics and incentives of open graft and self-dealing, why it’s setting a precedent both parties will exploit, and why this mix of affordability pain, weak labor signals, and policy doublespeak is tailor-made to punish the incumbents in the midterms.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction and Opening Remarks

00:55 Market Analysis: Gold and Silver

06:30 Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Critique

19:40 Economic Indicators and Job Numbers

26:30 Political Commentary and Election Predictions

29:45 Midterm Election Predictions

30:08 Scott Bessett's Testimony

31:20 Republican Strategies and Challenges

33:00 Economic Concerns and Tariffs

33:59 Calci Sponsorship

35:27 Tariffs and Affordability Issues

43:23 Trump's Conflicts of Interest

54:13 Housing Affordability Debate

57:33 Conclusion and Upcoming Content

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