Finance 

Transparency and Oversight 

Plank 83. Right to Use Gold, Silver, Cash, and Cash Substitutes: 

We support Texas in exercising its constitutional right (Article 1, Section 10) to declare gold and silver as legal tender, and to authorize the ability to transact, transmit, or exchange such gold and silver bullion by physical and/or electronic means, or written instruction. To further that right, we support legislation for Texas to utilize the Texas Bullion Depository for persons to buy and hold gold and silver bullion and electronically transact with it as money, essentially allowing debit card transactions to spend gold and silver as functional legal tender. The State of Texas should protect that money (and its use) from capital gains taxation at both the state and federal level. No government shall prohibit or encumber the ownership or holding of any form or amount of money or other currency. We support a ban on any form of social credit system based on programmable/ trackable digital currencies including Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). (S)

Add Plank 83 (a):  State of Texas to enact legislation assessing economic risk to Texas by studying federal fiscal policy impacts, currency devaluation scenarios, economic terrorism threats, and other macroeconomic risks to Texas and by enacting preparations such as mitigation plans to ensure Texas remains vigilant and self-reliant in protecting its fiscal health and sovereignty.