Poll on returning to the gold standard According to this poll run by US Global Investors at this time with a bit over 400 votes 57 Strongly favor returning to the gold standard 29 Favor returning to the gold standard 7 have no opinion 5 Reject returning to the gold standard and 2 Strongly Reject returning to the gold standard To see the results you need to vote at the bottom of the article After the pathetic results of the Federal Reserve aka banksters creating money from nothing and enriching themselves in the process at the expense of everyone else a massive 86 of voters favor the gold standard The stability of the gold standard gave the US the longest running period of prosperity ever while the Federal Reserve has given us The Great Depression the Inflation of the 70 s and most recently the Great Recession besides any number of smaller booms and the folling busts