Our system has been rigged for too long to benefit the rich and powerful. Yet that wasn't the intent of the pioneers who founded and built America. When this country was first established, regular people had deep conversations and debates about money even 100 years ago. "What is money?" was a topic for regular discussion. It's about to be a topic again with central bank digital currency, something we talk about all the time on the program. But now when there's a discussion, it's going to be about money that's being forced on us without our input or our thought and used against us.

One hundred years ago, people thought money was a topic worth discussing. Before that, the founders talked about it all the time. Well, it's about to become a great topic again with central bank digital currency. Take a look at a $20 bill. Is this money? Unequivocally, yes. Today it is. But by historical standards, no. Wait, how can that be? It all depends on your perspective. Join Kevin as he takes you on a "National Treasure"-style hunt, searching through clues left by our founders of this great republic. They lived in a world of pirates.

Where was China's leader the day that Janet Yellen arrived in Beijing to try to re-establish communication? Well, he was visiting the People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theater Command. The Eastern Theater Command is the one that is going to lead the attack on Taiwan. He was telling the soldiers there that they need to have breakthroughs in preparedness. It was another of his "let's go to war" speeches. Noted author and China expert Gordon Chang joins Kevin Freeman in the Economic War Room to discuss the escalating threats of China's war talk and what must be done to counter it.

PragerU reports that 16% of Gen Z adults are proud to live in America, compared to 73% of Baby Boomers. That is to be expected when we have been pouring the poison of cultural Marxism into our education system for decades. Our kids have been taught America is bad. It's evil, and we've got a terrible track record of slavery and worse. But when you compare it to the rest of the world and the rest of history, America is the greatest, most powerful, most benevolent nation in world history, but these kids aren't proud of it because they've been lied to about who we are.

Thanks to our private property rights in this country, there is an economic incentive to extract minerals to produce vital energy. The oil that is extracted powers our lives. We take energy for granted, but over 3.5 billion people only have intermittent electricity enough to power a refrigerator. We have enough known oil and gas energy reserves to power our civilization for the next thousand years. And it does produce so many more products than just electricity or gasoline for our cars.

The founders of this great country never intended for an overpowering federal government to control everything. They had a vision of free states united in commonalities but that were independent enough to protect individual liberty. This was tested with the Civil War, for sure. But even then, the idea was for states to work together but to function with independence on most matters of life. As western expansion passed the continental divide, the federal government grew more powerful, and states became more servants of the nation than independent parts of it.

Kevin Freeman provides an important update on the progress of the Transactional Gold and Silver legislation in Texas. A Constitutional state-backed Gold-based tender is needed now more than ever. Kevin outlines the critical path for this to become law in Texas. He provides a Plan B that is currently in development and what you can to do help make it happen. Join Kevin Freeman in the Economic War Room and become equipped to take action to support the cause of freedom and liberty.

Want to know why all of a sudden, American corporations have suddenly gone so woke? At first glance, you think it can't be about the money. Budweiser, Disney, and Target — they've all lost billions in sales and billions in market capital. But when you look behind the headlines, you learn it is about the money ... but not in the way you think. Corporate executives, C-suite types, they're actually incentivized by their shareholders to enact woke policy. It's in their pay packages. It's demanded by their boards, and yes, by the shareholders. Now, how can this be?

BlazeTV host and best-selling author Steve Deace joins Kevin Freeman in the Economic War Room to discuss Steve's recent health scare and what he learned about the source of the research behind the COVID-19 shutdowns and more. They also talk about the two things America needs to do to return to prosperity.