average of four percent, one-third larger than the growth rate since then and twice the level since 2000. (11) The Federal Reserve’s trickle down policy of expanding the money supply has primarily enriched the owners of financial assets while it has endangered the jobs, wages, and savings of blue-collar workers. (12) Restoring American middle-class prosperity requires change in monetary policy authorized to Congress in Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 of the Constitution. 3. Define the Federal reserve note dollar in terms of gold Not later than the date that is 24 months after the date of the enactment of this Act— (1) the Secretary of the Treasury (in this Act hereafter referred to as the Secretary ) shall define the Federal reserve note dollar in terms of a fixed weight of gold, based on that day’s closing market price of gold