The Real Power Family Radio Show
Oct 16, 2026 · 57 min · 17 segments
**FF: Fun Ways to Store Value** After comparing the prices of eggs, housing, and gold from 50 years ago and today, we realized that some ways of preserving value are better than others. We talk about…
Mm.
It is.
Uh, and we were just thinking, you know, what is inflation? We talked extensively about this, well, all the time, but basically, what causes prices to go up? The government spends more money than it brings in, and then the quasi-not-really-connected, but kinda connected branch called the Federal Reserve, it's like the post office, only worse.
Oh.
[laughs]
They set interest rates, which is half of every transaction on Earth, pretty much, at least everything.
Yes.
Yeah.
Cars, school loans.
Houses, yes.
Well, the government caused that by killing a bunch of chickens, many of which had absolutely no problems and probably never would have.
Mm.
Okay.
And do you know what else he's doing, realizing how expensive that diesel fuel is? They're getting rid of some of the climate change emission standards to make it much cheaper to drive.
Mm.
It is.
Uh, and we were just thinking, you know, what is inflation? We talked extensively about this, well, all the time, but basically, what causes prices to go up? The government spends more money than it brings in, and then the quasi-not-really-connected, but kinda connected branch called the Federal Reserve, it's like the post office, only worse.
Oh.
[laughs]
They set interest rates, which is half of every transaction on Earth, pretty much, at least everything.
Yes.
Yeah.
Cars, school loans.
Houses, yes.
Well, the government caused that by killing a bunch of chickens, many of which had absolutely no problems and probably never would have.
Mm.
Okay.
And do you know what else he's doing, realizing how expensive that diesel fuel is? They're getting rid of some of the climate change emission standards to make it much cheaper to drive.
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