The government has taken control. No longer is Washington about justice and liberty. It's all about money.

The Federal Reserve's next policy meeting starts Sept. 21, right after the event. The meeting was only supposed to last a day, but with poor economic news still piling up, the Fed announced its meeting will last two days.

Front and center will be talk of the Fed's next move to prop up the economy.

It "worked" last time, so why not another round of government bond buying?

By: Jared Levy, Editor, Smart Investing Daily

Mr. Zoellick said, "the system should also consider employing gold as an international reference point of market expectations about inflation, deflation and future currency values."

Gold could again become the standard in his eyes... but is this realistic?