beer cinched it
Cain, as it were, spent a good chunk of his book, "9-9-9: An Army of Davids," advocating for a gold standard. And the 2012 Republican National Convention even included a plank calling for a commission to study ways to set a fixed dollar value. Some of this momentum has carried forth in Congress.
https:// www.cnbc.com/2014/06/05/the-maddening-frustration-of-being-a-gold-standard-politician.html