Presidents’ Day Is a Lie (It’s Washington’s Birthday)
The Peter Schiff Show Podcast
Why It’s Washington's Birthday, Not Presidents' Day
Peter Schiff explains the Uniform Monday Holiday Act and argues the holiday legally honors Washington, not all presidents.
It’s not “Presidents’ Day.” Legally, it’s George Washington’s Birthday—and we’ve quietly erased the one American who actually deserves a national holiday.
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In this episode, I explain how a 1968 law moved holidays to Mondays, how retail “Presidents’ Day” sales hijacked the meaning, and why Washington’s character matters: the war hero who survived what should’ve killed him, turned down a crown, stepped away after two terms, and personally led troops to put down the Whiskey Rebellion.
We also cover a modern contrast: government subsidies and incentives that raise prices, distort markets, and create the very “affordability” problems politicians pretend to solve.
Chapters:
00:00 Cold Open: No Friends in the Pits
00:20 Show Intro: The Peter Schiff Show Begins
00:55 Why It’s George Washington’s Birthday (Not “Presidents’ Day”)
02:46 How “Presidents’ Day” Sales Hijacked the Holiday
05:32 Washington’s Early Life & French and Indian War Heroics
09:22 Leading the Revolution: Beating the World’s Strongest Army
12:07 Turning Down a Crown & Setting the Two-Term Precedent
13:39 The Whiskey Rebellion: A President Who Led from the Front
16:27 Why Washington Deserves the Holiday (And the Modern Debate)
19:32 Pepsi Cuts Prices 15%: The SNAP Junk Food Policy Angle
23:08 The Bigger Lesson: Subsidies Raise Prices (College, Housing, More)
25:34 Why Subsidies Make Housing, College & Healthcare More Expensive
26:48 Trump on Keeping Home Prices High (and the Credit-Fueled Fix)
28:57 Affordability 101: Demand Down or Supply Up?
30:15 SNAP Benefits as Money Supply: How It Spills Into Everything
33:43 The Farm Subsidy Paradox: Paying to Raise Food Prices
38:31 Government Spending, Inflation, and the Case for Gold
39:11 Gold & Silver Levels + Why to Dump Bitcoin
40:37 MicroStrategy/Strategy and Michael Saylor: The “Legal Ponzi” Critique
47:23 Palm Beach “Trump Airport” Trademark Story
50:44 Wrap-Up: Calls to Action, Subscribing, and Sign-Off
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