You Can of Course Live the American Dream, Provide That You Abandon Your Morals, or Have Won the Lottery
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Tied into the gold window being closed is U.S. oil production peaking in 1971 in terms of ROI. Today's production is much more expensive to produce a similar level of oil. U.S. industry has never recovered, not even during the Alaskan oil boom.
We could be months away from hyperinflation at this point. I just bought 4 d-cell batteries and it cost me $18. That seems crazy to me. The "value box" at Taco Bell is now $10, up from $5. The currency has already been devalued beyond saving, we're just waiting for the final 1% of its worth to vanish.
Nixon, don't trust Republicans either
It had nothing to do with Nixon. It was going to happen whomever was in president at that time. Nixon is the last president to name the fucking jew, for heaven’s sake.
Yes, so why did the CIA want him gone?
Nixon got us off the gold standard. The scandals were just so you forgot the other things he did and the new president "fixed" everything but never overturned Nixon's bad policies so everything remained the same as they wanted.
Basically use him and lose him.
Nixon closed the gold window but the devaluation of the dollar against gold had been going on for years. That's just when France called the US's bluff.
And normalized trade with China
I didn't know they wanted him gone. First I've heard of that
What do you think Watergate was about?