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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FDR pulled us off gold in 1933 after a bunch of bank failures, Nixon officially ended it in 1971.

Neither were bad moves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oops, Nixon my bad. I confuse lying shitstains sometimes.

Glad average wages in the US didn't massively stagnate starting in the early 1970s. If they had, the connection would be hard to argue against.

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