He really was a dick, wasn’t he ….
As I mentioned above. he had no choice. The US would have depleted all gold reserves.
Phil Davis: The US government could have cut its spending by 50% and kept the gold.
Yes, but the politicians weren't willing to pay that cost.
SimulationCommander: That is my point. Politicians don't care about us or the future. All the politicians and bureaucrats care about is themselves.
There was no way to finance Vietnam and our other global empire operations without closing the gold window. It wasn’t Nixon on his own who decided this. It was the entire MIC that required it.
yes, he was. His Secretary of Agriculture, Earl "Rusty" Butz (I swear, that's his real name), completely obliterated small farms.
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He really was a dick, wasn’t he ….
As I mentioned above. he had no choice. The US would have depleted all gold reserves.
Phil Davis: The US government could have cut its spending by 50% and kept the gold.
Yes, but the politicians weren't willing to pay that cost.
SimulationCommander: That is my point. Politicians don't care about us or the future. All the politicians and bureaucrats care about is themselves.
There was no way to finance Vietnam and our other global empire operations without closing the gold window. It wasn’t Nixon on his own who decided this. It was the entire MIC that required it.
yes, he was. His Secretary of Agriculture, Earl "Rusty" Butz (I swear, that's his real name), completely obliterated small farms.