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peppertree

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4. And besides, these were all Congressional Democrats' initiatives

Reply to The Jungle 1 (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 29, 2022, 11:34 AM

Apr 2022

Nixon deserves credit for seeing the good in them - but as you pointed out, he made a lot of domestic policy mistakes as well.

Deregulating the price of gold - which immediately jumped from the $35 post-War price, to the hundreds - was the other one. That's the real reason oil skyrocketed in '73/'74: oil exporting dictators love gold, and judge oil prices in terms of "how much gold can this get me?"

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Another Nixon signed law. texasfiddler Apr 2022 #1

Sure they would! peppertree Apr 2022 #3

Before we go getting all wet eyed for Nixon. The Jungle 1 Apr 2022 #2

And besides, these were all Congressional Democrats' initiatives peppertree Apr 2022 #4