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To: PurpleMountains
Don't blame just the Democratic Liberals. Nixon decontrolled Gold because he wanted to screw the French, and pay for Vietnam with inflated dollars.

They all do it. Only when you change the system away from fiat currencies, reserve banks and other unstable systems prone to manipulation will you get back to stable values.

2 posted on 04/25/2010 8:47:28 AM PDT by Regulator (Welcome to Zimbabwe! Now hand over your property....)
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To: Regulator

I disagree. I was running my own business in 1972 and know exactly what happened. Nixon was forced to decontrol gold because of the hyper-inflation caused by Johnson’s Great Society programs. Unfortunately, the inflation caused by liberals usually shows up after they have left office.

One of the reasons we remember Carter as the worst president before Obama is that, for a change, the inflation came while he was still in office.


3 posted on 04/25/2010 8:54:48 AM PDT by PurpleMountains
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