• YeetPics@mander.xyz
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    13
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    He led the charge to get the US off the gold standard, which many regard as a bad move because it was. And this hasn’t been reversed or adjusted since, which is why it is linked to this particular dipshit.

    • chaogomu@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      14
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

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

      Neither were bad moves.

      • YeetPics@mander.xyz
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        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.

        (/s)

    • PugJesus@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      9
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      He led the charge to get the US off the gold standard, which many regard as a bad move because it was.

      It was neither Reagan nor a bad move, and goldbugs are living in the 19th century, drinking too much laudanum for their own good.