• YeetPics@mander.xyz
    113·
    9 months 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
      141·
      9 months 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
        21·
        9 months 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
      93·
      9 months 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.