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Political Factoid

Ever since the Nixon administration,
the U.S. debt has exceeded the
supply of gold.*
  • Inflation
  • Costs of wars
  • Ransoms demands from oil cartels
  • Negative trade balance
* which prompted the U.S. to abandon the gold standard
 
cf.  2178, 1514, 3277
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Last updated * 2012-12-09
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