He was just finishing what Franklin D. Roosevelt started in 1933.
I'm curious as to how anyone today could think the gold standard would work. The total amount of gold mined is valued at about $4 trillion, using $1,000 an ounce as a base, while the total amount of currency in circulation is estimated to be almost $8 trillion.
"I am allergic to piety, it makes me break out in rash judgements." - Penn Jillette
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"The man who invented the telescope found out more about heaven than the closed eyes of prayer ever discovered." - Robert G. Ingersoll
Psychological question. I am puzzled too but economics makes little sense sometimes, the point is the so called experts floundered for a bit while real life behavior gave them some ideas. FDR was probably our greatest contemporary president, his work keep fascism away, and laid the groundwork for a society where destitution was less a fear. I still view SS as one of the greatest things we have done for each other.
What is life without honour? Degradation is worse than death. We must think of the living and of those who are to come after us, and see that by God's blessing we transmit to them the freedom we have ourselves inherited.
Lieutenant General Stonewall Jackson 1862
The nations of the world can see that we are stretched so thin militarily that fear is the last thing they are thinking. They are wondering what happened to the noble nation that was the lighthouse for the oppressed and holder of moral high ground.
Ranger, these are the reasons we are laughed at. We have given over to unethical, power mad leaders. Leaders whose vision of the future ends at their nose.
A chance for a new beginning, like a dawn of reconciliation.
While I disagree with your conclusion I agree that the gold standard is a good thing that the founders emphasised http://www.svpvril.com/OACL.html for details go to the sub link here to read details http://www.svpvril.com/OACL.html#StolenGold
I think the worst president was JFK, he started his administration with an invasion of Cuba that he then abandoned leaving the warriors to be killed and captured to spend decades in Castro's dungeons leaving Cuba in the hands of a dictator. Then because he was so liberal like Obama he was seen weak to the USSR and held direct talks that resulted with USSR concluding that JFK was a weak moron so they put nukes on Cuba. Oh, but that wasn't enough... when President Eisenhower left office he told Kennedy not to add one man to the force in Vietnam but dumb ass Kennedy did the opposite and caused the Vietnam War with the millions of casualties. Now that's a fucked up president!
"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."
---Thomas Jefferson (or as Al Sharpton calls him: Grandpappy)
We have numerous units that have not even seen combat so the stretched thin is an illusion. And they do fear us because even "stretched" like we are, we still have more combat power available then most other countries in the world. Add to that, most of our forces have experienced combat, making them better then those who haven't.
Whatever. In case you haven't noticed, the world is full of tinpot dictators who only respect strength. These are the same people that are screaming the loudest (well right behind the democrats) at our supposed occupations of places. Why are they upset? Because we got there before them (how dare we!).
What is life without honour? Degradation is worse than death. We must think of the living and of those who are to come after us, and see that by God's blessing we transmit to them the freedom we have ourselves inherited.
Lieutenant General Stonewall Jackson 1862
gwb, no doubt about it. John McCain will be the next worst, don't you know?
You ain't seen flip flopping 'till you've seen McCain. Let the debates commence!!!!!!!!!!
i have seen some flip flopping from mccain, take illegal immigration, he thinks he's gonna convince me, he is sheriff arpaio, or he is gonna get tough on illegal immigration
HIS PARTY, and the other party, both benefit from it, and dont give a shit, about the illegals or us.
Shake it and bake it, martin. I'm glad to know you are paying attention!!!!!!!!