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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head [T]ruth #7: As Gerald Ford warned, ...

I still remember that moron Jerry Ford and his W.I.N. Buttons (Whip Inflation Now)



That's Jerry Ford laughing with his "henchman" Donald Rumsfeld.
We used to call him "rummy" back then. (I wonder why?)

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When he left OEO in December 1970, Nixon named Rumsfeld Counsellor to the President, a general advisory position that earned him Cabinet-status.[26] He was given an office in the West Wing in 1969 and regularly interacted with the Nixon administration hierarchy. He was named Director of the Economic Stabilization Program in 1970 as well, and headed up the Cost of Living Council. In 1971 Nixon was recorded saying about Rumsfeld "at least Rummy is tough enough" and "He's a ruthless little bastard. You can be sure of that." ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_...Administration

Tricky Dick called that one right -- birds of a feather ...
Probably one of the worst leader Americans ever elected and the mastermind and founder of today's divisive politics.

The Wage and Price control regimen Nixon initiated in 1971.





http://www.forbes.com/sites/briandom...ved-in-infamy/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_Shock

The rest is history ... and it has been repeated continuously since. (Not that before 1971 was so great either). This is at the root all the economic apocalypse bullshit and not in convenient talking points ...

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"The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things" ... John Boehner

Politicians who talk the talk and don't do the walk are a big part of the problem (both sides of the aisle). If Congress would get off their ass (and off of the political contribution take) ... Don't hold your breath it has been this way forever ...

This is sourced from "Shadow Government Statistics" so some may claim bias ... But the truth may lie somewhere in the middle.


amp, just roll with the punches but go ahead and vent -- it's amusing :P