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MineralMan

(148,759 posts)
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 10:06 AM Friday

Just Wait Until Trump Hears about Wage and Price Freezes.

Once the tariffs cripple the economy and threaten the current Republican takeover, Trump will be looking around for something else he can do by Executive order.

Nixon did it. And it was pretty popular with the population for a while. Watch for Trump to try that to get him out of the hole he's currently digging.

Curious? See this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock#:~:text=The%20Nixon%20shock%20has%20been,the%20instability%20of%20floating%20currencies.

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