DATE OF INCIDENT : 08.15.1971
VICTIM : U.S. DOLLAR & HUMANITY !
STATUS : NO LONGER “GOOD AS GOLD”
In 1971
President Richard Nixon suspended the dollar’s convertibility into gold, severing the final direct link between American currency and a fixed amount of gold.
1971-1974 What followed:
DEBT: $398B → $474B Aka -76.1 FUCKIN BILLION IN 3 YEARS
INFLATION: 3.3% → 11.1%
GOLD: $35/OZ → CONVERTIBILITY ENDED
WAGES + PRICES: FROZEN
BRETTON WOODS: COLLAPSED
OIL EMBARGO: 1973
NIXON: RESIGNED 1974
1,090 DAYS LATER
08.15.1971 → 08.09.1974
Nixon just LEAVES ... he was not Impeached Either
CASE: STILL OPEN !