Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoThe $20 USD bill is the new 5$ billmessage-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1105arrow-down1message-squareThe $20 USD bill is the new 5$ billSomeonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
Prices have inflated so much over the past 10 years that a $20 bill buys as much as $5 did back then.
minus-squareAbundance114@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours agoI don’t think it was as direct of a choice as it was a slow sinking into inevitability. And did any boomer really have a choice for Nixon to NOT close the gold window?
I don’t think it was as direct of a choice as it was a slow sinking into inevitability.
And did any boomer really have a choice for Nixon to NOT close the gold window?