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Similar Characters

From The Wall Street Journal, Hillary Milhous Clinton by Evan Thomas: The political shorthand to describe Hillary Clinton’s resentful, suspicious attitude toward the press is to say that she brings to mind Richard Nixon. Like Nixon, she sees enemies everywhere (and, like Nixon

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Over Their Head and Still Digging

In the 1970’s the delinking of the dollar from gold under Nixon ushered in  a decade of inflation.  The wealthy and other investors sought refuge in tangible assets and foreign currencies.  Tangible assets had the advantage of not generating 1099

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