Back when Nixon was president, y’all might remember, he actually enacted a freeze on wages.
It didn’t last long and it was one of the damn dumbest things a president ever did.
But Nixon, well he had good intentions but he wasn’t the brightest bulb in the lamp.
FREEZING SOMEONE’S WAGE???
And I, a middle-class working woman struggling to get by, had my pay frozen.
Now the freeze didn’t apply to promotions and such and , in due course, I got an increase because of a promotion. But where I worked after getting promoted to a higher grade you get gradual increases over a few years until you hit the top of the pay grade.
THESE increases were denied me.
Why would anybody calling themselves Republicans enact such a law?
Anyway, it didn’t last all that long but bear in mind that it did happen.
I stand by my assertion that Carter was the worst president. Not that Obama was much better but Carter beat the hell out of the people with those gas lines and high mortgage rates.
Obama was too smart to get the people all mad like that.
Not that he wouldn’t do it if it helped his cause and didn’t hurt him.
Carter....the worst.
First, it's usually Congress that lays the foundation for an imperial presidency with unconstitutional delegations of authority to the executive branch. The Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 gave Nixon legislative cover for his actions.
Remembering Nixon's Wage and Price Controls | Cato Institute
Now we have children who cannot write in cursive. Physical Education is diminished. That ridiculous Common Core Math System is being implemented. The public schools seem obsessed with sex and Islam. They cannot possibly be teaching Civics.
Of course the problems are much more extensive, but the Teachers are making more money than ever and their pensions are out of this world. I know a few who make a lot of money and they have a lot of free time with no nights, weekends, or holidays. Perhaps I should have gone that path, but that is OK because I want to go to Heaven when I die.