Obama clearly stated in his DNC speech that he was experimenting like FDR.
IOW, to see how much he can get away with while Boehner is the drunk Speaker.
No other speaker in history would allow this accept Pelosi, imo
“the same way FDR took our gold”
It irks me that no one remembers this. The had g-men watch you in the safe deposit room, for Midas’ sake. Back during the fake debt ceiling “crisis” Obama blahed about the US defaulting on its debts for the first time ever. Which of course wasn’t going to happen, unless they deliberately chose to pay out unions or something instead of creditors. You know, the same way municipalities in a crunch skimp on fire and police instead of firing the brothers and cousins sitting on their asses collecting a salary.
Point is we absolutely did default. The US government in 33 had contracts obligating them to remit in gold. FDR said go suck an egg. SCOTUS backed him up. Those people were never paid. Washington is a deadbeat.
The Executive Order issued by FDR confiscating all privately and corporate held gold coins, bullion, and certificates in 1933.
He gave people 3 days to hand in their gold.