HISTORY: “Today, in 1933, FDR signed an Executive Order prohibiting the private ownership of gold.” You know, you sometimes hear people talk about how Americans have lost the sturdy individualism of past generations, but I rather doubt that you’d see the kinds of actions taken by FDR — or, worse, Woodrow Wilson — accepted as meekly today.
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