So, there was already agriculturally-driven inflation going on.https://books.google.com/books?id=Y...ed by poor harvests around the world"&f=false
“ . . . inflation worsened dramatically in 1973, mainly because of an explosion in food prices caused by poor harvests around the world. . . "
plus, I think Rumsfeld tended to become enamored by his own thinking and reactions, thus adding yet another layer of complexity.. . . sort of guy who could overthink a problem or event, making his view and choice of action much more complex than necessary.
plus, I think Rumsfeld tended to become enamored by his own thinking and reactions, thus adding yet another layer of complexity.
Be that as it may . . .
I mainly want to focus on how much Congress could have really taken the reins of power post-Watergate.
Point well taken. And some committee heads are known to be heavy drinkers. Not good for public confidence.That boils down the the charscter of the leaders, the likely leaders, and Congress as a whole. . .
Well, you know as well as I do that institutions tend to go with the smallest minimum changes, almost as if it were a self-preservation instinct.. . . when Jimmy Carter backed the FBIs sting operation on the Congress critters. Folks were not surprised, & some of us were disappointed it did not dig deeper & wider.
You might remember at least reading about this, the stripper jumping into the fountain.https://www.google.com/amp/s/timeline.com/amp/p/3c29a8b47ad1
‘ . . . At 2 a.m. on October 9 [1974], the congressman’s swerving limousine was pulled over by park police near Washington’s Downtown Mall. Annabel Battistella a.k.a Fanne Foxe, a.k.a the Argentine Firecracker, a 38-year-old exotic dancer, bolted from the car, ran down the road yelling in alternating English and Spanish, and leapt into the Tidal Basin in front of the Jefferson Memorial. . . ’
Nothing as fancy as Constitutional amendments!. . . What sort of amendments are likely to pass . . .