Alright so I've been reading an account of the History of the United States from Ford on, and I've learned a little about Nixon and Ford's secretary of the Treasury. William Simon seems to have been a conservative budget of the most traditional fashion. He was also fourth in line to the Presidency before Nixon resigned, because the Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger was constitutionally ineligible. Now, before Ford became Vice President, if I'm remembering things correctly, the Speaker of the House clearly believed that it would be wrong of him to accept the Presidency should Nixon be forced out of office. After all, he was a Democrat, and the people had voted for a Republican in landslide numbers. Suppose that for whatever reason the Congress cannot accept anyone to replace Agnew in time, and Nixon is driven to resignation more or less on schedule. Carl Albert and James Eastland agree to resign the Presidency more or less immediately to make room for the next Republican in the line of succession, the Secretary of the Treasury, William Simon.
Just a couple things to keep in mind.
Simon supported both lower spending and higher taxes to thwart the inflationary cycle. He isn't going to accept, much less advocate for a tax cut. Conversely the Democratic Majority Congress is unlikely to accept such a program. How would that issue be resolved.
Simon was opposed, to the bitter end, to a NYC bail out. That means, with Simon in the White House, such a bail out might not happen.