I remember the Nixon administration as being a good thing for America, but I was only 14 when he left the White House and wasn't aware at all about what he did with the gold standard. When I hear about this now it makes me kind of sick to my stomach and I can only think why? There may have been good intentions, like perhaps Bill Clinton may have had good intentions when he took measures to strengthen communist China. Once the damage is done pointing blame doesn't make things better, we need to put our finger in the hole of the dike and make real corrective action.