No Roosevelt didn't take us off the gold standard. Or should I say gold backing the dollar. He took gold out of circulation from the citizens as a form of currency. He did this to promote the use of the dollar instead of gold in normal transactions. Also so that the government had more gold in reserve so they could print more money. Unfortunately Reagan is the president who removed the backing of the dollar by gold. It allows the government to print money whenever they want. It used to be when they printed money they had to have the same amount of gold in reserve.

They all need to start putting our PEOPLE as the priority. Instead we seem to have plenty of money for anything beyond our borders. I have a theory. Over time and if you dig very deeply into history. There was a point when the Dems and repubs decided that they needed a way to keep ultimate control. They decided to play good cop bad cop with the parties. In order to keep the people divided and arguing amongst ourselves. I'm 63 and years ago before the Internet I was researching for a paper I had to write. I can't remember the name of the person who gave the speech in Congress but it was given. Basically he said what I stated above. Ever wonder why nothing really changes no matter what party is in control when it comes to our over seas spending. Trump may be an egotistical maniac but he is correct on one thing. Our government is nothing but a HUGE good Ole Boy network. As for the repubs. When they had the house, senate, and the presidency what happened? NOTHING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!which can be considered a blessing. Basically anytime the government does nothing is a blessing.

They all need to start putting our PEOPLE as the priority. Instead we seem to have plenty of money for anything beyond our borders. I have a theory. Over time and if you dig very deeply into history. There was a point when the Dems and repubs decided that they needed a way to keep ultimate control. They decided to play good cop bad cop with the parties. In order to keep the people divided and arguing amongst ourselves. I'm 63 and years ago before the Internet I was researching for a paper I had to write. I can't remember the name of the person who gave the speech in Congress but it was given. Basically he said what I stated above. Ever wonder why nothing really changes no matter what party is in control when it comes to our over seas spending. Trump may be an egotistical maniac but he is correct on one thing. Our government is nothing but a HUGE good Ole Boy network. As for the repubs. When they had the house, senate, and the presidency what happened? NOTHING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!which can be considered a blessing. Basically anytime the government does nothing is a blessing.