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NewJeffCT

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14. Reagan and Bush also followed the weak dollar policy
Thu Jan 25, 2018, 12:01 PM
Jan 2018

though both claimed to believe in a strong dollar, the truth was they let it go down so that it would help exports a bit. However, the first big wave of foreign buyouts of American corporations was in the 1980s with Japan buying up a lot of American corporations and real estate because of the cheap dollar.

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Thank you so much NewJeffCT Jan 2018 #3
You're totally right Danascot Jan 2018 #8
Yep, and both shoes aren't on the ground yet... SWBTATTReg Jan 2018 #20
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Doesn't hurt to prepare ourselves...smart thinking, SWBTATTReg Jan 2018 #26
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My daughter works for a big beer company Farmer-Rick Jan 2018 #6
K&R. (nt) MarvinGardens Jan 2018 #7
Inquiring minds want to know... pazzyanne Jan 2018 #9
Trump's 1st year lowest job growth in something like 6 years. US dollar lowest in 3 years. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #10
Reagan and Bush also followed the weak dollar policy NewJeffCT Jan 2018 #14
Yes, that is the only reason the stock market is booming after the corporate tax cuts, I think. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #23
I can't take it...his lack of a functioning vocabulary is driving me to drink!!! Moostache Jan 2018 #11
I thought the tax just applied to imported solar? Ligyron Jan 2018 #13
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ok but.... rtracey Jan 2018 #15
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and who really listens to bumRUSH anymore? SWBTATTReg Jan 2018 #21
Shitlers tax break for billionaires and big business workinclasszero Jan 2018 #17
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