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::The petrodollar existed before Nixon. The petrodollar were gold-backed dollars used to pay for imported oil. When Middle East oil producers presented their paper currency and demanded to exchange them for gold, it dried up Fort Knox. You're just pitching an illuminati conspiracy theory about a very simple concept anyone can understand. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]</sup> 11:35, 25 February 2020 (EST)
 
::The petrodollar existed before Nixon. The petrodollar were gold-backed dollars used to pay for imported oil. When Middle East oil producers presented their paper currency and demanded to exchange them for gold, it dried up Fort Knox. You're just pitching an illuminati conspiracy theory about a very simple concept anyone can understand. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]</sup> 11:35, 25 February 2020 (EST)
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::From 1945 until 1967, the U.S. had a trade surplus, largely due to the [[Marshall Plan]]; from 1967 onwards the U.S. became a debtor nation with a [[trade deficit]], largely due to oil imports. It ain't rocket science.  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]</sup> 11:38, 25 February 2020 (EST)
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