Democratic (socialist/proto-fascist) de facto President Wilson (having received an unlawful advantage of 50 ineligible Electoral votes)—without a constitutional amendment—signs the Emergency Loan Act authorizing the issuance of 5,000,000,000 “Dollars” in war bonds (deficit spending) paying 3.5% annual interest.

       [restored 6/13/2022]

Subsequent Events:

5/18/1917                   10/1/1917                  10/3/1917

Authority:

“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 283.

us events
www.duke.edu/~charvey/Country_risk/chronology/us-events.htm

3rd Liberty Loan Act – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Liberty_Loan_Act

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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