Posted on 11/07/2010 8:02:46 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The US is bankrupt. It cannot repay its debts. When that becomes clear, and the public moves from denial to anger, they will seek any justification or excuse to disavow the debt. Such will not be hard to find:
Most Federal spending since the 1930s has been Unconstitutional. Progressive (non-uniform) tax rates are Unconstitutional. Fiat money is Unconstitutionalthe Constitution forbids anything other than gold and silver coins being used as Tender in Payment of Debt.
So the US could simply revert to the Gold standard, issue a new gold-backed currency, repay its bond holders using the old currency (which the government disavowed as redeemable for gold or anything else back in 1972,) and inform any who object to that its their own fault for lending money to an illegitimate government borrowing and spending in violation of its own Constitution, using a currency prohibited as being used as legal tender by that same Constitution.
It wont be long before this end-game becomes obvious to everyone. Its the only way out. When that happens, the bond market will stop lending any funds whatsoever to the US government, and progressive socialism will die.
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That’s the good news.
The bad news is that “progressive socialism” will not die quietly.
Just finished watching the videos. I already knew that things are bad, but actually watching it is very frightening. I really wish that I could buy gold and silver, but I cannot afford it right now.
I am telling my family members to diversify their portfolios and put some of their investments into gold and silver.
Then Gold will appreciate until the ratio is restored.
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