[Carry_Okie]

Without an enormous increase in our manufacturing base on U.S. soil very soon to provide real revenues (not U.S.-”based” manufacturing on foreign soil), bonds yields will rise rapidly, while prices plummet.

Increased oil production is accomplishing a lot of that. Without it, we'd have crashed several years ago.

[familyop]

The more domestic oil production, the better! That’s a good point.

But we do need more than that. Most of the countries that are net exporters (which we’re not) are rather ugly outside of tourist resorts and have fragile and often changing political situations. That’s the way that we’re headed.