We have been talking relentlessly on GoldSilverWorlds about the destruction of currency, inflation, negative real interest rates, the theft of purchasing power by excessive money printing, the risks of derivatives and the current bond bubble. We are clearly on a path to wealth destruction. Try now for a second to imagine that this path is intended and created consciously. Suppose that would be true, then what are the motives of our leaders to do so? What could be their benefit?
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States said, ?In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.?
Consider these facts
- The US government spends $1 ? $2 Trillion more each year than it collects in revenues, using strictly cash accounting. This is not sustainable. But the deficit is actually far worse when accrued liabilities are included ? as calculated by?Laurence Kotlikoff. Using his numbers, the fiscal gap is approximately $222 Trillion, up about $11 Trillion from last year. The fiscal gap (present value difference between projected future spending and revenue) increased about $11 Trillion in one year because the projected future liabilities dramatically increased compared to projected future revenues. The fiscal dilemma of the US Government is actually far worse than the official budget deficit. Clearly something must drastically change.
- The US National Debt (official cash accounting) increases about 12% per year (last five years) while the GPD (Gross Domestic Product) is hardly changing, or decreasing, if inflation were properly calculated.
- Current US government expenses for entitlements (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Military Pensions, etc.) plus current expenses for interest on the National Debt exceed current revenues. The government would still go into debt every year, even if it cut 100% of military expenses and 100% of the remaining US government bureaucracy.
- The Federal Reserve creates $85,000,000,000 per month of new currency from ?thin air? and uses that new digital currency to bail out ?Too Big To Fail? (TBTF) banks. The famous ?Bernanke Helicopter Drop? is dumping billions into the politically connected banks but little onto ?main street? USA. In simple terms, the wealthy are bailed out, the poor are given food stamps and welfare, and the middle class pays via taxes and inflationary confiscation of their savings and pensions.
- All of the above are signs of financial desperation resulting from unsustainable policies.
I repeat,?In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.?
Follow this logical thought process.?Washington D.C. and Wall Street are filled with highly intelligent people who know that:
- Unbacked paper money always declines in value to near zero.
- The government cannot tax businesses and individuals into wealth and prosperity.
- The government cannot create wealth, prosperity and employment by printing money ? debt monetization ? QE4-Ever ? Inflate or Die.
- Massive money printing will NOT help the economy long-term, but it WILL CREATE inflation in consumer prices.
- We cannot get something for nothing.
- Unsustainable fiscal policies will eventually collapse or fail.
However, our ?leaders? in Washington D.C. and on Wall Street pretend they believe the above nonsense about printing money to create wealth and employment, debt increasing without limit, and fiscally unsustainable policies continuing forever. Why? Perhaps there is an ulterior motive!
Consider the implications
- Although our supposed leaders are presumably highly intelligent, educated, and knowledgeable, they act largely ?brain-dead? as they lead the United States down an unsustainable path that guarantees eventual catastrophic financial destruction. Think lemmings and a cliff. Is there an ulterior motive?
- Bankers, the military, oil companies, military contractors, large corporations, and other special interests have purchased legislation that benefits them while creating huge government expenditures. In addition to entitlements, the result is out-of-control spending. Was this out-of-control spending caused by normal greed, or was there a larger plan ? an ulterior motive?
- I suspect that the real leaders (political and financial elite) have supported and enabled unsustainable policies and practices knowing that a crisis and collapse of some sort must inevitably occur. Why? ?Never waste a crisis!? The next financial crisis, like the crisis of 2008, will?transfer a massive amount of wealth from the middle class to the political and financial elite and will consolidate more power under government control. ?You can bet it was planned that way.?
If another crisis is imminent, then consider what the next several years will do to:
- Your income, your expenses, and your wealth
- Size of the federal government
Get back to basics! ?If it happens (in politics), you can bet it was planned.? If intelligent people relentlessly pursue obviously unworkable financial policies down an unsustainable path, there must be an ulterior motive. Will you, as a middle-class American (European, Canadian) benefit from the consequences of that ulterior motive? Probably not!?Are you prepared? Read?We Have Been Warned?and?Something for Nothing.
Counter-party risk could be devastating in the next financial crisis.?If ?B? owes you money and files for bankruptcy because ?A? does not pay ?B?, then you have counter-party risk that could be very costly. The value of gold and silver is NOT dependent upon a government or corporation paying a debt or fulfilling their promises.?Gold and silver have no counter-party risk and will survive the next crisis.
The prices for gold and silver are dependent upon the total money in circulation (more money means higher gold prices), real (nominal rate minus inflation rate) interest rates (lower rates mean higher gold prices), and confidence or lack of confidence in governments and their fiscal policies. I rate gold and silver as healthy and safe investments and the bonds of various sovereign nations as increasingly risky.?Would you rather own gold or government bonds from Greece (Portugal, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, or United States)? Do you own enough gold and silver that you would feel safe in a financial melt-down?
If not, why not?
Obviously, as we have been repeating every day again, gold and silver are the ultimate hedges in today?s high risk environment. As the next bubble is more or less ready to burst, the counterparty risk is increasing by the day. The fact that the mainstream media are not paying attention, is a contrarian though very reliable sign (they did neither in 2007; watch this video again to refresh your memory). Hold physical gold, hold physical silver, to preserve your capital, a primary objective in today?s environment. Look at the massive gold purchases in the Eastern hemisphere, in case you still have doubts ? they know what they are doing.
Read more about this author in his newest eBook ?Survival Investing With Gold & Silver.? It?s available on this?website, from?Smashwords, and from?Amazon Kindle eBooks.
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