completion (as much as anything, also resource grab, and hopes, etc).
The dollar is very weak underneath. And the "shadow economy" (the deep bank economy) is a ponsi scheme that could collapse (again) at any time.
It is almost laughable how everyone talks about Greece as being particularly irresponsible with spending. **Almost all** the western governments have huge deficits, and ***we** have the very worst: What did Greece do differently?
The money went to all the population, not just to the fraudster bankers. That is why Greece is being pummeled.
The US would be in far greater trouble if it could not print massive money and if it did not have the primary world currency in it's name.
THAT (Our currency) is what all this is really about. China is a serious threat (our own fault!) economically. Russia and China together have enormous resources and potential and we simply are not ready to see a competitive world economy.
Question is" Will we go so far as to a direct confrontation, WWIII, to defend our monopoly on the world's financial system?
And will our leadership recognize that all we are doing is accelerating the phenomenon by trying the same old techniques (instead of getting our own house in order so we can actually compete).
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