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America's Oncoming Financial and Economic Train Wreck

The United States blew past a Fiscal Nightmare of $35 Trillion in National Debt. That's $105,000 for every Individual and $270,000 for every Household. That Debt surged $2.3 Trillion over 12 months. That’s $6.4 Billion every single day, $266.7 Million an hour, and $4.44 Million a minute. A Quagmire of epic proportions.

Doug Casey and Others sounded the alarm about US Debt. Yet, Wall Street, the Corporate Media, Corrupt Politicians, and US Voters brushed it off. US Consumers are completely in the dark about our Real Crisis. The National Debt is construed as a distant thunderstorm — far off and abstract, rather than the storm right over their heads. You’re the ones who will be forced to Pay the Piper his due when he comes to collect. Did you know your Income Taxes were spent on interest on the National Debt last month?!

According to the latest monthly Statement of the US Treasury net interest expense was $81 Billion. That’s 43% of the $185 Billion the Government collected in Income Tax receipts.

Gross interest paid in June amounted to $140 Billion. That’s 76% of all Income Tax receipts. Simply put, 76 Cents of every Dollar you yourself paid in Income Tax in June went to Debt Interest. If that doesn’t give Taxpayers pause, God help them.

Net interest is the Interest paid on US Treasury Debt held by the Public, including both Domestic and Foreign sources. Gross interest includes Interest paid to US Government "Trust Funds" (Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid) and other Government accounts holding US Debt.

Every Dollar used to pay interest on the Debt is a Dollar taken from your wallet, your Bank Account, your Insurance Policy, your Reirement Account, and everything else you own/need and sent to Debt holders in Japan, China, and other Foreign Countries.

The US can’t just bank on Foreign Governments buying its Debt as they're De-Dollarizing. They already hold $8.1 Trillion of US Debt, not including Agency Debt.

Think about this from a Foreign Government’s Perspective: Would you be dumb enough to keep trusting a country that’s so irresponsible with its Finances to hold the bulk of your Reserves?!

Last year, Moody’s and Fitch Credit Agencies, downgraded their outlook on US Debt. The main reason they cited for the downgrade was, you guessed it, surging Interest payments.
Servicing the Debt is now the second-largest Budgetary Outlay. The United States spends more on interest payments than National Defense, Entitlements, and Welfare combined. How sustainable does anyone really think that is?!

It'd be Political Suicide for the Political Indentured Servants on Capitol Hill and State Capitols with their cannibalistic Corporate paymasters to admit the United States will default. They will; Bail Out the System devaluing the US Dollar. DEVALUE or DIE.

The Corporate Duopoly of Republicans and Democrats is hopelessly Corrupt. Those who look to Political Indentured Servant Legislators to solve their problems are complicit in their own throats being cut. The World Reserve Currency Status of the US Dollar is weaponized against Sovereign Countries and Citizenry to bring them to their knees is and has backfired terribly and horribly. Peace, Commerce, Honest Friendship, and Liberty🗽 is the only thing that'll mitigate the disaster of the US Government's Ponzi Scheme and the bursting of the US Bubble Economy. Time is running out!!!
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jehova · 31-35, M
The best approach as well as liquidation. Is domestic production of goods. Exportation of those goods etc. Increasing domestic production of fuel. Not by drilling but by agricultural fuels. Most notably organic petroleum extracted from domestically grown hemp will offset trade deficits and allow net export of fuel (especially gasoline) furthermore the legalization and taxation of marijuana\hemp fuel; if federal, will allieviate the ever increasing burden on average citizen taxpayers. Yes health care cost reduction can be acheived and social security cost also reduced by hemp and marijuana production. We need to start domestic production(s) and solutions; isolationism militarily will help but only address less than 50% of the deficit spending
Agricultural fuel production, exportation of, and the resultant health care cost reduction is the other 40ish%. tightening our belts and "butting out" of world affairs is the only other solution that exists.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@jehova Your description is 100% accurate. But incomplete, in that you left out withdrawing all tarrif and subsidy deals accross the board to force business to compete fairly (or you wont get them into the export market)
Now we come to what happens as a result of your actions. First, massive inflation in the cost of living for all Americans as labour and raw material costs go through the roof. Your 99cent coffee mug from Walmoart becomes $3 and all those Chinese made components in everything from refrigerators to American made cars quadruples and the supply availability drops. The standard of living of everyone except the 1% falls. Discretionary spending drops and employment drops. Welsome to another Great Depression..😷
jehova · 31-35, M
@whowasthatmaskedman yes reset is necessary to restablish a baseline. I thought that was clear. Depression isnt inevitable if we apply a flat tax and domestic production it will offset the growing cost of transporting goods globally; especially at home. If we (the us) are able to isolate ourselves for a few years to reestablish that baseline and then move forward. Depression can be adverted. Domestic production to satisfy domestic need and demand. And in time export the rest. I could take 7 years to be 'complete'. As u said reset is not only necessaey but also required.
Tastyfrzz · 61-69, M
@jehova with B any luck russia will become a failed state soon and all of it's nukes will be deactivated. China's demographics prevent it from being belligerent so, yeah, just ignore the rest and cut back. I suppose space aliens will become the next big threat. Got to keep feeding the military industrial complex.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Tastyfrzz Be very careful what you wish for. A failed state tends to sell off its valuable assets (like nuclear) weapons) as law and order breaks down. And you dont want to think about who might get those weapons and what they might do with them.😷
jehova · 31-35, M
@Tastyfrzz colonize the moon turn it into the 'near death star' let the old veterans battle it out there. Lets try to have some fun at least.
exchrist · 31-35
@jehova then use all their pension revenue to pay the debt then repeat.
SandWitch · 26-30, F
@jehova
Congratulations! You got someone to respond to your post!
jehova · 31-35, M
@SandWitch im waiting for america to pull its head out of the 1940s are you?
SandWitch · 26-30, F
@jehova
The USA started out as nothing more than an experiment and remains so to this day, something we all must keep in mind when anticipating lofty results.
jehova · 31-35, M
@SandWitch thats definitely humbeling true and wise