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You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing; after they've tried everything else. Winston Churchill
And from Robert F. Kennedy:
"Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross national product ... if we should judge America by that - counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for those who break them. It counts the destruction of our redwoods and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl. It counts napalm and the cost of a nuclear warhead, and armored cars for police who fight riots in our streets. It counts Whitman's rifle and Speck's knife, and the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children. "Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage; neither our wisdom nor our learning; neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country; it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. And it tells us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans."
If indeed all is lost, it is far more than the USA that will descend into barbarism and anarchy.
We have seen three central banks come and go during our history. Our Treasury has always stood. It will now. Though we may lose this Federal Reserve Bank to insolvency, the loss is far form losing our country. We have nearly completed the greatest peaceable transfer of wealth in the history of mankind; the inheritance from so-called "Greatest Generation" to the Boomers.
Is it any wonder the paper money boys look to rob the new rich? No my friend. All is not lost. Heed your Churchill and get on with the business of seeing your world as RFK wisely advised.