I have wondered for years now whether or not the perceived “foolishness” of the leadership here in the U.S. was really foolish or if it was really a planned “gutting” from the inside out. I think it was as far back as 2007 that I started scratching my head on this issue. As time went on I became more and more convinced that “no one could be this foolish” and in fact the actual plan was the destruction of our economy and thus our way of life and ultimately our sovereignty.
Yesterday, Alisdair Mcleod released a great piece that I would urge everyone to spend 5 minutes reading. In this he “puts the pieces of the puzzle together.” For 2 years (in reality much longer) the world has been changing drastically behind the scenes. We have not really seen it in the press (except in small pieces and excerpts) but we have felt it in our daily lives as economies have slowed further and further. The changes behind the scenes have been that of “changing alliances” and the U.S. regularly being pressured and isolated. We have watched as China has scoured the globe and made deals for raw materials on every continent, even Canada now has deals in place to supply China with raw material.
China has warmed relations in all directions. They stand directly next to Russia and have wooed former U.S. allies from Saudi Arabia to even Great Britain. They have done this not through force or pressure as has been the methods of the U.S. for so many years. No, they have created business arrangements that are “good” for both themselves and their trading partners. While they were doing business, Russia had the role of standing tall against the U.S. militarily as most recently illustrated over the Syrian conflict.
Deals and power have shifted greatly since the 2008 financial meltdown…as has the location of the worlds’ gold. More gold has been delivered out from the Shanghai exchange than is reported to exist in the Ft. Knox, West Point, and Denver and San Francisco vaults combined. A huge number for sure and an operation that has taken close to 5 years but…where did it come from? THIS is a very important question, actually the MOST important question. If 8,500 tons have gone from West to East it could not have come from anywhere except from “official” hoards. Yes, GLD and the ETF’s have bled but never had this type of supply. The LBMA has lost 1,300 tons this year but still only a dent in the total moved through Shanghai. The only place where this type of tonnage could have possibly come from is from official “stacks.”
Has the U.S. actually burned through the “people’s gold?” Have we been sending gold “held” for other countries (think Germany) to the East? As I mentioned above, “who would (could) even be this foolish?” The most simple answer is “no one,” this was planned and we have watched as the plan unfolded. You can call what is about to occur anything that you’d like. You can call it a reset, a wealth transfer, the “great leveling” as Jim Sinclair says or you can call it what it is…a trap.
Was it a “trap” for American policymakers? No, but as far as the average American citizen is concerned, “trap” pretty much sums it up.
We have been led into amassing a national debt that is unpayable. We have been “encouraged” to use debt, more debt and even more debt in our everyday lives. Going all the way back to the early 1990’s with NAFTA we watched as manufacturing jobs were shipped overseas. We sat back and watched as the treasury was looted with TARP as well as other programs and the coup d’ grace is a healthcare plan that costs more, provides less and comes with a penalty if you do not “buy it.” Along the way we have readily given away our personal liberties and freedoms in the name of “safety.” To top ALL of this off, we have given away the family jewels (our gold) while suppressing the price we received for them.
No one who has done even the most brief of investigations with an open mind should be surprised when the sun comes up and the “trap slams shut.” It is now too obvious to anyone and everyone who wants to know the truth what the truth really is. We are broke. We have lived beyond our means for far too many years and the Chinese have assumed the role of the U.S. in the early 1900’s with a kicker…they have our gold! China has done this without firing even 1 single bullet!
Well Bill, here is one for you. Way back in 1971 when I was helping a neighbor farmer during the summer he gave me a tidbit of advice (right after Nixon made his trip to China).
“China will take over our country without ever firing a shot.”
I bet that people have branded him crazy all these years…until now.
I really think they (the govt) are that stupid. the economic planners all come from the ivory towers with no real world experience. they WILL make it fit the formulas, so they think. there may be bigger forces behind the scenes controlling the action but the govt is as stupid as they seem to be.
Couldn’t agree more with you, Bill. Not that I like the idea of what the oligarchs are doing to the people of the U.S.
The “New Great Game” sure does twist one’s brain in all directions. Let’s hope for a better future for all, minus TPTB.
I’m with Northwind, I believe they are, as Lee Iacocca put it, “a bunch of clueless bozos.” Of course we can’t lump them all into that one category, some of them know and at least try to fight it, but they are made to look like heartless villains by the media. But consider Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama, what do these people really know about economics? They know zip! Then there is Bernanke who at least says, “I don’t understand gold.” If gold makes no sense to him, and the Chinese are foolish enough to pay for it, why not sell it to them? Hell, you can use the, “money” they pay for it to make it appear your economic tactics are achieving their goal. Then there are the real power brokers, those who pay to get the clueless bozos they own elected. Who are these people? What do they know and what motivates them? This is a murky area. Of course they have been, and continue to, get filthy rich off the personal debt that is promoted by this economic, “system” they have morphed our economy into. But perhaps their real goal is to run the world? I mean maybe there is some consortium that wants to be George Orwell’s Big Brother? It certainly seems clear that there is now, “a design to reduce [us] under absolute Despotism.” They’ve gutted the Constitution, turned our, “money” into paper that fails to store the value of the fruits of our labor, and are turning us into serfs of a system – rather than the citizens of a Government that insures the rights and freedoms of its citizens.
Who can say? Who knows? I’m still scratching my head. What’s going on does not make any sense to me. All I can see is a bunch of clueless bozos doing anything and every thing to get elected and then doing anything and everything to keep the impossible promises they made to get win election. And so, here we are, drowning in a sea of debt with no real leader rising up to take the helm and get us back on course; and even if such a person did come along, the fools wouldn’t vote for the truth, they don’t want to hear it. Full circle back to the ostrich syndrome.
Maybe it’s me. Maybe this time it is different? Maybe somehow they will magically be able to fund all the things they have told the American People they are, “entitled” to. But for the life of me, try as I might, I just can’t get the math to come out right…
Someone explain it to me, PLEASE! I’m all ears.
The Chinese say they are not going to buy anymore of our bonds, who else is there but the Fed who will buy them? So how can they taper? And how can they pay the bills if tax revenues don’t cover them? And how can they pay the interest on the money they’ve already borrowed if interest rates go up. To me the logic that says that at this point collapse of the dollar is already built in to the system is irrefutable. But our so called, “leaders” can’t see it, so… either they’re a bunch of clueless bozos? Or? My math is off?
figurehead Bozos yes…but then there are those who are pulling the strings.
So, if the Chinese destroy our consumer centric economy…who will buy their poorly manufactured goods? It seems to me that they are in bed with us.
there are 6 Chinese citizens for every 1 American.
Oh how I wish we could blame government for the mess we are in. Then we could elect a new one. But we have long been under the heel of an Oligarchy and they cannot be replaced so easily and they don’t even have a name. So 1,000 people or so have raped the greatest country in the history of the world and will live on islands and in bunkers in great luxury for as long as they live. And they have sold off 8,000 tons of gold to keep the game going. But the game is almost up.
I propose a naming contest to name our real government. At least then we can talk about it instead of falling into their trap of petty bickering between Liberals and Conservatives. Oh how they must laugh at our posturing. Hate Obama, hate the Tea Party, hate Rush, hate gays…. hate anybody you like, just don’t figure out the game.
Bill, It looks like you hit the jack pot today. You have produced many more responses than usual.
Back several years ago, I read that the Middle East Countries had a plan to take down America and the plan was to destroy our economy so that war would not be necessary. Over the years their plan has seemed to work. No World War III, but America’s economy had hit the skids.
Who do we have to thank for this? The “fart-bags”, in Washington. A “fart-bag” is a bag full of nothing and when it is cut into all you get is a very very smelly and toxic gush hot air. The immigrants all the way back to the Mayflower down to the present day have to be crying as they live day to day or crying in their graves and we The American should be ashamed of our selves for permitting this to happen.