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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1903383, member: 38849&quot;]Endeavor, let me re-examine this a moment;</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>&quot;The problem will never be debt as long as we have the best defense. It will only become a problem when we stop having the best military.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>==================</p><p>The best military in the world cannot solve the debt problem OR the inflation problem.&nbsp; The debt problem involves all the other nations of the world, who demand a higher interest rate to offset the risk of our exploding money supply.&nbsp; In the Treasury &quot;bid&quot; system, the discounted bids get smaller and smaller, finally Treasuries are yielding 5% - 7% - 10%, and we are unable to pay the interest, except by printing more money, which makes the problem worse at the next Treasury auction.&nbsp; Nothing the military can do about that -- who&#039;s the enemy?&nbsp; Who do we bomb?</p><p><br /></p><p>Likewise, the best military in the world cannot solve the inflation problem; there&#039;s nobody to threaten, or blockade, or impose sanctions against.&nbsp; You might call upon the military to enforce price controls, but the world of commerce always finds a way around that failed policy.&nbsp; It&#039;s like whack-a-mole, inflation pops up in a hundred million transactions and circumstances.&nbsp; Who&#039;s the enemy?&nbsp; Who do we bomb?</p><p><br /></p><p>Can you phrase your concern some other way?&nbsp; Then I&#039;ll comment again.&nbsp; All I can tell you, folks, it&#039;s a good thing I&#039;m not in charge...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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