Quote Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter View Post
I wish you WERE overreacting but ...

- what happens when a sizable chunk of Americans that are still working go from 40+ hours/week to 29 hours/week?
- what happens when companies intentionally cap their full time employees at 49?
- what happens when the Treasury is no longer able to find people willing to lend the US money at near-zero rates?
- what happens when the Fed HAS to raise interest rates in order to get people to loan us money?
- what happens when American paper is so devalued that even the Chinese won't loan us money?
- what happens when investors stop investing, choosing instead to put their cash into safe holding or precious metals?
- what happens when the bill comes due?
In addition to these terrific points, take our sources of power for example. Namely, fossil fuels. The oil, natural gas, and coal companies are going to increase their prices due to their increased costs, creating the self perpetuating, and ever increasing cycle of inflation...Not only do your examples add to the trouble of inflation, but inflation adds to the trouble of your examples. The financial future of our country is as bleak as it's ever been.