<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Many of the countries that test weapons, flaunt the weapons, and so forth are usually attempting to gain attention because of a failing market or some other problem that tends to involve money and/or government relations.</div>
The US is the leader in this tactic. We use war to hide the real problems our country is facing. Our economy is driven on debt, which has been purchased by other countries, mainly China.
With the increase in interest rates, a lot of people are falling behind on their payments. This is leading to foreclosures and I'd predict in the next month or two countries will stop purchasing our debt, and we will be in a serious recession.
We also have a steady decline in education. Here in SoCal the graduation rate was only 44% this past year. This means more than half the people did not graduate from high school. What's scary is the 44% isn't even the worst in the nation, it ranks 6th worst.
Study: Los Angeles 44 Percent Graduation Rate, Sixth Worst
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world, no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men." Woodrow Wilson </div>
The US has been increasing the supply of US dollars at a rapid rate the past few years. This is a scary chart to see where our economy could be headed ...
http://www.bullandbearwise.com/MoneySupply.asp