Do you believe that the dollar will continue to stay high? Look at our federal debt-to-GDP ratio. Compare that to the ratios of a few other countries. While you're at it, have a look at the UK's debt-to-GDP ratio.

What George Washington really said in his farewell address:
“Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?”


"Don't worry, they'll row for a month before they figure out I'm fakin' it." --the "Deacon" character, in "Waterworld"


"Lying twisted and broken under the acceleration, Barlow realized that some things had not changed, that Jack Ketch was never asked to dinner however many shillings you paid him to do your dirty work, that murder will out, that crime pays only temporarily." --Cyril M. Kornbluth, "The Marching Morons"


"Don't feed the trolls?" It's kinda fun to stuff 'em until they barf schizoidal goo, once in a while.


There is no one large, comprehensive conspiracy--only many small conspiracies. The nature of the market is chaos, and that includes the bottom end of it. There are all kinds of people with all kinds of philosophies at the top and the bottom. Many in the middle do tend to devolve into ignorance, laziness, socialism and dishonesty from time to time.