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Some guy whom I disagreed with on a number of issues had one brilliant point yesterday, and was absolutely correct. A government's very currency is linked to its perceived trustworthiness. It is obvious that our government has made many rash, stupid and irresponsible promises, and has wasted most of the assets needed to meet those promises.

There is no way for them to meet those obligations. My guess is that they will begin radically means-testing Social Security benefits in the upcoming years, which means I won't get any, and neither will most people who have accumulated any real assets. I do not count on receiving a dime from SS. The interesting thing about this is how it affects my sense of loyalty to the USA. We are spending in a manner that makes no sense, running up fabulous credit shams in the name of "expanding," and engaging in empire building/maintenance in the name of "waging a war on terror." I am ready to take my assets, leave, and shoot Uncle Sam the finger on the way out. It really is only a matter of wanting to be able to return to visit family that keeps me from just renouncing my citizenship and leaving now. I never would have thought it would come to this.

I am ready to take my assets, leave, and shoot Uncle Sam the finger on the way out. I keep thinking the same thing, but I'm at a loss to find someplace where I would be more free, the government didn't look at me as a cash cow, and the role of government isn't to make more government.