The situation in the States is far worse than that. Most of the publications on the matter are smokescreen propaganda for foreign and downscale investors. The USD will fall much further, and Canada, a net energy commodities exporter, shouldn't try to follow it to the bottom. Oil and other energy commodities will continue to go sky high, by the way. U.S. producers are exporting refined products much more now, and there will be hundreds of millions of new drivers and other uses of energy products in developing countries during the years to come.
Leviathan (Uncle Sam employs more people than you think) National Review ^ | 02/03/2011 | Iain Murray
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...nearly 40 million Americans employed in some way by government."
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70 million" people are receiving good incomes but are also steeped in debt and can't borrow more for big ticket items. Meanwhile,...
More Than 101 Million Working Age Americans Do Not Have A Jobhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3005481/posts
Heavy Hitters: Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2014http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php
American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $60,949,129 [Democrat] 81% [Republican] 1%”
National Cmte to Preserve Social Security & Medicare $10,414,606 [Democrat] 82% [Republican] 17%