The difference is we worked for it vs. having it handed to us - makes the ability to buy a car w/o a loan and eat at the occasional 'fine restaurant" sweeter somehow when we could have sat on our asses and then complained about how cheap the government (tax payers) is when it comes to satisfying our wants beyond our needs......
The shocker too many avoid is the fact that it can never be "handed to us". All living beings must go out and get their own food and breath their own air. The fact that this is not a widely accepted notion these days does not make it any less true.
I hate the idea that hardworking people like you might see their life’s work go down the drain. So I feel forced to make a Cassandra-like warning.
Brother, the petrodollar is likely to end soon.
When/if it happens, this means a lot of foreign-held dollars are going to come home.
The Fed cannot, cannot use its printing magic to buy these dollars, because they would just be swapping dollars for dollars.
All of this is just a roundabout way of saying: please make sure you’re ready for a large dollar devaluation. Protection of principal is not the same as protection of purchasing power.
Hope this proves helpful.