[JasonC]

There does exist a political entity called "the United States of America", and it is the most powerful state on the planet. It also has the wealthiest citizens and the most dynamic economy, the highest technology and the greatest scientific knowledge. On the planet, and in history. And your hysteria over one lost election and one recession is too pathetic to merit extended commentary.

Will that always exist? No, but then neither will mankind...

[garbanzo]

And your hysteria over one lost election and one recession is too pathetic to merit extended commentary.

Exactly who are you responding to here? I'm not exactly sure where you gathered that from my previous remarks. Just pointing out that a loss of confidence in the dollar or simply a collapse of the political entity backing it is not off the table. If you study history, huge debt burdens relative to productivity have killed powerful empires in the past and will continue to do so in the future. We are not exempt from the laws of history.