Well, you should. Because the culprit is easily identifiable. The Federal Reserve has stuffed the banks so full of newly-printed reserves, they no longer really need savings deposits.
It's fine and dandy to cut back on spending, but you really should pay attention to the reasons for it.
I should be clear: I now consider it a waste of time to place blame. The time for that will come after the collapse. Right now I am in the same mindset as a Jew trying to get a boat ticket out of Germany to England in the mid-1930’s. My opinion and actions are not going to change the minds of anyone with political power. They know what they are going to do with or without me.
So my focus is on the things I can change. Specifially, that is mitigating risks to the survival of my family, spiritually and physically. And in that order. I view the current political/financial situation for the US and the entire civilized world through this lens,and act accordingly:
God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.
Amen.
I forgot to mention that I agree with you regarding the Fed. It’s why I’m all over junk silver. I mean, ALL over it.