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Waiting For An Explanation

By Richard Lewis

Last week I received three email messages, two snail mail letters and several phone calls encouraging me to invest in a basket of foreign currencies along with some gold and silver to protect my economic future!

I can understand why it might be in my best financial interest to do what those financial advisors recommend. My hard earned dollars are devaluing rapidly! But my country is at war, and foreign countries upon whom we have relied to purchase our nation’s debt are getting cold feet about the alarming size of the U.S. Trade Deficit. 

During our nation’s previous wars, when our dollar’s role as the world’s key currency was not being challenged by the Euro, I would have been encouraged to buy "War Bonds" ....now I am encouraged to jump ship. Why is Wall Street encouraging me to act in my own interest at the expense of my country’s best interest....are we that desperate? 

Unemployment is as high as 10 % in Europe. Are we encouraging Americans to move into foreign currencies to ease concerns about foreign purchase of our debt?  Is our situation that desperate? Are we buying a little time and helping Europe replace the Dollar as the world’s key currency?

This article was not written by a Republican or a Democrat...it was not written by a member of the institutional press or a leader of a powerful Christian 501 organization…it was written by an American. The election is over.  If we continue to avoid issues for partisan reasons, we will destroy our Country! 

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