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The Next Chapter in the End of America
Written by Sierra Hancock Subject: Economy - Economics USA
The Next Chapter in the End of America
Porter Stansberry
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Steve's note: As you probably read in this morning's letter,
my friend Porter Stansberry is at the center of a big controversy right
now. It's a controversy he's nicknamed the "End of America." Over the
next four days, he's going to explain the ideas behind this controversy…
and how he reached them. Read on for the first installment…
I believe we are seeing the very early stages of a great
monetary crisis that will, eventually, lead people (and then their
politicians) to return to gold- and silver-backed currencies. – Porter Stansberry, May 4, 2006
Four years ago, we began warning people something was seriously wrong with our money – the mighty U.S. dollar.
The economy was enjoying a furious bull market. Everything – literally everything – was going up.
Near the peak in February 2007, investors were no longer requiring a
higher return for taking more risk – a so-called "risk premium"...
Junk bonds were trading at nearly the same prices as triple-A
credits. Garbage penny stocks were trading at blue-chip prices.
Dividends had disappeared. So much money and credit had been created
from thin air (subprime mortgages) and thrown into the market that
prices had reached a point where, as careful analysts, we could find
nothing safe to buy.
We were afraid of what would happen next. We knew the country would
have to make a choice. Would we write down and write off the excesses
of the greatest credit bubble in history? Would thousands of banks fail?
Would millions of "investors" – fools, really – lose everything? Would
the slate be wiped clean, allowing a recovery to occur?
Or would something far worse manifest?
Would politicians seeking power and wealth promise to bail out
unwise corporations and reckless lenders? Would the full potential of
our paper money system be revealed to the public? Would there be an
all-out attempt to "paper over" the bad investments and debt-driven
losses?
We always knew what would happen. Our democracy – the most powerful
government in history – would surely choose to print. How did we know?
Because that's what governments do... all of them... especially
democracies. Their ability to print money is always too powerful a
temptation to resist – to paper over... to create money from thin air...
to lie, cheat, and steal from the citizens via inflation.
And now it's happening. We have proof.
Last month, some of the Fed's secrets were unearthed. Dozens of
well-connected companies received billions in bailout money from the Fed
– deals the central bank never disclosed to Congress or the press...
Remember when the government promised it would only rescue
companies that posed a "systematic risk" to the banking system? It was a
lie. Harley Davidson got $2.3 billion in Fed money. Caterpillar got
almost a billion dollars. Even McDonald's got more than $200 million.
In all, the Fed printed up $3.3 trillion and doled it out to what
seems like every big company on the planet with a lobbyist in
Washington, including dozens of foreign companies with almost no U.S.
employees.
Since then, the prices of gold and silver have rocketed 150% higher. If you took our advice and began to hoard gold and silver bullion, you've probably protected your net worth from the worst of the collapse of 2008 – at the very least.
If you're new to the story, don't worry.
The curtain is about to come up on the real show. Politicians (and
the press) have largely supported the Fed's decision because in their
eyes printing the money was better than falling into a massive recession
or possible depression. And that's certainly true – in the short run.
In the long run, these decisions must lead to more printing and eventually the collapse of our currency.
Regards,
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Our mission at DailyWealth is to show you how to avoid risky investments, and how to avoid what the average investor is doing. We believe that you can make a lot of money – and do it safely – by simply doing the opposite of what is most popular. Click here for details on a free trial subscription.
Further Reading:
And The Daily Crux called this Porter essay "the best rant of 2009."
Porter's been warning DailyWealth readers about the coming crisis for years. Find some of his must-read essays here: How to Protect Yourself from the End of America, The Madness of Barack Obama: Why Free Money Is Destroying America, Don't Fool Yourself: America Is "Now a Communist Nation", and A Run on the Dollar Starts Soon.
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