You are all right, kind of- but one would need an understanding of shadow banking operations for the past 100 or so years, and you won't find it on Corporate owned media.The Fed, Pentagon, Oil interests and the might of Global Multi-Nationals acting in unison controls not only the US foreign policy but MOST Domestic Policy as well. THE 2-PARTY SYSTEM IS AN EFFECT OF THIS-IT IS BOUGHT AND PAID FOR and pitched night in and out as our salvation. We won't go off the dollar anytime soon. Iran and Iraq both played with trading oil in Euro currencies and other currencies, right after the fall of the shah in 1978-their funds were frozen @ Chase Manhattan-before they took the hostages. Saddam tried it too in the 1990's, it didn't work out too well. The US is a the best house financially in a pretty bad neighborhood, and can achieve maximum collateral damage via the world's banking infrastructure, agriculture or unilateral military force if you don't play along with their wishes. How long this remains is anyone's guess. Standards of living are high here versus the World but at what cost? We use 25% of the World's Oil to support 5% of it's population-we use almost all of the world's fiat savings-we do produce alot of food, technology...ect that is exported. The risk I see that is the greatest is entitlements-it is a black hole-This includes City/Municipal service, federal and state pensions, the military, as well as FICA and Medicare-it is all a bet on rising asset values/incomes in the private sector-which uhhh...ain't been rising.
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