Quote Originally Posted by 'keyclone',index.php?page=Thread&postID=178032#pos t178032
normally, you can depend on the market doing what's best for the market. but when you push $9.7 trillion around to buy up companies and pushing government into corporations, things get wonky.
Well said.

Now watch the pundits say that capitalism doesn't work. What they should be saying is, capitalism that's been manipulated beyond recognition can't carry the load of non-participants indefinatly.

Eventually, Atlas shrugs.

You're thinking on this is very similar to my own. I'm not sure whether it's too late for the gold move or not, but don't underestimate the ability of the government to change the rules.

The great FDR (with whom our current administration is so frequently compared) was not above making it illegal to own private gold.

Knobley