Ahorn

Gold Stocks: Five Points to Remember

Well-written 'big-picture' article, and also excellent comment by Frflyer. The US needs to move away from the often dog-eat-dog capitalism, to a system where the middle and poor class have opportunity to improve their lives, and be assured that their savings and investments won't be ravaged by inflation and wreckless government policies. Some European countries and Canada seem to be good models.

Do any of the presidential candidates hold out real hope for economic and social improvement? How different would McCain's economic and social policies be from George Bush's? (It's a given, that much of the pressure and initiative for change has to come from the citizens themselves, who are often undereducated about economics and politics.)