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Dollar's Purchasing Power Annihilated - The Chart They Don't Want You to See

"Ask yourself - could I quit my job tomorrow and move to anywhere and do anything? If the answer is yes you are a free man."

Unfortunately, this is not possible for any of us. Wherever your two feet land, someone claims ownership of the dirt under them. Worse, several 'authorities' - town, county, school district - claim taxing authority over that dirt. If you keep moving you are trespassing; if you stop moving you are squatting. Unless you have a nice pile of those 'worthless' greenbacks (or other local fiat currency, as applicable) you are simply hosed when it comes to 'moving anywhere'.

A nice commentary on this is Thoreau's 'Walden' from the mid-1800's. Worth a quiet weekend re-read.

The Coming Dollar Deflation

"In the short run we are going to have to be selfsustaining, but we emerge US will emerge stronger. I advise everyone to buy Chinese stocks, bait and switch back at them. "

Would it not be safer to invest in US Food producers, farm equip makers and related issuers, with similar upsides?

The Rise and Rise of the U.S. Dollar

"Anyone know when the Treasury bills from the $700 billion bailout are to be auctioned off? November?"

Do they need an auction? Direct swap of Treasuries for the preferred shares seems do-able. They can sit in the bank vaults as recapitalization.