Poor Dude

Does Obama's Stimulus Plan Pass the 'Prudent Person' Test?

America has become a subprime borrower. In light of what has happened to everybody with real estate, who is going to lend to us? Not being a student of world finance, I'm not sure what happens when a country that must borrow to live can no longer borrow. But I suspect it's not pretty for its citizens. How do we protect ourselves? Buy gold?