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Economy

bucolic_frolic

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2. Devaluation is well underway via free markets and debt. Gold is $5k per ounce.

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Fri Jan 23, 2026, 08:43 AM

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Where to hideout? Commodities and international stocks. The public debt - from Greenspan's 'extraordinary, extraordinary, extraordinary' housing bubble to Bernanke's QE1-2-3 Twist and bond purchases, through Trump's STIM, and Biden's infrastructure spending ... we have debt. It's a long term buildup and the chickens are coming home.

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