you complainers here don't understand the history behind economics; you just like to bitch about how hard things are. i have it just as rough. your anger is directed towards the wrong people. the us went off the gold standard in '71. that's when everything started to go to shit. you need to blame the politicians and the bankers. and i don't just mean blame; get your ropes and your boxes, they need to be hung for what they've done to the economy.  boomers were able to make just a good living because they gained their equity prior to the gold standard being terminated. we're suffering because money doesn't mean shit anymore. we are now a survival society, not a thriving society. you look to the past to learn from it, but if you're looking to the past expecting the same results you will be sorely mistaken. you need to be deep in metals, food and lead. you're a fool if you aren't.  the hard times haven't even come yet and you're about to piss yourself because grandpa there is playing golf in florida 4 times a week and you resent him because someone else made it harder for you.  wake the fuck up already.
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