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Government spending:

US fiscal deficit soars six-fold

Obama administration falls off the cliff

This “Obama Deficit” is about six times the fiscal deficit for the year 2003 and at the highest level in American history.

The Federal Reserve Flow of Funds accounts for Q2 2009, estimates the US fiscal deficit (on an annual basis) at $1,294.9 billion.

Uncontrolled spending by the US government and the lack of any clear plan as how these outlays will eventually be financed has resulted in the world fleeing dollars.

Foreign trade:

Falling US dollars and exports

Dollar falls after nine-eleven ...

When the US fiscal deficit grows rapidly and Americans are reluctant to save, more dollars in foreign hands are needed to absorb the necessary issuance of government bonds. Should the trade deficit begin to shrink, foreigners will have less dollars to finance the United States. The combination of deficit spending, low domestic saving, and a slowing in the growth of the trade deficit makes inflation more likely.

The world's policeman is going broke:

Debasing the dollar; destroying a nation

The war on terror weighs heavily on the dollar

The dollar has declined against other currencies since nine-eleven.

Costs of asymmetrical warfare and being the “world’s policeman” cannot be sustained indefinitely.

On top of the cost of a long war, the Obama administration is heaping profligate government spending designed to redistribute wealth.

The winner may well be Osama bin Laden, dead or alive.

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