Polemics aside.. does he have a printing press. If more of something is available, the less it must worth intrinsically. If I put a $20 dollar gold coin in a box and simultaneously put a $20 dollar bill in a box in 1920, then removed it today what would i have? I know the answer, 2,000,000 jobs saved or created..since the last presidential election. I know that people getting checks for not working would have a much higher self esteem if they were working and supporting their families.
This alpha dog of the masses, is as usual deceptive. All currencies are depreciating in value, so this dollar index does not mean a thing, other than the dollar are following the race to the bottom.
Mike is correct. The reality is, government doesn't have to "borrow" anything to finance it's operations. The National "debt" is simply an accounting construct, which is a legacy left over from the gold standard days. In reality, the government creates money and spends it first, and then taxes and borrows it back as a means of maintaining dollar value stability. If the US was really "borrowing", then our debt would be denominated in Chinese Yuan or Japanese Yen etc., not our own fiat currency.
does mike doggy have a printing press in his home? we should all have a printing press in our basement. Keynesian colleague(russian spy) gave US Treasury dollar printing plates to russia and they printed our money at the end of WWII, when we still had tons and tons of precious metals. Keynesian colleague later committed suicide, so they say....Where is critical thinking going? Let our politicians keep kicking the can down the road. John Maynard K hurt the poor.
@TWSceptic Actually, the reason why—with all the "printing"—the dollar hasn't fallen is, other nations also, are "printing"; but with just your bald accusation, there appears nothing to show that, you yourself, understand money systems, . . .
@TWSceptic "Where did I say others are not 'printing'?"? Nowhere, and no one said that, you did so. And with that reason, one thing you have now clarified: you're not facile in simple logic of discussion.
Are you able to apprehend of the fact that, because no one had made mention of other nations' mere printing of money—not the speaker, nor any commentor—for that cause my post simply made that fact, explicit? And then you go one to advance into some almost comical conclusions, . . .
@TWSceptic . . . . almost comical conclusions. Comical conclusions, yes, but, they are perfectly consistent with the mind which will produce a bald and purely arbitrary and scurrilous statement such as: "This guy is clueless, don't listen to him.", which, I suppose, was put forward to be taken as something of worth, . . . perhaps, . . . reasoning, . . . weird, . . .
@ltmikepowell that would be an act of war which is why US is agressive with Iran right now so i don't believe other opec nations would do this,
let's say they did.. i think US economy would shrink very fast. US is the only country in the world that can get away with creating these massive debts right now and Mike is correct to say everything is ok (for now) but if dollar lost reserve status, you would see dollar value collapse overnight. petrodollars what keeps it afloat right now.
@larrybonner1 An inflated currency isn't good for military action in any sense. And the OPEC countries got the trick on their sleeves even American's out-of-touch "royalties" try to react.
@ltmikepowell okay, so what about the Iran Oil Bourse? This trades oil in Euros and hurts the US...trust me, Mike knows that the US is the only country in the world capable of creating year on year trade and fiscal deficits because all oil is traded using dollars. if tomorrow all countries decided they would use bilateral trade agreements, america would start a nuclear war, it's either that or collapse because US is getting free lunch off the backs of productive nations.
@larrybonner1 US is the only country on the planet capable of running huge deficits...this is why Mike laughs at the concept of hyperinflation but I can say this...if everyone in the world said tomorrow "no more dollars" US would collapse in matter of hours and in my humble opinion, it is only a matter of time.
@larrybonner1 For sure, Obama can certainly lose next election but that is highly unlikely in my opinion. Attacking Iran benefits nobody except the Rich who want to take control of it. Oil is the only reason for attacking Iran. Israel is being used as excuse to attack...the world is very complex today, information is everywhere, propaganda is no longer working for the masters.
@larrybonner1 The collapse of U.S. Dollars will hurt most of us unless the particular country doesn't had exposure to U.S. debt bond. But the collapse of U.S. Dollars may be the best way for the peoples to dag those out-of-touch "royalties" from the old system.
@larrybonner1 When there's a day that U.S. Dollars is just PART of the oil currency, better prepare U.S. Dollars to get devalued. And that's the best case scenario if those creditors don't react due to the devalued bond holding.
How do we deleverage the 60 trillion estimated hot air margin based speculation, I am more concerned about how this hot air ponzi scheme shadow banking margine call will be unwound. I suspect the working man will take it on the chin. I care about this, my company is saying lets cut their pay 10% this year. Corizine is missing in action with investors money, when will the game be made right , or is revolution a foregone conclusion?
Everything we know about our personal finances can't be applied when it comes to the US dollar, debt and deficits. This is so counter-intuitive that people find it hard to grasp the concept (myself included). Keep up the good work Mike.
I guess the obvious comparison that was omitted here was the dollar vs gold. I'm not even sure what the results of the comparison are but I find it a little fishy that it wasn't included in this summary.
I remember back in 1981 when I was in London, Eg, it took $1.85 or so to get a one pound note, and that cut our paychecks almost in half. Gas was like, $3 or $4 dollars a gallon.
A collapse of the USD can not happen while it is the world reserve currency, what will happen when it is replaced by standard drawing rights or some order currency basket? Will we not see that the dollar was propped up by this reserve currency status.
I agree with this guy. FInally someone that makes sense on youtube.
Anastrodamus 3 weeks ago 2
Mortgageangel I think you fail to grasp the fact that dollars are currency and gold is money
chrisbeer 3 weeks ago
@chrisbeer Where is gold money?
jhwendland 1 week ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Mike's correct!
Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority it's time to pause and reflect. ~Mark Twain
mortgageangel9 4 weeks ago
Polemics aside.. does he have a printing press. If more of something is available, the less it must worth intrinsically. If I put a $20 dollar gold coin in a box and simultaneously put a $20 dollar bill in a box in 1920, then removed it today what would i have? I know the answer, 2,000,000 jobs saved or created..since the last presidential election. I know that people getting checks for not working would have a much higher self esteem if they were working and supporting their families.
MrRickyw01 4 weeks ago
This alpha dog of the masses, is as usual deceptive. All currencies are depreciating in value, so this dollar index does not mean a thing, other than the dollar are following the race to the bottom.
kennjohnsen 4 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Mike is correct. The reality is, government doesn't have to "borrow" anything to finance it's operations. The National "debt" is simply an accounting construct, which is a legacy left over from the gold standard days. In reality, the government creates money and spends it first, and then taxes and borrows it back as a means of maintaining dollar value stability. If the US was really "borrowing", then our debt would be denominated in Chinese Yuan or Japanese Yen etc., not our own fiat currency.
AmericanPolemic 1 month ago
does mike doggy have a printing press in his home? we should all have a printing press in our basement. Keynesian colleague(russian spy) gave US Treasury dollar printing plates to russia and they printed our money at the end of WWII, when we still had tons and tons of precious metals. Keynesian colleague later committed suicide, so they say....Where is critical thinking going? Let our politicians keep kicking the can down the road. John Maynard K hurt the poor.
MrRickyw01 1 month ago
He tans too much and thinks too little.
wallstreetatheist 1 month ago
This guy is clueless, don't listen to him.
TWSceptic 1 month ago 9
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@TWSceptic Actually, the reason why—with all the "printing"—the dollar hasn't fallen is, other nations also, are "printing"; but with just your bald accusation, there appears nothing to show that, you yourself, understand money systems, . . .
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@TWSceptic "Where did I say others are not 'printing'?"? Nowhere, and no one said that, you did so. And with that reason, one thing you have now clarified: you're not facile in simple logic of discussion.
Are you able to apprehend of the fact that, because no one had made mention of other nations' mere printing of money—not the speaker, nor any commentor—for that cause my post simply made that fact, explicit? And then you go one to advance into some almost comical conclusions, . . .
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@TWSceptic . . . . almost comical conclusions. Comical conclusions, yes, but, they are perfectly consistent with the mind which will produce a bald and purely arbitrary and scurrilous statement such as: "This guy is clueless, don't listen to him.", which, I suppose, was put forward to be taken as something of worth, . . . perhaps, . . . reasoning, . . . weird, . . .
phillipgaley 1 month ago
petrodollar mike....the stock market is full of petrodollars.
larrybonner1 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@larrybonner1 Then what happen if one day the OPEC announced that they'll minimize or worse, halt the U.S. Dollars as their oil currency?
ltmikepowell 1 month ago
@ltmikepowell that would be an act of war which is why US is agressive with Iran right now so i don't believe other opec nations would do this,
let's say they did.. i think US economy would shrink very fast. US is the only country in the world that can get away with creating these massive debts right now and Mike is correct to say everything is ok (for now) but if dollar lost reserve status, you would see dollar value collapse overnight. petrodollars what keeps it afloat right now.
larrybonner1 1 month ago
@larrybonner1 An inflated currency isn't good for military action in any sense. And the OPEC countries got the trick on their sleeves even American's out-of-touch "royalties" try to react.
ltmikepowell 1 month ago
@ltmikepowell okay, so what about the Iran Oil Bourse? This trades oil in Euros and hurts the US...trust me, Mike knows that the US is the only country in the world capable of creating year on year trade and fiscal deficits because all oil is traded using dollars. if tomorrow all countries decided they would use bilateral trade agreements, america would start a nuclear war, it's either that or collapse because US is getting free lunch off the backs of productive nations.
larrybonner1 1 month ago
@larrybonner1 US is the only country on the planet capable of running huge deficits...this is why Mike laughs at the concept of hyperinflation but I can say this...if everyone in the world said tomorrow "no more dollars" US would collapse in matter of hours and in my humble opinion, it is only a matter of time.
larrybonner1 1 month ago
@larrybonner1 For sure, Obama can certainly lose next election but that is highly unlikely in my opinion. Attacking Iran benefits nobody except the Rich who want to take control of it. Oil is the only reason for attacking Iran. Israel is being used as excuse to attack...the world is very complex today, information is everywhere, propaganda is no longer working for the masters.
larrybonner1 1 month ago
@larrybonner1 The collapse of U.S. Dollars will hurt most of us unless the particular country doesn't had exposure to U.S. debt bond. But the collapse of U.S. Dollars may be the best way for the peoples to dag those out-of-touch "royalties" from the old system.
ltmikepowell 1 month ago
@larrybonner1 When there's a day that U.S. Dollars is just PART of the oil currency, better prepare U.S. Dollars to get devalued. And that's the best case scenario if those creditors don't react due to the devalued bond holding.
ltmikepowell 1 month ago
How do we deleverage the 60 trillion estimated hot air margin based speculation, I am more concerned about how this hot air ponzi scheme shadow banking margine call will be unwound. I suspect the working man will take it on the chin. I care about this, my company is saying lets cut their pay 10% this year. Corizine is missing in action with investors money, when will the game be made right , or is revolution a foregone conclusion?
merchantsailor 1 month ago
Everything we know about our personal finances can't be applied when it comes to the US dollar, debt and deficits. This is so counter-intuitive that people find it hard to grasp the concept (myself included). Keep up the good work Mike.
707hoser 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I guess the obvious comparison that was omitted here was the dollar vs gold. I'm not even sure what the results of the comparison are but I find it a little fishy that it wasn't included in this summary.
chrisbeer 1 month ago 4
Since the dollar is no longer pegged to gold (since 1971) this point is mute and therefore not fishy.
mortgageangel9 4 weeks ago
I remember back in 1981 when I was in London, Eg, it took $1.85 or so to get a one pound note, and that cut our paychecks almost in half. Gas was like, $3 or $4 dollars a gallon.
007HubbaBubba 1 month ago
A collapse of the USD can not happen while it is the world reserve currency, what will happen when it is replaced by standard drawing rights or some order currency basket? Will we not see that the dollar was propped up by this reserve currency status.
halasti 1 month ago