by 68Camaro » Fri May 11, 2012 5:26 am
Didn't read the linked article, but yeah - that news has been out for awhile. It's an attempt by the US to continue to flex its historical economic muscle, but one of these times (and this could be the one) it will backfire and push our finger out of the hole in the dike of world economic control. Whether or not this is that instance, it is yet another step in a steady progression of encouraging other countries to walk away from the USD and do business in other mechanisms, whether other currencies, or gold, or direct trade.
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