(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I saw someone's thread about the U.S. debt so I remembered this information from an article I read on You must login or register to view this content. a while back. It will be a somewhat long, but I will try to keep it as short as possible and try to hit the most important points. If you want any more information, I would advise going to inflation.us and reading some of their articles.

Let's start off with some basic information. As of July 25th, the U.S. Public debt is over 14 trillion dollars, which basically means the U.S. government owes various countries, and some of their own programs such as Medicaid, S.S. Federal pensions, etc. over 14 trillion dollars. The reason this debt is increasing instead of decreasing, is obviously because we are spending more money then we are making. That leaves us with two solutions; Cut government spending, or print more money. The problem with cutting government spending is that everyone cannot agree on one budget. Democrats want to raise taxes. Republicans want to focus on cutting spending and avoid raising taxes. Printing off more money makes every dollar worth less. Think of it like this. The more of something you have, the less each one is worth. A prime example of this would be the Zimdollar. In Zimbabwe, 100 trillion of their dollars is enough to buy you about 3 eggs. The same would apply to us. If we print off more money, everything costs more because there are more dollars in circulation. It does not necessarily mean the value of it goes up, just the price. Like how $.10 back in the early 1800's was equal to about $100 now. Now let me get to the problem we are facing. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has stated he plans to take actions such as lowering interest rates for banks on their Reserves in the Federal Reserve, and printing money, if the economy weakens and there becomes a threat of deflation. When asked about whether or not he watches precious metals prices and believes gold and silver are money, he said they are simply assets but not good enough to replaces ones money. Now, back in about 2003 Gold was around $600 an ounce and Silver was about $5 an ounce. Now, they have moved up to $1,200 and ounce for Gold and $18 an ounce for Silver and rising. The all time highs for both were back in 1980 when they hit about $6,100 and $130 an ounce in today's dollars.
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As the national debt steadily increases, the U.S. will eventually be forced to print more money and trigger inflation of the U.S. Dollar. When you combine Federal, State, and Local debt, you get a number around 17 trillion USD. The best way to keep your own personal savings valuable is to buy gold and silver then resell it when the economy is better or when it hits a high point. I would advise anyone and everyone to check out inflation.us, where you can get gold/silver seller reviews, stock advice, and information about our economy from a objective, rather then subjective, point of view. I've invested about $2,000 I made working last year during school and this summer into Gold/Silver, and convinced my mom to spend some of her savings on it. They say, you can take a horse to the water but you can't make it drink, Good Luck NGU.

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When I say to buy Gold/Silver I mean coins, bricks, and sheets. Not jewelry.

But when everyone's poor and you're sitting on a mound of gold. Who's going to want to buy said gold?

Gold isn't as liquid as you think. Here and there it might shoot up, but it also has it's downers as well. The best investment is a diversified portfolio with mutual funds and CDs. The dollar is losing it's face value, but remember the Federal Reserve basically tells us how much this said dollar is worth. So in reality, if our economy picks up, which is looking hopeful given the housing market picks back up, consumers will start buying again and as a result jobs will increase as well.

Other countries?

or ill just move to the UK

Gold and other precious metals are like land or property. Even if they're isn't a good market for it, it still increases in value.

Gold is non renewable and many people have started rapidly selling their gold, and will crash sometime in the near future. After hitting 1000 and 1500, I cannot see it having a bigger peak than those numbers.

It peaked at $6,000 in 1980.

But gold is just so freaking expensive. I wish i would have bought it a long time ago

It's only going to get more expensive, I'm going to try and convince my parents to buy some soon.