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It's a shame there's no one on the ballot who's a competent economic steward.

Well there's certain things that they do have an influence over, and every candidate being presented would rack up more debt by signing extravagant budgets.

Considering just how much of the economy government spending is, that has a direct impact on the economy. Now, the actual numbers would look a lot worse if you spend less Federal money, but the actual economy would get better because the private sector wouldn't be fighting the government for those resources...

Unfortunately, the only other option is a massive sovereign debt crisis, which might be the only option.... But if that's going to be an option, it needs to be an option that in the end results in a balanced budget because otherwise the United States will just become a backwater...

It's a shame they stopped teaching history, because the collapse of the Spanish empire is a great example of what can happen when the laws of financial physics stop being followed...

And get your hands on the tools to do such things while you still can. Considering that a lot of this stuff is made in china, all it takes is One world war and you won't be able to get a tool kit for Love or money.

Imo the toughest part will be bootstrapping. It's relatively easy once you've got all the infrastructure in place, but we gave up all the infrastructure in the West.