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Details are slowly trickling out about Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s secret, week-long trip to China with nine other senators. The lawmakers have given out minimal information about their itinerary because of supposed “security concerns.”
Originally posted by Zanti Misfit
reply to post by alchemist2012
I suspect the Chinese told them that they will no longer buy our T Bills , and that their plan for replacing the U.S. Dollar as the Worlds Reserve Currency with the Yuan is going foward .
Originally posted by neo96
so lets get this straight they met at a casino? a CASINO!!!
ah the american tax dollars at work.
i smell shadyness alot of it.
Originally posted by proteus33
is it or is it not illegal for senators to be contacting with foreign goverments under the logan act.
That's true, entire countries don't collapse because of their economic woes, but empires sure do. The countries themselves always find a way to continue on as they should have in the first place.
But Rome had basically the same problem we are having now;
Many historians argue that the rapid growth of the empire over a relatively short time and the economic inflation that followed contributed substantially to the empire's decay. Due to the vast size of the empire, it required an enormous budget to maintain the infrastructure necessary for its survival, including roads (essential for communication, transportation, and the moving of armies) and aqueducts (many cities relied on the water thus provided). Moreover, the empire faced enemies on all sides due to its expansion into their territories, and huge sums of silver and gold were required to keep up its armies. To cope with both problems, the empire was forced to raise taxes frequently, and also to adulterate its coins, causing inflation to skyrocket into hyperinflation. This in turn caused major economic stresses that some historians regard as central in Rome's decline.
en.wikipedia.org...
As did the Ottoman Empire which collapsed because it owed a majority of its debt to Rothschild owned-European Banks.
Then it was the British Empire's turn to conquer as much of the world as they could until they became so financially constrained by policing their empire they took on enormous amounts of debt to the up and coming banking hub, the U.S.
So, now it's the U.S.' turn to attempt world domination and assume mass amounts of debt, and then it will be China's turn.
It's quite interesting that the Banks are always are the center of it all. First, they build up empires and allow them to indebt themselves to the next blossoming country, then they jump ship when the time's right, let the former empire crumble and start all over again.
I believe as soon as the British relinquished control of Hong Kong back into the hands of the Chinese in 1997, it signaled China as the next empire destination. Hong Kong is even one of those special city-states like D.C., London, and Vatican City that doesn’t have to follow the same political rules as the rest of the country they reside in.
Originally posted by alchemist2012
reply to post by tooo many pills
As for me i am getting a little concerned about these secret meetings and press conferences by the FED.I smell something foul in the stretch and as usual we will get the news from a foreign press agency before our own MSM alerts us.
Originally posted by kro32
Originally posted by alchemist2012
reply to post by tooo many pills
As for me i am getting a little concerned about these secret meetings and press conferences by the FED.I smell something foul in the stretch and as usual we will get the news from a foreign press agency before our own MSM alerts us.
If they were secret you wouldn't know about them and their priority isn't to rush out and tell the general public without discussing first whatever information happened at the meeting.
They surely will be asked what happened and what the response will be so they need time to figure that out.
Really guys quit being silly about things.
Originally posted by alchemist2012
reply to post by alchemist2012
Really no one is commenting on this