Some thoughts on the economy - and where we go from here

First, from the American Thinker: We are looking straight in the face of a Great Depression

And here's one from SilverSeek.com (which, judging by the website name and the writer's affiliation, may show some bias, but it is still worth reading): The dollar is done - deal with it

Here's an excerpt from the SilverSeek column:

To get past denial you must accept the truth of sayings such as, "democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on who to eat for dinner", and realize that our founding fathers never gave us a democracy, but rather, a republic, because they hated democracy, which is nothing more than mob rule.  Democracies are inherently unstable, because when the people understand that they can vote for themselves benefits out of the public treasury, then it's over.  Why is it over at that point?  Because with socialism, eventually you run out of other people's money to redistribute.  And then, to pay for things, the only way to do that is to print money, which will destroy the dollar...