[quote=partypup] Actually, I completely expect the USD to collapse. I expect ALL paper to go *poof*. (…) Just because I don’t expect a total collapse to happen overnight does not by any means suggest that I don’t expect a total collapse to ever happen. (…) What are the fundamentals that would sustain high stock prices in the event of a dollar collapse and 30% unemployment? (…) How on earth will companies remain profitable enough to warrant skyrocketing stock prices if the dollar collapses and people are laid of en masse?[/quote]
In other words, you do expect the dollar to be worth zero and also you expect a “total collapse.” And you wrote that I have a Marvel Comics view of the world? Until you provide some evidence of a collapse (at whatever speed), I remain unconvinced. Our country, and the U.S. dollar, have survived far worse calamities (Civil War, Great Depression) than what we have today.
