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Well, there are a lot of threats facing America these days.

One is the threat of fiscal collapse.

Mid to long term, America's economic system is increasingly unsustainable.

We are currently running a $33 trillion national debt.

Our actual national debt, including unfunded liabilities, runs at least another $80 trillion

over the next 75 years.

Virtually all of that is driven by Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security shortfalls.

This means sooner or later, we're going to have to radically increase taxes, cut benefits,

or inflate our own currency.

Those are the only options available. Another threat is the threat of foreign aggression. The United States is lucky. We're

surrounded by ocean on one side, ocean on the other side, Mexicans to the south and Canadians

to the north. But that does not mean that we are invulnerable. As the world becomes a more and more

dangerous place as American power recedes, we will feel

that everywhere from our pocketbook to our military budget.

American hegemony has created a global economy that has paid off for the American consumers

in extraordinary ways.

That can easily be reversed, and indicators are that it will be.

A third threat is the threat of internal moral collapse. Indeed,

this threat is the chief factor behind the first two threats. As our communities die, our local

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