From the Desk of Shanon Davis, CEO — American Alternative Assets
You know, I was sitting at my desk Friday morning reading the CBO report, and I actually had to put my coffee down. $1.8 trillion. That is how much more the federal government will spend than it collects this year. Not over a decade — this year.
And here is the thing that really gets me: it is only going to get worse. By 2036, that number balloons to $3.1 trillion. The Cato Institute just published an analysis showing that within ten years, every single dollar the government collects in taxes will go to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and interest on the debt. Nothing left for defense. Nothing for infrastructure. Nothing for anything.
Now, I am not a politician, and I am not here to point fingers. But I talk to regular Americans every single day — people who spent 30, 40 years doing everything right. They saved. They invested in their 401(k)s. They followed the plan. And now they are watching the ground shift under their feet.
Gold just crossed $5,387 an ounce. That is not speculation — that is the global market telling you something about confidence in paper currencies and government fiscal discipline. Central banks around the world are buying gold at record rates. They see something coming. The question is whether regular folks are paying attention too.
Look, I am not going to sit here and tell you what to do with your money. That is not my style. But I will tell you this: the single biggest mistake I see people make is doing nothing because they feel overwhelmed. They see these numbers, they feel the anxiety, and they freeze.
It is not that hard to get educated on this stuff. You do not need a finance degree. You just need to understand the basics of what is happening and what your options are. That is exactly why we put together The Debt Death Spiral — it breaks the whole thing down in plain English. Where we are, how we got here, and what strategies experts say may help protect your retirement savings.
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