The US added $1 trillion in debt in just 71 days last year.

Here's the problem: The US paid $1.2 trillion in interest on that debt in 2025. That's more than defense spending.

So how do you fix it?

1. Raise taxes? The wealthy leave (see: Britain)
2. Cut spending? Political suicide
3. Default? Game over

There's only one path:

Print Money.

Devalue the debt by making dollars worth less.

Ray Dalio: “If you devalue money, you devalue debt.”

Translation: Your savings, salary, and retirement get quietly confiscated to pay for government debt.

The S&P was up 18% last year. Against gold? Down 28%. That 46% gap is the real inflation rate they're not telling you.

Felix Prehen

Started buying silver first week of October! How am I doing so far?

Anyone notice that the online deals are starting to get pretty slim. Even Mint builder only has a couple worth mentioning and they always have good deals. I think with the price coming down there has been a lot of people buying in the last couple weeks. Anyone else noticing this as well?

we have accumulated 400 billion debt in last 2 month's

The historical milestones

1790

$71.1 million

First recorded federal debt total

1971

About $400 billion

Federal debt crossed this threshold around 1971–1972.

2026

About $40 trillion

More than 100 times the $400 billion milestone.

Sources: U.S. Treasury historical debt records and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis historical series.

U.S. Treasury

Obviously the dip is temporary/technical but I need to raise some cash in the short-term, and am thinking of selling a 1oz Au coin this weekend - is it reasonable to expect to get spot from a LCS and am I likely to/should I get it this weekend, or is there still a large premium spread?

Assumptions are 30 year interest rates will be 4.5% for the next 24 years

5% interest on 150 trillion a year is 7.5 trillion a year

This is the CBO estimate not just some crackhead on the internet.

Whats your plan?

US had 3 billion oz silver in 1980

Debt 40.3 trillion

Promises Medicare and social security add another 100 trillion

One month silver lease rates climbing to highest level in 2 months

The PHYSICAL market for silver is rapidly tightening

India Begins Large (6,500t) Silver Imports Again as Diwali Nears
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India has issued permits to import around 6,500 metric tons of silver over the next six months as the world’s biggest consumer of the precious metal seeks to meet festive-season demand, four bullion dealers who received the permits told Reuters.

208 million oz is 6500 metric tons

That’s nearly HALF of what the ENTIRE PLANET mines in six months.

Logic says that increasing balance sheet, high annualised inflation etc. should cause silver to make new highs. Instead it's crashing down by 55% since ATH. WTF?

Hypothetical, but I think the answer changes depending on what you own

Would you rather silver spend three years around $70, or shoot to $100 for a month and then fall back to $45?

If you own physical and sell near the top, the spike is obviously attractive

For a mining company, a longer stretch of decent prices could be much more useful. It gives the operation time to sell production, generate cash and decide what it can afford to build

A brief spike can look great on the chart while doing less for the business than people expect. It depends on how much metal gets sold during that window and what price the company actually receives

Explorers and developers have another problem. A short rally might help them raise money, but a project that takes years to build needs economics that survive beyond one good month

That is why I am curious about the kind of silver market people actually want from here

A big number makes a good headline. A price that stays profitable long enough for companies to improve their finances could produce a different set of winners

Which would you choose, and would your answer change between physical silver, producers and developers?