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re: "WHY weaken an already weakened program? Makes NO SENSE!"
At this point, there is NO answer that "makes sense." Or, at least, there is no answer that involves tolerable levels of pain. We're already at the cliff's edge, with forward momentum. There's little to do now except to try and brace ourselves for what's to come, or to pretend nothing's wrong and have a chaotic crash.
Neither outcome is good, but I defy anyone here to propose something that, quote, MAKES SENSE, unquote.
There is NO good outcome. We are broke.

Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%. Let's see how long that takes. - De 3/11/2013 - ANSWER: 7 Years, 5 Months