The US currency sucks. When I came to Japan 3 years ago, it was 120yen = $1. Now, it's like 90yen = $1... that means everything got 25% more expensive (not even to mention normal yearly inflation on prices)! Can you believe that?
The US economy's future is looking very bleak. Of course, US news will never admit this. In Japan a few weeks ago, I was watching a program on China and it says that China is now on line to become the #1 economy in the world within 10-15 years.
I saw someone in this thread earlier saying we are safe because China can ensure that future generations will live happily off of the fat American's dollar. Are you fucking kidding me? China is going to be the #1 economy and America is going to drop off big time. Once China is #1, do you really think the rest of the world is going to continue to obey the ridiculous economic policies of the US? More importantly, when China is the #1 economy, do you really think that they are going to need America? Especially when the American economy drops down to the #4 or #5 spots?
The American "empire" is now in decline. 100 years ago England was on top and I bet English people were talking about how great their economy was and how it was going to last forever. Now look at England, still respected but not nearly carrying any of the weight it had 100 years ago. Likewise, America is on top and all of its citizens are thinking that it's going to carry on... unfortunately, America will become like England; respected but not carrying nearly the weight it once had.