Yes, helping others, with one huge caveat - all the relatives that considered me odd, strange, out-to-lunch, and especially one brother-inlaw that is "getting-by," and just thinks it's worthless to own gold despite mounting evidence, I want to at least make sure they all learn a lesson from all this mess.

They all pretty much believe that government knows beat, simply because it's the government. I had my eyes opened back in 1982 when I learned about the supposedly voluntary income system (another story).

I finally stopped trying to warn everyone what was coming. When it takes years to come to fruition, and they just don't notice the gradual changes, they're behaving like the frog in the pot of water, very slowly coming to a boil. Or, I tried to lead them to water, but taking a drink was impossible for them.

Now they're going to be force-fed garbage they never believed they have to endure. When they get desperate, then they'll remember me telling them, too late of course. I can hear it now "Terry (Dad), please help us. We just didn't realize." Their government will have failed them, and they'll hope I save them. I will.

Nothing like hard times to give people a new focus and lessons learned, that they'll remember for the rest of their lives.

Terry