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There’s a piece of arithmetic the government doesn’t want you to stare at too long.
U.S. debt is sitting at $40 trillion. That’s not a forecast or a worst-case projection — that’s where we are right now.
And when you lay out all the tax revenue the federal government brings in — roughly $5 trillion — interest on that debt already gobbles up nearly a fifth of every dollar collected. Not the principal. Just the interest.
So what’s the only real option they’ve got? Borrow more and print the difference.
That’s not political commentary. It’s just the reality of the numbers. You can’t tax your way out of $40 trillion when the revenue isn’t there to pay down the principal. You have to monetize the debt.
Global Bond Market Shifts
That pressure gets even worse when the rest of the world becomes less willing to finance U.S. borrowing.
China used to be America’s primary foreign creditor, holding over a quarter of all foreign-owned U.S. debt. Now that share is closer to 8%. When major foreign buyers pull back, the government has fewer places to turn as it issues more debt.
That exposes the vulnerability in the whole system. If demand for U.S. bonds keeps declining while deficits keep climbing, policymakers may have to lean even harder on money creation to keep everything moving.
And when you print more money, you hurt the dollar. When the dollar gets weaker, people don’t just sit there and take it — they move into hard assets.
Gold. Silver. Platinum. Palladium. The stuff that doesn’t get diluted when a central bank fires up the printing press.
Historical Precedents
This isn’t just a theory. When inflation is running hot and the Federal Reserve enters a rate-cutting cycle, gold has historically been one of the assets investors watch most closely.
Throughout the inflationary 1970s, for example, as confidence in fiat currency eroded and interest rates swung violently, gold surged from $35 an ounce in 1971 to over $800 by 1980 — a gain of more than 2,000%. That doesn’t guarantee the same result this time, but it shows what can happen when easier monetary policy collides with inflation and eroding confidence in the currency.
I’m not calling for some moonshot based on hype or a headline. I’m looking at the fundamentals, and they’re about as clear as they get.
The math doesn’t work without more borrowing or money printing. Money printing weakens the currency. And a weaker currency pushes people toward metals.
That’s the cycle. The only question is whether you’re positioned for it before the move gets obvious to everyone else.
Geof Smith
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