What If?

I was talking with a person I know about the state of the economy; consumerism, employment, the staggering national dept, currency and the whole worldwide impact of the thing.

Later I was struck by a crazy idea. Bam! China, in a pot calling the kettle black sort of situation, has already called us out for manipulating the money market, devaluing the dollar. What if they are right? What if we are taking on all this debt just to make our currency more equitable on the worldwide market? There is no proof at all yet  this money we’ve borrowed is going anywhere it may actually help the current economy.

Think about it. The dollar is the international currency because we are the biggest, baddest economy in the world. Now, for the first time in,…what, sixty years, our economy is forcast to shrink. (that goes back to about the time of the Korean War, after which we prospered like nobody’s business) So what, we shrink? So does everybody else. It’s like a war of attrition. We, simply can absorb more loss than anyone else.

After the dust settles, What? Because of the more equitable value of the dollar on the world wide market, we are going to be better invested. We will, if the trend continues, be rightside up in our trade status with the rest of the world. What then? We recover faster than any one. Because of our better status, our economy explodes, and we pay off our debt sooner than anyone else. Meanwhile some of our problem children nations may have already gone banckrupt. Having to have their dept forgiven is going to make them a poor risk in the future. They may never fully recover. We will be undisputed king of the hill. Hell, this thing may even bust the Euro-dollar. Imagine that.

All the top sharks are out there swimming in those waters. I don’t know how all of this might actually work.I’m just a little ‘ol plankton floating around, but I’m a pretty sharp piece of flotsam. I know enough to make it seem at least remotely possible, and I certainly wouldn’t put it past our govenment of do such a thing.

It’s a brilliant idea if it’s true, if they pull it off, foolhardy if not.