our monetary system by our leaders that has turned a massive real benefit into a nightmare of domestic unemployment. Recall from the previous innocent frauds, the U.S. can ALWAYS support domestic output and sustain domestic full employment with fiscal policy (tax cuts and/or govt. spending), even when China, or any other nation, decides to send us real goods and services that displace our industries previously doing that work. All we have to do is keep American spending power high enough to be able to buy BOTH what foreigners want to sell us AND all the goods and services that we can produce ourselves at full employment levels. Yes, jobs may be lost in one or more industries. But with the right fiscal policy, there will always be sufficient domestic spending power to be able to employ those willing and able to work, producing other goods and services for our private and public consumption. In fact, up until recently, unemployment remained relatively low even as our trade deficit went ever higher. I think there are many other factors a lot of governments aren't talking about. e.g. that the dollar and mostly all other currencies are FIAT and no longer run on the gold standard -- this creates a very bad space to be in if you're the government that has sold off gold iou's and people start claiming them. What do you think of the idea of an "MMT Amendment" to the US Constitution? "Congress shall make no law restricting the