What forbes does not understand is that politicians will never give up the power to pay off voting blocks and special interests with fait created out of thin air and banksters will never give up the power to create fiat out of nothing until it is forced upon them .

There is no way that will to accept the impact of an imediate halt to "stimulus" will be accepted by the majority. Too many get "something for nothing" and they would have to go find a real honest way of making a living. Can't see Snow or Geithner greeting customers at Wal Mart.

Can't see politicinas not finding ways of bribing voters with borrowed fiat. The jails will be full of banksters and politicians long before we return to even a partial gold standard.