“Mission Impossible: Rescuing the Dollar”

“In Dubai last week, actor Tom Cruise ran around the outside of the world’s tallest building suspended by a cable 2,700 feet in the air while shooting a scene for his fourth Mission Impossible film. The stunt was Cruise’s “most dangerous yet,”reported London’s Daily Mail. Also last week, the Federal Reserve announced it would create another $600 billion dollars out of thin air to stimulate the economy. Another dangerous stunt. Talking with a former Fed official last week, I speculated that the U.S. dollar has 24 months until it crashes, unless Congress acts quickly. He thinks it may take just six months. This isn’t a job for Ethan Hunt (Cruise). Call the Tea Party for this mission impossible.” Read more

“Mission Impossible: Rescuing the Dollar” 
Lee Wishing 
WORLD, November 8, 2010. 

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