When a government grows so large that it’s purpose becomes only self preservation, it will not turn to the people for support. Instead it will coddle big money because that’s where the power really lies.

September 02, 2011 – “We’ll all go together when we go,” penned Tom Lehrer back in the 60s, and while we dodged the particular bullet he was singing about, the words are just as true today – except for those who are holding a substantial investment in gold coins.

That should not be surprising, however. When a government grows so large that it’s purpose becomes only self preservation, it will not turn to the people for support. Instead it will coddle big money because that’s where the power really lies. And it makes it easy to shift public blame off from itself, the real cause of the problems, and onto the evil capitalists.

It’s a very old game. A political cartoon from the 1934 Chicago Tribune that is making the rounds of the internet could well have been written today. This is its “Plan of action for U.S.”:

“Spend! Spend! Spend! Under the guise of recovery – bust the government – blame the capitalists for the failure – junk the Constitution and declare a dictatorship.”

A dictatorship has already been declared, headed by Bernanke & Co. Our government is impotent, powerless to stop the relentless destruction of the economy as they go about “depleting the resources of the soundest government in the world,” as the cartoon says.

If you still think fat cats are the disease and not just a symptom then consider this: take the government out of the equation and see what happens. The markets will see to it that the greedy die by their own deeds. If risk isn’t socialized capitalists would never go so far out on a limb. If the government wasn’t there to meddle in the markets, in short order you would also see something quite startling – the business cycle would moderate tremendously.

Mr. Market is not so complex, and he is very single minded. He exists only to bring two parties together so they can reach a mutually satisfactory exchange. Fundamentals are in full control and prices ebb and flow by the straightforward laws of supply and demand, always gravitating towards equilibrium.

When governments interfere in the markets they upset the equilibrium, creating faster and greater swings. Today they have gotten things so far out of whack it will take a major collapse to put it all back together.

Luckily, gold coin investments are still heavily under the influence of the fundamentals and are virtually immune from the impending chaos.

Kevin Johnson

Senior Staff Writer – GoldCoin.net