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the_liberal_grandpa

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46. Don't forget the BRICS countries

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 11:29 AM

8 hrs ago

Are slowly moving away from settling trades between the with dollars but rather a gold backed currency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS_Pay

When nations decrease trading in dollars we will have to pay much higher interest in order to fund our 40 trillion dollar (and rising) debt. This means that interest rates will climb on everything and for everybody.

The road ahead for the USA looks very bleak.

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Potentially hard times ahead [View all] angrychair Yesterday OP

Dollar erosion is a major concern bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1

Not positive angrychair Yesterday #2

Gold standard isn't coming back lonely bird 11 hrs ago #39

prepare for interest rates to zoom. mopinko Yesterday #3

MAGA don't care about educated professional people losing their jobs. They have jobs chasin MexuRicans. ChicagoTeamster Yesterday #4

True Cirsium 9 hrs ago #43

True for some but I grew up in a Union household and was a teamster my first 2 years of College ChicagoTeamster 7 hrs ago #49

May Take Awhile modrepub Yesterday #5

True regarding capital expenditures lonely bird 11 hrs ago #40

So maybe we need a Mark Carney type person for President? mwooldri Yesterday #6

Can I ask in this very important thread how does one prepare? ALBliberal Yesterday #7

Preparation markodochartaigh 6 hrs ago #53

I agree that the US is on a trajectory of economic disaster but I take one exception Bev54 Yesterday #8

Then add the upcoming climate disasters... ananda Yesterday #22

It is convenient to popsdenver Yesterday #9

Yes angrychair Yesterday #10

But when he is gone popsdenver Yesterday #12

Fair point angrychair Yesterday #14

Hey AC popsdenver Yesterday #17

I've been saying this forever. People still don't get how much language matters. live love laugh Yesterday #16

Hey popsdenver Yesterday #18

That's what makes me throw things at the TV and 90% of online/Youtube postings! BComplex Yesterday #20

You are more than welcome BC popsdenver Yesterday #23

Scream from the rooftops they hate ALL Americans not just liberals NoSheep 9 hrs ago #42

Except China and Russias' economies are also in the tank. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #11

Very different reasons angrychair Yesterday #13

China is in the "shadows" popsdenver Yesterday #24

Exactly right angrychair Yesterday #26

China has a huge demographic problem lonely bird 11 hrs ago #41

American Jinga live love laugh Yesterday #15

Elections have far greater consequences than what side gets owned on social media. Initech Yesterday #19

No, Initech: This is the world that THE REPUBLICAN PARTY built. BComplex Yesterday #21

I repeat popsdenver Yesterday #25

True, but they are the face of the GOP. Initech Yesterday #28

If you look at the evidence in the Trump fraud case brought by Letitia James Jarqui Yesterday #27

77 million morons voted for him. Turbineguy Yesterday #29

over 70 million voted for him timms139 20 hrs ago #38

How many of the 90 million that "stayed away", RandomNumbers 8 hrs ago #45

China won the economic war. Roc2020 Yesterday #30

It will be all Biden's fault. milestogo Yesterday #31

We've all watched this unfold in real time FoggyLake Yesterday #32

I must disagree with your title. Strike the words Potentially and ahead. Hard times are here and getting worse. flashman13 Yesterday #33

Don't forget AI coming for entry level white collar jobs trumpisapdf Yesterday #34

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I'm not concerned. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #35

Elections have consequences gulliver 23 hrs ago #36

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Don't forget the BRICS countries the_liberal_grandpa 8 hrs ago #46

I mentioned Brics angrychair 7 hrs ago #51

Typically, repubs crash everything... returnee 8 hrs ago #48

So true duckworth969 7 hrs ago #52

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