Canada screwed up big time when it went off the gold standard. Don't look good for the USA and us right now. Economic kick in the a.. or go to war. With the Euro becoming the main currency, France is going to be unbearable.
That Kissenger was one tricky smart fellar.
If the articles show nothing else, they show that the USA is definetly an empire, taxing the rest of the world, with their dollar backed by the barrel of a gun.