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To: Paul Kern who wrote (103958)2/12/2009 10:14:19 AM
From: Bread Upon The Water  Respond to of 542043
 
V: In a "worst case" scenario, failed stimulus bill, unbalanced budgets into the foreseeable future, broke entitlement programs, global depression, failed currencies across the globe, many think there would be a tremendous run on gold.

PK: Or a great year for GOP gains in 2010?

V: That is a very interesting question and, in IMHO, a deceptively simple one.

In a financial doomsday scenario, and please understand I AM NOT SAYING one will come to pass, only that their are elements in play right now that could bring one about (but we are not close to this yet), then all political bets are off--it will no longer be politics as usual