Today the biggest threat to the US public is debt and is the most powerful tool of the Central Banks. Look at debt as herion. The banks are the dealers and the US citizens are Kurt Kobain, Anthony Kiedis and Layne Staley (I'm assuming that if your on Steem, you get the references). The dealers must have gotten rich off selling to these three. As their addictions grew (inflation), more and more of their income went towards drugs. At first, it might have represented 2% of, let's say, a static income of $10,000 / mo. 20% went towards a mortgage and 20% for other expenses.
Again, as their addictions grew, $200 of the drug wasn't enough so it soon doubled. The 40% stayed the same. The $400 turned into $4000 over the years now representing 80% of the $10,000 month income. You see how this is going. The dealers got richer and richer until the final sale to two of the three. Anthony saw that it was get debt free or stay on the path to death.
This is the moral to this story:
Get out of debt as soon as possible. It is what the banks depend on to secure their million dollar bonuses and keep its customers slaves. The only debt that is acceptable is a mortgage but make sure it is still affordable if your grocery bills triple along with fuel, clothing, health care, etc...
