same in the US, for most Gentiles.

e.g. #3, "17% unemployment in Portugal, up from 12%".

if we take John Williams stats, unemployment in the US is above 20%.


i like my drinks watered down (i.e. i add cream & sugar to my coffee) BUT i like my economic stats STRAIGHT UP.

the US has some buffer because they have conned the world into accepting $ as a reserve currency - a con which is un-ravelling.


i would say the 2008-2009 Depression in the US never ended.

there are pockets of wealth that can be drawn on, and it helps to have fore-seen what was coming, and to have prepared (Gold, Guns, Gardens).


but i think if the US can make any claims to recovery it is related to 2 things -
* US gov $ propping up the stock market, which creates a "wealth effect", like the housing boom of the '00's
* better bullshit artists - more Jews in the US gov. & media food chain, creating & parroting faux economic bullshit.