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Subject: Re: "Castigo Cay" by Matthew Bracken
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 04:35:02 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 17:55:16 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:

> In the not so distant future, the USA Dollar has lost most of its value
> and annual inflation is running 20% per year.  Gasoline is $60 per
> gallon and rationed at 10 gallons per week, so is electricity.  Food and
> housing are comparatively expensive.  The taxes have gone up including
> new personal healthcare taxes and such.  Many people have left the USA
> looking for cheaper places to live.

Financial collapse is perhaps the last disaster I would imagine to
hit the United States first and harder than anywhere else.

But precisely because the United States seems to be the world's
wealthiest nation, I suppose that overconfidence can lead it to
make mistakes.

John Savard