In recent years, stories coming from those who cross the Canadian/US border have become increasingly like those of the caricatures seen in the films of fifty years ago, depicting East European countries that were under the control of the USSR.

When we discover that the government that we have been brought up to believe exists for our protection has become no less than the greatest threat to our well-being, we may behave in the way described by Lamar Keene.

With a second SWIFT system in place, combined with the end of the US dollar as the world’s default currency, the US dominance over international financial system may well end.

The warning signs are becoming more numerous with each passing day. The choice for Americans today is whether to wait and see if history repeats or whether to plan to be elsewhere before the deterioration advances further.

Those in Europe or North America may have noticed that governmental restrictions in their home country appear to be on the increase and that, in fact, the velocity of that increase is itself increasing.