Nice ! It ' s also a great time to begin that long path of saving for retirement ! Start early to make life easier in the future ! <| sep |> With all due respect , where is the US trying to grab land on the level of annexation ? That list also included those nations destabilising others for their own gain , and the US most definitely falls under that category . It would be an immense , and intentional bias of understanding to believe that simply wasn ' t true . Muammar Gaddafi wished to move away from the USD , to accept the EUR for oil payments , and wanted a goldbacked currency DEAD . Wonder what happened to all his gold reserves ? Saddam Hussien wished to move away from the USD for oil payments , in favour of the EUR , and set up a goldbacked currency DEAD . Saudi Arabia been working towards setting itself up as the central power in the region for a long time a lot of people DEAD . Who ' s bombs , and who created the conflicts that required the bombs ? Who ' s buying them , who ' s selling them ? Answer all of those questions above , and the involvement of the US would be selfevident . Not saying that any of those people were good , or bad , just that it all happens as a part of reality . If the major oil producers of the world had been convinced to switch to a goldbacked currency , then where would that have left the US economy ? The US doesn ' t have sufficient amounts of gold to compete in that market . Those destabilising efforts have simply been a fight for survival , that ' s all , it ' s just the need for political acceptability that presents it all as something different . Hope that answers your question .