And Im sure a lot of that wealth went offshore to secret untraceable accounts.triffid

Gun ownership highest in 20 years. Nearly half of Americans say they have a gun in their household, the highest percentage since 1993, according to a new Gallup poll.
Forty-seven percent of Americans say they have a gun on their property. Gun ownership is up among Republicans as well as Democrats, though only 40 percent of Democrats say their home has a gun, compared to 55 percent of Republicans. Support for personal gun-ownership rights is also at a high. (The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus four points.)
Reported gun ownership dropped sharply in the early 1990s and remained in the low 40s until today. Gallup says it's hard to know whether fewer people actually owned guns over that period or if they felt uncomfortable saying they did due to lower public support for gun ownership.

Only 40 percent of Democrats say their home has a gun, compared to 55 percent of Republicans. Im waiting for a big shootout in Congress Aren't you?triffid

Hi Mags ,The money as debt 11 video that I posted a link to has some alternatives to money that some people are looking at.At the end of the video an hour later.I have not checked them.I did make contact back in the 1980s with a group that was into barter.I spent about three hours tutoring someones kid in homework in return for nothing.Mr. Barter Guy vanished and I never knew why.triffid

Consider the imaginary world of star trek.They have no use for money.No rich ,no poor.Everybody has enough.
Due to machines that create food and materials out of nothing.You work only if you want to.One of the money systems mentioned in "money as debt 11" brings us closer to that reality.Without the transporter machines.Money is evenly spread across the globe.Everybody joins in the trade.No rich nations,no poor nations.Imbalances of goods,services and money are corrected.triffid