Sure, you can cherry pick your data all you want. If we look at their infrastructure and military costs, they are within the ballpark to recover gracefully. As

Sure, you can cherry pick your data all you want. If we look at their infrastructure and military costs, they are within the ballpark to recover gracefully. As for currency manipulation, did you conveniently forget that the US bailed out the banks to the tune of trillions with no jail times except for one lower end employee? Their own economic manipulations and fraud created a bubble that collapsed the Euro, strengthening the dollar. Long term perspective is still quite good, and although you want to sputter your freedom eagle bullshit at anything you think is non US, it remains an attractive invest and forget investment option.