This debt problem is so simple if the congress would act on it requiring the wealthy to pay cash to eliminate the budget deficit saving  four trillion dollars over ten years only the wealthy who can afford to pay twenty thousand and up that would not be a hardship to them if they paid, all corporations who can aford to pay a million and up to a bilion dollars, all banks who can, any business, who can afford to pay without causing a hardship to them and giving them tax breaks over ten years on ten% per year  could pay cash and that would save interest money raise as much as possible to pay as much debt as possible, and always apply the interest saved to the debt, it would make it possible to leave taxes alone for now, and that would give them time to reform the tax system!!!

Then let anyone who is having problems with their mortgages to place up to half in an escrow account, and reduce their payment accordingly for ten years this would be the stimulus to lift the economy with all the millions of dollars it would free up that people could use to do other things with it would get the economy going and none of it would be done with borrowed money, or something similar to these ideas!!!

Everyone in the country worth 300 thousand or more should be required to pay twenty thousand dollars cash on the budget deficit, and the amount of cash paid should go up for people who are worth more like four hundred thousand should pay twenty five thousand, 500,000 pay thirty thousand one million pay fifty thousand, then all banks, corporations, business on a sliding scale would pay fifty thousand up to a  billion dollars cash.

They could raise two trillion dollars over night, and the country would save at least four trillion dollars of interest money over ten years, this would get things back on track much faster, and the ones paying would get tax breaks to cover this over ten years, it would then justify leaving the Bush tax cuts in place for another two years, and give the congress time to reform the tax system without the pressure,  these people paying would not be going through any hardship by doing this, and they also would benefit greatly by it, also they should raise enough to fund infrastructure, and start rebuilding the infrastructure that needs repairs or replaced this will create jobs,  this could be done in a month to get the economy going, and instead of waiting ten years they could do it now and wait ten years for their tax breaks to get their money back that would be working together for the good of the nation!!!

The Epic rise in US stock prices since the crash last August is breath-taking and sent the bears into despair and disgust.

The epic jump is more than 30% and a 20% decline is normal and not so rare considering the US economy is addicted to tens of trillions of dollar liquidity and 0% interest money creation.

You ain't seen nuttin yet!

Consumer Debt has slyrocketed over the past 3 months, the unemployed are using plastic and will not be able to repay it.

Greece is just the start the meltdown of the Euro

Demand for goods and services will negatively effect the U.S and Chinese economies. (the only 2 that are keeping things aflost right now!)

Oil is nearing $90 per bbl, when it reaches that point the bottom will fall out of it and all other commodities.

I am looking for DOW 9,000 in the not to distant future.

Thanks Goldbug09:

 By the way, I liked your metals analogy.