You may have seen the following comparison that has been making its way around the internet.

It demonstrates something that is so simple and basic, yet completely overlooked.
Each president must increase the debt or the whole house of cards falls, because we live in a debt-based monetary system. In other words, we create money by creating debt. Of necessity, for interest to be paid on the debt, more money must be created, which means more debt must be issued. It is the nature of the beast.
So, regardless of who the next president is, you can look for HIS face to replace Obama's on the above comparison, for any president who does not increase the debt will be the president remembered for collapsing the monetary system. And since that's not gonna happen, look for debt to continue to grow and precious metals to continue to rise in response to the devaluation of the monetary base.

