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> The USA can use the money saved for its own citizens

How is that going? Any progress there? Are US citizens richer than they were before?

Well, the southeastern USA is going through a Renaissance of explosive growth b/c it is the intent to industrialize that region and recapture the USA lead in manufacturing. Maybe we can get you a job, dgellow, since your country is dwindling and predicted to actually disappear in a matter of decades:

The End of Germany as a Modern Economy - Peter Zeihan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmEhTFjQB1g

> Are US citizens richer than they were before?

Some of them certainly are richer, specifically people with the last name Trump.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/13/trump-presid...

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