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Five Economic Resolutions for America in 2008

Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:21pm EST
Financial Expert Michael J. McDonald Presents Short-Term Goals for America's
Long-Term Strength

    PALM DESERT, Calif., Dec. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- America is living like the
young person who inherits a fortune, then squanders it, ignorant of the hard
work and sacrifice it took to accumulate it. It is time, America, to get your
financial house in order.
    1.  I pledge to be a country the rest of the world will be proud to
        follow. By my actions and my deeds I will show the path that leads to
        growth, prosperity and peace for everyone.  I will hold sacred the
        ideals of my forbearers that led to my greatness.
    2.  I will pledge to be more humble, to save more and consume less. I will
        reduce my trade deficit to zero by lowering my personal consumption
        6% (this won't hurt me much since most of this goes overseas anyway).
        I won't buy into the idea that consumption is the American ideal. It
        isn't. Hard work and saving are -- and always have been.
    3.  I will use the 6% I don't consume to lift my savings from minus back
        up to the 6% -- the level my forbearers saved that made me great.  I
        will go through whatever economic withdrawals pains are required to
        make this happen. I will be strong.
    4.  I will help reduce the trade deficit by decreasing my dependence on
        foreign energy, by buying more efficient cars.  I will adopt a new
        slogan, "Be efficient, not flamboyant." I will look for every possible
        way to save and economize.
    5.  I realize my military dominance arises from my economic
        strength -- but so do my enemies. I will strive to become economically
        lean, so I can continue to be the economic giant required to keep the
        world free.  Six Billion people of the world quietly depend on me. I
        have responsibilities.


    Michael J McDonald (http://www.crisis-recovery.com) is manager of the
Dollar Strategy Global Fund, a new, diversified, world fund designed around
the U.S. dollar.
    For an interview of Mr. McDonald on these resolutions, go to
http://www.crisis-recovery.com.
     Contact Erin Gilhuly p 760-641-0739 email ering@kinercom.com
SOURCE   Dollar Crisis and Recovery Partners

Erin Gilhuly, +1-760-641-0739, ering@kinercom.com, for Dollar Crisis and
Recovery Partners



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