{"id":55657,"date":"2014-06-10T17:33:58","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T01:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=55657"},"modified":"2014-06-10T18:18:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T02:18:00","slug":"do-you-have-an-exit-strategy-if-america-goes-down-the-tubes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=55657","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have An Exit Strategy If America Goes Down The Tubes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I notice my affluent friends are plotting exit strategies for if the United States collapses. I didn&#8217;t hear this talk much before 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Many of my American friends tell me they think the country is in irreversible decline and that if they had the exit strategy to Australia that I have available to me, they would take it. They love Australia being 90% white (and the rest are Asian). They love its 24 straight years of economic growth. They love its high social capital. They envy the way my family spoils me. 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