The Financial “Samson Option” and What You Need To Do Before Governments Use It

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https://internationalman.com/articles/the-financial-samson-option-and-what-you-need-to-do-before-governments-use-it/


The Financial “Samson Option” and What You Need To Do Before
Governments Use It


by Nick Giambruno


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In the early ‘90s, legendary investigative journalist
Seymour Hersh revealed the “Samson Option,” a secret Israeli
nuclear deterrence strategy.

It states that in a scenario where its enemies were about to
overrun the country, Israel would respond with massive use
of nuclear weapons as a last resort.

The concept comes from the biblical figure Samson, who
pushed apart the pillars of a Philistine temple, bringing
down the roof and killing himself and the Philistines who
had captured him.

In short, the Samson Option is a threat that says, “if we’re
going down, we are taking you with us.”

I am bringing this up because governments also have a
financial Samson Option… and they could soon use it to a
devastating effect.

Thanks to central banking and fiat currency, governments can
steal a nation’s savings through inflation. In the event of
a bankruptcy, or other existential situations, governments
can tap into the wealth of a nation as they desperately try
to survive.

There’s no doubt they’ll exercise that option before they go
down.

It gives a government the ability to bankrupt everyone—at
least those unprepared—as it goes bankrupt. “If we’re going
down, we are taking you with us.”

In short, that’s the government’s financial Samson Option.
And they are preparing to use it soon.



What Happens Next

The last time the US government faced an imminent financial
crisis was in March 2020.

At the time, it was the height of the stock market crash
amid the COVID hysteria. People were panicking as they
watched the market plummet, and they turned to the Fed to do
something.

In a matter of days, the Fed created more dollars out of
thin air than it had for the US’s nearly 250-year existence.
It was an unprecedented amount of money printing that
amounted to more than $4 trillion and nearly doubled the US
money supply in less than a year.

For perspective, the daily economic output of all 331
million people in the US is about $58 billion.

At the push of a button, the Fed was creating more dollars
out of thin air than the economic output of the entire
country.

The Fed’s actions during the Covid hysteria amounted to the
biggest monetary explosion that has ever occurred in the US.
It’s a strong indication they won’t hesitate to use the
financial Samson Option.

When the Fed initiated this program, it assured the American
people its actions wouldn’t cause severe price increases.
But unfortunately, it didn’t take long to prove that absurd
assertion false.

As soon as rising prices became apparent, the mainstream
media and Fed claimed that the inflation was only
“transitory” and that there was nothing to be worried about.

Of course, they were dead wrong, and they knew it—they were
gaslighting.

The truth is that inflation is out of control, and nothing
can stop it.

Even according to the government’s own crooked CPI
statistics, which understates reality, inflation is rising
fast. That means the actual situation is much worse.

Recently the core CPI hit a 40-year high and shows no sign
of slowing down.

These rapidly rising prices are now pressuring the Fed to
talk about dialing back the money printing and raising
interest rates to fight inflation.

However, it’s doubtful they’ll be able to raise interest
rates beyond a token amount.

Consider that the last time the Fed tried to raise interest
rates in 2018/2019, they couldn’t get beyond a mere 2.5%
before they had to reverse course.

Further, as we can see in the chart below, the overall debt
level is now much higher than in 2019. That means it will be
much more painful to raise interest rates because of the
higher interest cost of servicing the much larger debt pile.

The amount of debt is so extreme that even a return to
historical interest rate levels could bankrupt the US
government.

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In short, the US government is approaching the financial
endgame. It can no longer disguise its bankruptcy.

The Fed cannot raise interest rates, and it cannot stop the
extreme money printing.

When the next crisis comes—and I think it could be
imminent—the US government will have no choice but to
implement its financial Samson Option.

In other words, as the US government goes bankrupt, they
will drag everyone down with them as they make a desperate
wealth grab.

There will be enormous implications for the stock market,
the US dollar, and monetary alternatives such as gold and
Bitcoin.

So, what can you do about it?

The most important thing you can do is store your savings in
something that they won’t be able to seize, confiscate, or
use inflation to siphon its value away.

I put physical gold coins in your possession, as well as
Bitcoin, in that category. But only Bitcoin where you
control the private keys and do not depend on the permission
of a third party—like an exchange or custodian—to access
your money.

Editor’s Note: The economic trajectory is troubling.
Unfortunately, there’s little any individual can practically
do to change the course of these trends in motion.

The best you can and should do is to stay informed so that
you can protect yourself in the best way possible, and even
profit from the situation.

That’s precisely why bestselling author Doug Casey and his
colleagues just released an urgent new PDF report that
explains what could come next and what you can do about it.
Click here to download it now.