As California goes, so goes the nation? From Matthew Piepenburg at goldswitzerland.com:
Below we consider the State of California as the metaphor of a failed state as well as the failing state of the American Union, which is anything but a dream.
Metaphors
For those already familiar with my articles, interviews or even daily banter, I have an admitted affinity for metaphors and analogies, as they help draw the simple from the complex.
Toward that end, I’ve 1) compared policy makers to failed generals, 2) debt and currency bubbles to Titanics, 3) macro investing to polo matches, 4) monetary policy to drug addiction and 5) the love of bloated bond markets to toxic romances.
As for politicians and political issues, there is always the risk of partisan bias and offending those who cling to only one perspective.
Fortunately, my take on the left or the right of current politics is fairly agnostic, as I view nearly all politicos as crooked as a dog’s hind leg.
Thus, as I turn my lens toward the state of California and its failed governor, I hope readers of the left or right can dispense with politics and just stick to math so that we can all get past the swamp of red vs. blue opinions and respect the objective facts of red vs. black balance sheets.
And when it comes to the State of California, she’s deeply in the red, and serves, ironically, as yet another broader yet applicable metaphor of the world economy in general and the United States in particular.
So, let’s dig in.
STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC 