Learn to be credited rather than debited

To finance this trade deficit, the U.S. has to borrow from the rest of the world or sell American assets like stocks, businesses, and real estate to the rest of the world.

As long as you have a debt from the bank, you are working for them, not for yourself.

Real estate investing, even on a very small scale, remains a tried and true means of building an individual's cash flow and wealth.

If I have cash and I can't figure a way to put it into real estate or my business, I hold it in gold and silver.

It always comes down to money. The biggest problem is juggling the cash flow.