Re: "Castigo Cay" by Matthew Bracken

On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 17:55:16 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:

In the not so distant future, the USA Dollar has lost most of its value
and annual inflation is running 20% per year.  Gasoline is $60 per
gallon and rationed at 10 gallons per week, so is electricity.  Food and
housing are comparatively expensive.  The taxes have gone up including
new personal healthcare taxes and such.  Many people have left the USA
looking for cheaper places to live.

Financial collapse is perhaps the last disaster I would imagine to
hit the United States first and harder than anywhere else.

But precisely because the United States seems to be the world's
wealthiest nation, I suppose that overconfidence can lead it to
make mistakes.

John Savard