The $6 Trillion Time Bomb: How America’s Public Pensions Could Trigger the Next Financial Meltdown

PatriotR Daily News 05/07/25

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​The $6 Trillion Time Bomb: How America’s Public Pensions Could Trigger the Next Financial Meltdown

Edward Siedle, a former SEC attorney and whistleblower, warns that America’s next financial crisis could stem from the public pension system — not banks or markets. He highlights the $6 trillion in public pension funds as underregulated, lacking transparency, and increasingly invested in risky, complex, and high-fee alternative assets. Siedle criticizes inexperienced oversight boards and points to an example in Minnesota where pension fees were underreported by 400%. He also expresses concern over state plans to invest pension funds in crypto, calling it a dangerous move. Siedle urges reform, including transparency, standardized indexing, and removal of political interference, warning that taxpayer bailouts are likely on the horizon.n reducing debt, promoting cooperation, and avoiding trade wars — before it’s too late. Read More.

US NEWS

The Dollar Is Dying—And Everyone’s Running to Gold

The idea of “peak gold” is misleading—gold’s recent surge to $3,500 is just the beginning. As trust in the U.S. dollar collapses under the weight of $37 trillion in debt, both central banks (“whales”) and retail investors (“minnows”) are rushing to gold as the last reliable store of value. Since the U.S. abandoned the gold standard in 1971, it has relied on debt and dollar dominance. But now, global powers and everyday investors are turning their backs on the dollar, stacking gold instead. With central banks pulling gold off COMEX, BRICS nations trading in gold, and bonds failing as safe havens, the world is preparing for a financial reality where gold is king—and fiat currencies are fossils. Read Now. 

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