Yea, the in debt problem is the issue. When interest can't be serviced then guess who's going to take the haircut? Since Obama has been in office he has increased our national debt 51%. Of the national debt about 70% of it is interest. The government is coming after your personal retirement accounts, believe it! We bit the bullet, paid the taxes, and cashed out of our IRA's and went into physical gold and silver about 3 or 4 yers ago. Darn right this debt problem effects folk's holdings: How would you feel if the government takes away your IRA holdings and issues to you some form of "special bonds" in digital form only and you lose your direct or indirect connection to gold? You better believe the growing debt bubble effects our group depending upon if you hold the physical shares or if someone else does.