The dollar was gutted, and with it, the foundation of the nation. What used to be backed by gold is now a fiat instrument, bloated by political games and central planning. Since Nixon shut the gold window in 1971, prices exploded. A home that once ran $23,000 now crosses $440,000. Food costs surged 510%. Median income failed to keep pace. What looked like economic growth was a hollow climb.
Now comes the demographic unraveling. The U.S. fertility rate slipped again in 2025 to 1.58. That’s the lowest in the country’s history. Replacement is 2.1. Family formation is unraveling because the math doesn’t work. The cost to raise one child to 18 just breached $308,000. Childbirth among women under 30 fell 41% since 2007. Millennials are skipping mortgages. Gen Z can’t even start. The foundation has fractured.
Markets now reflect distortion. The S&P 500 broke to 6,280.46 on July 10, 2025, inflation-adjusted. That’s a nominal high but hollow in real terms. CPI-linked performance shows the index gained just 9.12% annually over the last five years after adjusting for inflation. Nominal gains hit 14.2%. That gap is fake prosperity. It’s central bank illusion.
That’s wild. What happened in 1971? pic.twitter.com/0G7PCcOiP4
— Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) July 19, 2025
This is the S&P 500 adjusted for inflation.
That’s it.
This is the post. pic.twitter.com/4oInaMyc2W
— Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) July 18, 2025
Treasury bonds turned toxic. The 30-year yield cracked above 4.92%. Long-dated Treasuries remain stuck in a 39.8% drawdown since 2022. Analysts at Deutsche Bank confirmed this decade now ranks as the worst 10-year stretch for bonds on record. The 2025 maturity wall stands at $9.2 trillion. Add a $1.9 trillion deficit, and Treasury needs to move over $11 trillion just this year. That pressure crushed long-end yields and deepened investor losses.
BREAKING 🚨: Treasury Bonds
U.S. Treasury Bonds on track for their worst decade in history 📉 pic.twitter.com/fxQ7fYpulm
— Barchart (@Barchart) July 19, 2025
MTG: I was the only R to vote no on the rule last night. @SpeakerJohnson promised a CBDC ban in the NDAA, but it’ll get stripped in the Senate. We were told all week they lack the votes. This is the setup to shift us from cash to gov-controlled digital currency. They call it… pic.twitter.com/TDy2LjqxPE
— Grace Chong, MBI (@gc22gc) July 17, 2025
Now the Senate is teeing up digital chains. On July 17, 2025, the House passed the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, a direct blockade against central bank-issued digital currency. The bill blocks the Fed from building digital accounts or issuing programmable money. MTG called it straight: “The US Senate is determined to enslave you with CBDC social control.” The fight is raw. The White House endorsed the bill, saying it protects the cash economy and civil liberty.
Digital infrastructure keeps growing. Alongside Anti-CBDC came two more bills, the GENIUS Act and CLARITY Act, also passed last week. These laws frame how digital currencies will interface with banks, exchanges, and policy. Together, they pave the technical road. The Anti-CBDC Act slams on the brakes. Whether it holds depends on what the Senate does next.
The dollar lost its promise. The economy lost its spine. The dream is gone. What’s coming is digital rule.
Sources:
https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2025/07/is-this-the-worst-decade-ever-for-bonds/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1919/text
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SAP-HR1919.pdf
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr1919
https://www.ccn.com/education/crypto/3-key-bills-us-investors-watch-crypto-week-2025/
https://www.coinspeaker.com/crypto-week-gop-fast-tracks-bills-cbdc-clash/
