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International Law,
Government

Mar. 27, 2013

Failed economy, the biggest security threat to our country

Our annual budget deficit as a percentage of our gross domestic product, or GDP, is higher than those of Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, who are derisively referred to as the "PIGS" of Europe.

James P. Gray

ADR Services Inc.

Business and commercial contracts, real estate, construction, employment, PAGA, probate, legal malpractice

19000 MacArthur Blvd #550
Irvine , CA 92612

Phone: (949) 863-9800

Fax: (949) 863-9888

Email: jimpgray@sbcglobal.net

USC Law School

James is a retired judge of the Orange County Superior Court, a private mediator and arbitrator with ADR Services Inc., the author of "Wearing the Robe: the Art and Responsibilities of Judging in Today's Courts" (Square One Press, 2009), and the 2012 Libertarian candidate for vice president, along with Gov. Gary Johnson as the candidate for president.

The biggest security threat to our country is a failed economy, and today that is a genuine threat. How so? Because the simple fact is that for every dollar the federal government now spends it is either borrowing or printing 43 cents. Obviously no company could do that and stay in business, and no household can either without facing almost immediate bankruptcy. And neither can any country.

Anyone even partially familiar with history knows that the Roman Empire was never conquered f...

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