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The entire problem is that we have trusted our economy to number arrangers and ignored people who make a product and sell it for a profit. Recently the economists admitted against their will because they just couldn't hide it anymore that we are in a recession. The rest of America knew it about a year ago. What we have now is the economists who will tell us a year from now that the finance system they hold above god did in fact meltdown saying give us all the money that you don't have because if you don't we will look really stupid and broke. So we gave them more money than anything and they stole it again and are upset because we won't give them the rest of the loot. The solution is not an economic boner pill. The solution is figuring out how to redesign the economy so those who benefit from our country pay taxes to support the roads, schools, police, and military that makes US a much better place for their company than the middle of Africa. Goddamn ships fly flags from tax shelters that pretend to be nations. If someone messes with them though do you think they call their home port? No they call the US and say "yes we fly this nonsense flag because we don't want to pay American taxes but we demand all the benefits we don't feel like paying for. We need to ignore piracy on any ship that does not fly a real flag meaning US, any EU country, or if China and the Sauds want to play ball and supply warships and chase pirates they can join the club and understand safe trade is good for everyone and if we detect pirates chasing a Chinese cargo ship we hopefully will kill the pirates before some professianal victims can tell us why we just don't understand the pirates. If they want to dodge taxes by flying a made up flag then they can make believe calling the non existant fleet to protect them. If they would prefer an American style response like a few missiles toward anyone giving them problems they can register their ship in America and pay American taxes.

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