RE:$ 2 TRILLION freshly printed U.S. greenbacks.....Absolutely. The debt at all levels (local, state, federal government, corporate, and household) is at record levels. Chicago alone has a $1Billion defict. The ever increasing debt is the primary reason to buy the PMs. At some point I expect interest rates to increase due to the need to be compensated for the risk of holding US Treasuries and at some point the debt becomes a debt spiral. I'm expecting the national debt to reach $40Trillion by 2026 if not sooner. $2Trillion deficits as far as the eye can see. And because the Fed has created a massive "everything" bubble, they will not be able to respond to the financial crisis resulting from the RE and stock market bubbles bursting without making things a lot worse (Ie their efforts will be counterproductive .. think about rising rates and a falling US$)