U.S. televangelist Pat Robertson has given his annual predictions for the year ahead, based on what he says God has told him.
”The Lord said the dollar is going to go down dramatically … (and) If I’m hearing him right, gold will go to about $1,900 dollars an ounce and oil to $300 a barrel,” he said.
“What the Lord was saying, the people are willing to accept socialism to alleviate their pain,” Robertson said. Some U.S. conservatives have branded president-elect Barack Obama and the incoming Democrat-controlled U.S. Congress as “socialist”.