[DouglasKC]

After World War II we were the only country in the world with our infrastructure and industrial capacity intact. THAT was the single biggest reason why we recovered so quickly.

Fine. And we were about a billion times stronger at the beginning of this then we were at the beginning of World War II...so why so pessimistic?

[Alberta's Child]

And we were about a billion times stronger at the beginning of this then we were at the beginning of World War II...so why so pessimistic?

Because I'm not so sure we WERE any stronger at the beginning of this than we were at the start of World War II.