[faithincowboys]

I point you to the 5.4 % nat'l unemployment rate. I point you to the consuption and affluence everywhere. Everybody has two tvs, DVDs, digital cameras, new cars, money for $5 soy lattes.


Too much bitchin=, man.

I'm not saying it's utopia, but no country has been more aflluent and more "woe is us" in the history of the World.

[ARCADIA]

I point you to the consuption and affluence everywhere. Everybody has two tvs, DVDs, digital cameras, new cars, money for $5 soy lattes.

Yes, but how much of that stuff has been paid for through the miracle of debt? Junk net incurred debt leaves zero. That is where this country is headed; the regulated well functioning free market has become a disasterous free for all.