[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.

[faithincowboys]

Well, my point is that a lot of people are living well. You can always see something negative. It;s the old Reagan story about horsesh*t and pony.