[VegasCowboy]

No, we don't know how bad it will get, or even if it will get bad at all. That doesn't stop some from predicting (reveling in?) a total economic meltdown, though.

[RobRoy]

Or preparing for and warning against.

Funny thing is, to me it is pretty obvious things are going to get bad. The real question is, how bad, and for how long. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out, especially if one just looks at the way things went down the last five years or so.