[the lone haranguer]

Not only can a vast majority of Americans survive another Great Depression, WE SHOULD.

We should take the pain now to remove the onus from our children and grandchildren. If we truly cared, as a nation, about our children, we would bite the bullet, default and let the chips fall where they may. I daresay that we as a people would be better for it.

Unforunately, we have a bunch of “give it to me now; I don’t care about tomorrow” folks who can’t see more than 15 feet past the end of their own noses.

We, as a nation, need to man up and take the pill every generation has been avoiding. Until we do, we are no better than the worst of our countrymen.

[CJ Wolf]

one thing America would need to do to survive this depression when it gets real bad is rediscover family. Every depression story ive heard from my grand parents and parents and uncles and great uncles, tell me that that is the key, a good family with some land and skills that can work as a team.

[pabianice]

One notes that the cities would buckle in less than two weeks and collapse in less than a month despite Dem attempts to the contrary. Urbanites know this at some level. Our problem would be the million people fleeing greater Boston that would be coming west on the Pike. Would be nasty. Ironically, no one in greater Boston is allowed to own a firearm. I believe the greatest danger of this is Obama doing it purposefully so he can declare martial law.

[familyop]

"Not only can a vast majority of Americans survive another Great Depression, WE SHOULD.

We should take the pain now to remove the onus from our children and grandchildren."

Yes! Well said. And we will, in a few years. You see, Democrats serve mainly federal employees and other federal recipients. Republicans work for many teachers, planners, social workers, police, other municipal, county,...local government recipients. Import and merchant interests also want to keep the debt regime going as long as possible. It keeps them on top as the most favored constituents in politics. Sustainable revenues come mainly from domestic manufacturing. ...not a whole lot of that going on here.

This has happened before in other countries.

The hordes of politicos with incomes from various levels of government, services that depend on them as customers and many others will see to it that this debt regime goes on as long as it can. So the default will come a little later and be far worse than most people can imagine (anyone who hasn't seen squalor outside the resorts of poor countries).

There will probably be several more terms of leadership (if you can call it that) from the kinds of politicians that we've been seeing for decades (those who serve the aforementioned). Many of them in the near future will probably resign after very short times in office.

But after that, we may see leaders more loyal to our country and more faithful to their own American neighbors in office.

In the meantime, we're going to find out who the most hard thinking, hard working and generally resourceful Americans are.

[LibsRJerks]

Ha! You think THIS society would sacrifice anything for future generations? THIS society that aborts 30 million of its children every year?

We don’t have a sacrificial bone in our collective body.

[RKBA Democrat]

“We should take the pain now to remove the onus from our children and grandchildren. If we truly cared, as a nation, about our children, we would bite the bullet, default and let the chips fall where they may. I daresay that we as a people would be better for it.”

Amen. Unfortunately, I also agree that it’s unlikely.

[dalereed]

“we would bite the bullet, default and let the chips fall where they may.”

Until those living on credit are wiped out the current state of decline will continmue well into the future.

Obama is following FDR’s destructive policys and will do nothing but guarntee long and painful destruction.