I’ve been expecting an increase in crime, but my theory is that most of these people who have been out of work for months and months aren’t the type who turn criminal. When my husband’s electrical business was floundering, he got discouraged, but nothing in a million years would have caused him to start burglarizing homes or holding up convenience stores. Most of these people just get more and more desperate, quietly. They sell off everything they can, cash in everything they can, and wake up each morning hoping for a miracle. The condition of our country and hundreds of thousands of our fellow Americans breaks my heart.
Eventually they will have cashed in every chip, borrowed all they can and slept on every couch that would have them and a miracle still won't arrive in the morning. What then? You can bet these folks won't just quietly starve to death. They'll find some way, any way, to put food in their bellies. That's when we're going to be in big trouble.
Many Americans are now looking for a miracle. Look up in the night sky ang pray that the stars will be kind to us.