[DouglasKC]

I thought about this and came to a conclusion: We measure horrible economic times by comparing them to images of the great depression. But I'll bet that these images were only the worst of the worst. Unemployment was at 25% but there was nobody (At least not for while) feeding off the teat of government. That means 3/4 of Americans were working and were relatively well off....or at least able to have food and shelter.

The media today is shielding us from seeing the "worst of the worst". I've noticed a definite increase in my well to do area of beggers on the corners. They were never there during gwb times..but now they're a fixture. But the media will never focus on them.

[nascarnation]

The only reason things don’t look horrible today is that the govt is using 40% fake money to fund entitlements.
When that goes away, as it inevitably must, the real trouble will be evident.