My god guys.....everybody with half a braincell knew what was going on.   How many Mudcat members have been saying for years that Western society is living well above it's means,

We no longer compete in the manufacturing marketplace, we have been living on credit for at least a decade, and if we stick to this economic system we will continue to live on credit ....there is no alternative if we want to keep the economics of the madhouse.
Some day quite soon, people are going to have to face up to what is happening to them...that their economy won't continue to grow forever ...by magic.

Our lifestyle is unsustainable. We don't need it . It is encouraged by the rich to make themselves richer and to make you and I economic slaves...Ake