And without question the vast majority of civil cases (again, I can only speak regarding Texas) are either dismissed or settled out of court as are the vast majority of criminal cases (plead to lesser charge or dismissed), but that seldom has to do with guilt or innocence...it has to do with keeping the system from collapsing on it's own weight. 

In 2006 through 2010 our US Economy Collapsed.

All teh stars hav aligned - the population is aging, few new communities have been build in the last 10 years, and the capital market collapse only exascerbated the problem.

If someone was concerned about a complete collapse of the system, then I would think owning land in a tropical environment where you have the ability to live off the land and have access to fresh water.

In theory that money you received from the government would be worth what you had in gold anyway, so someone who had 2 ounces of gold before "Executive Order 6102" was executed, would have twice the gold-pegged dollars someone who had 1 ounce would get for his gold.In practice it made the government able to manually adjust the value of the dollar, at their whim.About hyperinflation in the dollar, that would mean the collapse of the entire western monetary system, and make China extremely pissed.Hyperinflation also has an interesting effect on people, as seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_stroke

He collapsed one of the bedrooms to 3/3 and made a master.

Cash may not be shelter if the economy collapses, The dollar could collapse too, even in an deflationary environment.

I hope four years from now we are not going through another bank bailout after Trump collapses the economy.Mark 

I think the Bay area will be more or less immune to an overall collapse, but you may be hemorrhaging money as a landlord. 

The deal would've collapsed earlier OR you woud've had a stronger case (more proven evidence) to keep the money.