I knew that I could live for 4 years without earning a penny.So, if you do decide to go my route, you'll need to dramatically slash your expenses in the short-term so that you and your family can survive for at least 3 or 4 years with no income.

The Chinese standard of living will increase and increase greatly while the American standard of living will drop and drop dramatically.

Ironically, I believe that most of our upcoming financial woes will not be fully due to the government or to Wall Street (though they will both be part of it), but moreso will be due to our crumbling educational system, the lack of focus on higher education (all the idiots who want us to believe that higher ed is for 'elitists') and lack of entrepreneurship (resulting from the degradation in education).The countries that are already starting to kick our butts economically (China, India, etc) are the ones that have seen dramatic rises in their educational standards over the past 10 years and are the ones that continue to prioritize education for their children.I find it amusing that people think that there's been a dramatic turn of events in this country, yet completely ignore the long, slow slide from economic, educational and healthcare superpower 20 years ago to what we are now -- mediocre at best compared to much of the rest of the first world.

My personal spending has risen dramatically as I now family, with a at home with, a 4 year old and another baby on the way.

reporting should be based on true facts. anything less than a true picture including all the important facts in my opinion lacks conscience. that is what we demand and get in our Canadian news. we do not skew the news so dramatically that we leave out important facts. we do not base our news on a tiny percentage of the population and their viewpoints. we are inclusive. if anyone didn't respect these measures my guess would be that they would lose their job.

But it appears we are in a transisionary period and I'm anticipating a gradual decline from peak levels unless something dramatically changes.  

Newark once had a very bad reputation and now it's being redeveloped dramatically!

We do live in a global market and a downturn in the US market can have an effect in a place like Costa Rica, although it doesn't necessarily have to be dramatic.

The only way this is a deal is if they come down dramatically on price.

Dramatic numbers, but very little interpretation by the media.