There will be more layoffs, more bankruptcies, more companies fold, and more money printed than at any time in history.The stimulus was just a quick run out to get everything they wanted politically in one quick swoop, all while making Americans feel it was all in their best interest, and giving them false hope that Uncle Sam is coming to the rescue.This is "Politics 101"While unfortunate, It is my honest opinion that we can not rebuild all of this until it completely burns down.

It's no more unbelievable than that the American people would vote Stalin in for president.

jennifer, just to be clear you are putting down 60,000 american dollars??

This is especially true with our payment myopic society and the spend-till-it-ends culture.

The total sentence was: "Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State"Wow - even Jefferson knew specifically what words were in the Constitution by putting them in quotes, and what words are not.

Perhaps you've heard some rumblings from the tens of millions of Americans complaining since 9/11/01 that our freedoms have been dwindling at the hands of a government that is trying to convince us that it's important for American citizens to give up some of their freedom in return for "security" (a sense of security to some, perhaps, but certainly no real security).Unfortunately, too many people have been so scared of "the terrorists" for 9 years now that they've been happy to give up their rights -- or worse yet, haven't even realized they been doing it, as clearly you haven't realized it until now.Who do you think was responsible for the action in the article you linked?

Why Americans Won't Do Dirty Jobshttp://www.businessweek.com/magazine/why-americans-wont-do-dirty-jobs-11092011.html

Lots of people say yes, but lots of people don't know anything about economics.So many people here in American think "the market will come back.

Time heals all wounds and memories fade with time and so much of the capitalist society is based on Property ownership it will become a good investment again.

In a "economic collapse" if we degenerate to a barter society, the counterparties with whom you trade must accept what you trade with them and both side must agree that the trade is fair.