1. The economy is 70%+ consumer based. No consumer, no economy.

2. It's large but it's shrinking at about 3% to 5% (don't give me your bs guvmint numbers)

3. The US financial markets are a rigged casino, and people are waking up to that fact.

4. For America to balance their budget they will have to drastically cut their military spending, and that is NEVER gonna happen. The Complex runs the show, in cahoots with the Banksters.

5. Housing market will not return anytime soon.

6. Where are the jobs going to come from. The American population isn't smart enough to steal jobs from Germany, and they don't work hard or cheap enough to steal jobs from Asia.

You and I, rattle, we live on different planets.

JMHO.

MB