you know the economy is headed down the shitter when,

finish the sentence...

 

there is no more 99 cent special at the diner

 

When I can't use my stimulus check to pay off my doctor bills because I have to spend over 800 for my stupid Ford to pass inspection.... wait...that really has nothing to do with the economy....
Okay ummmm

When a loaf of shitty italian bread at kmart cost 4 dolla.

When I can't afford to drive around to pick up my friends without cars.

When the cats that used to live in cat town (a place near me where cats are spayed or neutured, left in boxes and fed every day and given medical care....) stop being fed because they don't have the money and go away....

When the company that gave me my student loans goes bankrupt and doesn't exist anymore....

 

16% of americans plan on using there "stimulus check" to pay on there back utility bills.

 

Damn. Well, I believe it.

We have been able to pay those bills but seriously... I have a stack beside me... of 15 doctor and hospital bills from being in the hospital, the neurologist, the mri, eye doctor, blah blah.... 15 doctor bills.... wanted to pay a good chunk with that but the stimulus check will go right to my stupid car...

Know what is ridiculous? This one hospital bill... they sent it and two months later when we didn't pay anything yet, they put it to collections... I had no idea hospitals put things to collections so fast... ridiculous...

 

....when you have to sell you car to pay for gas.

 

People are comming to you wanting to sell lots of stuff dirt cheap, prices on need items soar while prices on want items fall like a rock.

 

The gas station attendants are all armed with AK-47s


Hotwater

 

i start looking for a job

 

When the government starts making knickles and pennies out of steel because they cannot afford the copper or knickel.

Which is an idea trying to be passed atm, and has last been used in the depression.

 

People consume more than they produce.

 

When Americans think they own the world, when in fact, America owes the world...

 

Good one. The greatest debt economy in history is trying to make sure Nigeria pays it's foreign debt! LOL.

 

The Federal Government Issues a 50 million dollar note. Good for 2 loaves of bread.

 

Are you americans even aware of the condition of your country, or are you to 'patriotic' to admit it.

 

when taxes rise....and gas prices to

 

I know I am

 

are you aware of the condition of europes economy,the U.K.'s economy? the third worlds food crisis, the soaring food inflation in much of the industrialized world?

ohh fuckin right im very aware of whats coming,,not just for the united states,but for most of the world.YOU THINK AMERICA IS THE ONLY COUNTRY HEADED INTO THE SHITTER??.

buried behind the sports section:

BBC-Stock Up The Bunker

Guardian-Society on the brink of collapse?

Wall Street Journal-Stockpiling Staples

Global Research-Extraordinary Times, Intentional Collapse, and Takedown of the U.S.A.

Guardian-The Dawn Of Energy Famine

Across The Globe; A City On Edge

Ottawa Citizen-Fear At The Pump

The Economis-Bank Collapses; When The Safety Net Fails

LA Times- 6 Trillion dollars in housing wealth, up in smoke

Associated Press- Americans Unload Precious Belonging To Make Ends Meet

USA Today; US food supplies running out

LA Times-Water shortage worst in decades

Food Troubles Have Just Began

Do you have a plan?

Guardian-American suburbs becoming slums

Kunstler-Things are about to really fly apart

Wall Street Journal- Economic Pain

Wall Street Journal- Credit Crunch Sends More Consumers To The Sidelines

Reuters- J.P. Morgan says no end in sight for crisis

Bear Stern on the brink of bankruptcy, again

Say good bye to specialized mortgage options

CBS- The city of Vallejo, California to declare bankruptcy

Reuters-Consumer bankruptcy up 47.7 %

MSN Money- Homebuilder Loans Defaults Are About To Crush Banks

Washington Post-Food uncertainty is here

The Just –in-time economy is crumbling

10,000 Australian Farmers Abandon Land Due To Never Ending Droughts

Reuters-Things are not looking good in Asia

Washington Times- The coming crisis

Government agents secretly working among us?

Mercenary at the helm

Washington Post-Who’s really in charge of America

The new geopolitics of energy

When Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger start to worry, so should you

Fresh rice worries

yeah i am aware that some serious shit is headed down the pike not just for us but most of the rest of the world as well..
so just how informed are you in all actuality?

moreover,,how prepared will you be for whats coming?

BTW,,if i may ask,, what is your country of origin? just for reference of course...

 

when a FEMA trailer is a step up from your current living arrangement...

 

When 10 Mexicans get fired at work and I have to do the work of 10 Mexicans all by myself. (and still do it better)