than who is the "we" he stated. he should have said "some." again, not everyone is broke. same as we don't buy everything from china and we have record exports. yes there are problems, but don't overstate it. some people are doing good and some people are doing bad at any time. some people will do fine and some people will struggle.

speaking of straw man, who are the futurists/corns who said that things were good? certainly not people like me who know wages have been stagnant for a decade or so and inflation is higher than the CPI numbers.

greyzone- here is another example.

"And we make it easy: simply select the largest house, vehicle, and TV that you can just barely afford. Everybody's doing it - it's the Amerikan way."

everyone's doing it? again, don't overstate your case.

some people are doing good and some people are doing bad at any time. some people will do fine

And my goodness, are there no work houses, are there no prisons? Gee, doesn't anyone have any statistics on the fine increase in housing for the marginalized? You know those bleak houses where everyone who falls by the wayside goes green, institutionally speaking that is? Does the last man standing outside those walls gets to throw away the key and drive off in his Maserati? No need for anyone to worry about miles per gallon then.

The 70's were a bleak time and yet towards the end of the decade when the price of oil soared MPG went way up. why can't that happen now with cars or furnances? not everyone is broke, don't overstate your case.

Interesting, isn't it? To watch a pond drain and see all the little critters in the still deep pools swim about, faster and faster, while at the edge they thrash about and die.