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I hope it remains that way for you , Lynn.  But if any of the really 
hysterical 'doom and gloom' folk who claim things will soon be so different 
as to be unrecognizable, are right; it almost certainly will affect you, 
since you do depend on income that is beyond the borders of your farm.

Now, they could very well be wrong.  I don't listen to phrophets, ilisten to 
educated rational men who know of the subject of which they write.  Even the 
most 'gloomy' of these (Peter Schiff, or Nouriel Roubini as examples) think 
we will come back strong.  Now Rouibini thinks it will all be over and back 
to normal within a couple of years at the most.  Schiff believe that what the 
government is doing now could postpone the ineveitable and cause the malaise 
to drag on for years.

None, who are reasonable think that we will be going through anything akin to 
the French Revolution of even the disintegration of the USSR (not to say that 
a re-enactment of one or the other would 'necessarily be a bad thing); but 
there are many who believe we could have terrible political consequences to 
the economic recovery -- a government that represses and oppresses even more 
than now, which is already bad enough.

Things could go one of many different ways, and only charlatans and blowhards 
pretend to know which way for sure.  With such knowledge, now, even a working 
man could become rich, soon.  

The system no longer works for you , so you opt out as much as possible.  
And, believe me, I try to learn from you just how best to do that, gradually, 
and in smart ways, within the confines of my own life.  But, even you can't 
opt out completely.  You have responsibilities of which the 'system' has 
knowledge and 'some' control.  The same is with me.

You and I agree on much.  But, I won't care that my neighbor used too much 
debt to buy too big a boat, until after, the flying monkey bankers and 
politicians are held accountable for their economic crimes.  

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--- On Mon, 12/29/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> By the way, the 'economic crisis' hasn't affected my life yet. Not even a 
> little. I'm still waiting. My income and expenses are the same as a year 
> ago, or four years ago, and aren't likely to change much in the next year 
> or two.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> Tioga Co. PA 
>