That might just be the saddest post I'm going to read all day because you're probably right. Individuals have access to lots of credit, it fuels our American co

That might just be the saddest post I'm going to read all day because you're probably right. Individuals have access to lots of credit, it fuels our American consumerism. Maybe it's better, in the long term, to suffer that shrinkage? I'm absolutely not an economist, so I don't really know. Maybe we are in a credit bubble and it needs to pop? Could we absorb the negative drop in the economy without there being riots in the street? Would it be better in the long run?