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Wife and I are both employed, have been at the same jobs for a long while, and are both in jobs that, while they're not layoff proof, it would take some major shit for either one of us to be let go.
That said, I am still quite uneasy about the entire direction that not just the economy is taking, but where many things that factor into the economy. Oil is tracking up(Peak Oil!?), housing is on a bubble, markets are over hyped(P/E ratios still too high), massive debt, large trade defecit, entirely too much outstanding personal credit, etc. etc. down the line. It quite frankly looks like the Perfect Storm is just over the horizon, bearing down on us.
Thus, I'm using this time to prepare. Don't owe anything except for the mortage, preparing for alternative heating and energy use, working to manufacture my own biodiesel, building the soil for our garden, etc. etc. I want our own shelter to protect us from this storm. Otherwise everything could get swept away.
I would suggest that everybody also do as much as they can to prepare. Otherwise you will get swept overboard when the waves come crashing over the side. So get ready, we're about to see a fall that will make the Great Depression look like the Roaring Twenties.
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