The story builds every day. We just learned that many doctors around the nation are going broke. Some of us have experienced the same conundrum in the housing industry - when people can't pay the bills, nobody gets paid. Even country clubs will go bankrupt. A strong middle class is the key to our economy.
The price of oil is keeping pressure on the economy. Prices are rising everywhere, including your Lottery ticket. But the middle class isn't getting a raise.
Some now have revived talk of a new pipeline, which Canada really wants us to do - but NASA scientist James Hansen said that would mean "game over" for the climate. Feel like winter to you?
And while some may think that technology will save us, or the world will end before any of this makes a difference, JMG points out this week that it's quite likely that things will just slowly keep getting worse.
Ready to take action? Or are you still waiting for the other shoe to drop?
