YouTube - Why the Meltdown Should Have Surprised No One A few points: 1. The recession has just began and is going to be worse than the Great Depression. 2. Obama is going to solve the problem by embracing it, which is bigger government, more borrowing, less domestic production, more consumption. 3. We are the world's worst costumer; we don't pay. We buy imports and pay with borrowed money instead of exports like every other country in the world. 4. If you don't know how to ride a bike, you'd better learn to do so fast. In the foreseeable future, we will not be able to afford cars as the purchasing value of the dollar drops into the oblivion.