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Old 07-02-2008, 09:46 PM
 
Location: San Diego California
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The downturn may erase some debt, but not most of it. Most people will do the "Right Thing" and try to pay their debts, especially if they are prone to denial and believe the recovery is coming soon and good times will return. There is little the government can do to fix this, they will talk a lot and do little. If you want to know what will happen, study the history of the last depression, the time is different but economic fundamentals are always the same.
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Old 07-02-2008, 10:41 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Here's a link to timeline events and economic conditions leading up to and after Black Tuesday.
Timeline of the Great Depression

Some very similar economic fundamentals as jimhcom posted above in the months before the market crash.

I'm not saying we're gonna crash but we may be headed for a very deep recession here.
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Old 07-03-2008, 05:04 AM
 
Location: America
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The downturn may erase some debt, but not most of it. Most people will do the "Right Thing" and try to pay their debts, especially if they are prone to denial and believe the recovery is coming soon and good times will return. There is little the government can do to fix this, they will talk a lot and do little. If you want to know what will happen, study the history of the last depression, the time is different but economic fundamentals are always the same.
you are doing wishful thinking here lol. Again you should do research. Your "do the right thing" option means nothing when people do not have jobs. Just before they got ready to change the bankruptcy laws, the number of people trying to get a bankruptcy sky rocketed to the largest amount ever in recorded history. Right now the number of people delinquent on CC payments and car loans have sky rocketed. People are walking away from homes etc. So this little "morality" factor is a figment of the imagination. People will do what they have to do at the end of the day.
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Old 07-03-2008, 01:16 PM
 
Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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People walk away from debts every day.

Remember what happened in the last Great depression? The USA exploded into a giant fireball and sank into the sea.

Hrmm....nevermind. It recovered. Let's see if it can recover again.
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Old 07-03-2008, 01:21 PM
 
Location: America
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People walk away from debts every day.

Remember what happened in the last Great depression? The USA exploded into a giant fireball and sank into the sea.

Hrmm....nevermind. It recovered. Let's see if it can recover again.
it will recover, but we will not be in the same position we were in for the last few decades. We will be a MUCH different place.
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Old 07-06-2008, 10:34 AM
 
Location: San Diego California
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you are doing wishful thinking here lol. Again you should do research. Your "do the right thing" option means nothing when people do not have jobs. Just before they got ready to change the bankruptcy laws, the number of people trying to get a bankruptcy sky rocketed to the largest amount ever in recorded history. Right now the number of people delinquent on CC payments and car loans have sky rocketed. People are walking away from homes etc. So this little "morality" factor is a figment of the imagination. People will do what they have to do at the end of the day.
I always do my research. That is why I am successful. Part of that research is the mindset and psychology of the masses. If you do not think the Government and Big Business affect the psyche of the people, then you need to do your research.
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