Quote Originally Posted by lapis View Post
I have a friend who was laid off from a corporate job in October. Up until then, she was very busy working and trying to raise three children. She wanted to be a stay-at-home mother, but her partner kept getting laid off for long periods of time. Now he is working again so financially they are more stable, and it's interesting because on her own she has been looking into the problems of debt, fiat currency, Ron Paul and what to do when the SHTF. I hadn't said very much to her about these things as I'd hinted about it in the past and she didn't seem receptive to this information at all.

The PTB better find out some other trick to keep the economy going, because unemployed people have free time to start figuring things out on their own, and they become anti-dollar positive. ;-)
People hopefully will begin to realize that with every downside, there is an upside. Most people are too damn busy most of the time to pay attention. While being unemployed sucks, it does give folks a chance to stop and reflect how they got there. Plenty of information available, if we work to provide it.

One door closes, another opens. I'm currently trying to navigate this path.