If this doesn't give you pause, nothing will.
Here is a chart of federal borrowing through Dec. 2007.
Now, same chart through December 2008.
Anyone still think there are not some rough patches down the road?
De Historische Verschuiving van ons Wereldbeeld tijdens de XXI Eeuw:
Piekolie en de fatale financiële, economische en ecologische gevolgen
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The Historic Paradigm Shift during the XXI Century:
Peak Oil and the financial, economic and ecologic consequences