The US economy is in worse shape than the media is telling us. Vast amount of debt without any visible chance of growing the economy fast enough to pay for it. That debt is expanding rapidly every second of every day. The US has a lot further to fall......unless there is a 'miraculous' new economic paradigm (read:new energy source, etc.) that only the US has and the rest of the world wants/needs. Otherwise, prepare for massive civil unrest in Americe.........