We have to get the economy back to going...NOW. Our local city administrator was just on tv talking about our sales tax shortfall. Talking about laying off city workers etc. This is going to get bad really fast. Depression here we come....
I'm buying metals....
Our County seat has taken a different approach (unfortunately), Instead raising assessed home values by as much as 50% with no improvements, oil at 16/bbl, everything not directly oil patch pretty much shut down, and calling it a "market adjustment"--with no regard that for this region it is 1986 all over again. (sharp population decrease as oil drilling imploded, collapse in housing prices).
I expect an exodus this summer like the one in '82 and '86 here. If I can't get/find work for the next months, I will be cruising alleys for good used furniture, etc. (discarded), and offering services to haul stuff to the dump, pack/load households going south, etc.