We will not see a total collapse, there are too many ULTRA RICH out there with so much personal money that only one of them could write a check for the losses back in the Fanny Mae, Freddy Mac situation. ( 700 billion $) The stock exchange dropped once back then and only 6%. the loss of 6% of one day at the stock exchange was 600 Billion. Those people cannot build yachts, Ferraris, Lear Jets and make any food, they have to depend on us little taxpayers to do the dirty work. They will assure their own welfare, keep the world internet up, keep track and control of their billions, make up for the losses by investing in us little people to survive (with some losses), make themselves look like the heros of the world and get elected again to the Fortune 500 clubs and such...hang in, hang on, hang around, wait for the green light again and keep driving. We survived 2 world wars, earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, forest fires, stock crashes, colds, divorces and constipation. We will not all be happy and come out of this story richer, but we will learn to stick together, trust our prepping, see where the weak spots and change our plans a bit for the future...Live free, Gary