How bad will the current economic pinch on the American pocket book get?

you will know when you have to exchange what you have left for Euros

Real bad for a while. Americans are used to easy money so when any sacrifice is in order they panic and make bad decisions that will drive us into recession. Hopefully Bush's stimulus program (rebates) will cushion the fall.

Not too bad. There's no reason to believe that another Great Depression is right around the corner. Business cycles happen, and we were due for a little bad news.

The Dems will tax you more than you can earn and then want you to be grateful that 'they' are taking care of all the needs they consider necessary but in reality you neither want or need the socialized economy they are doling out to you.

They will live 'high on the hog' by taxing you to pay for their lifestyle.

Anyone that really believes that they care about the average, tax paying citizen is deceiving themselves. The only thing they want from us is their vote and then they dictate to us our values, our income, our lifestyle, our priorities. It is really a joke.