People have been living beyond their means, let them sink. Find someone that lived through the Great Depression and see how they live. They live in modest houses and have nice things. What they own is within their budget. Most of the time the furniture and cars are well kept older stuff.

I am a small business owner and my friends are too. Modest best describes how we live. The people that work for us often have nicer appliances in their house, than we do. A big Saracen TV, refrigerator with ice in the door, newer car and live in a rented house. All these things bought on credit. The car bought at a "Buy Here, Pay Here", everything in the house is from a "rent to own place". To settle for items bought at a yard sale and update is what the rest of us did. My mom and dad's house looks like a museum, one new piece of furniture bought at a time. They worked at carefully taking care of everything they bought.

The youth of today never plan to keep anything for any length of time. They just live for today, like there is no tomorrow. I am 43 and still have the used my parents helped me purchase. The car was twelve years old when I got it. Today that car is 38 years old and driven only on the weekends.

Recycle, conserve, and live within one's means, a collapse should do it.

It has already collapsed. They just haven't said it on teevee.

I have contact with missionaries serving abroad in some of the worst conditions imaginable. In these places there is no rising and falling of the economy, it is utter poverty all the time. If we wish for a collapse of the economy it is only from the lap of luxury that economy has afforded us and we have no idea what we hope for. Knowing what goes on in the world around us I could in no way wish that upon anyone.

With that said, do I think the government should get involved? No, they only exacerbate the problem. The Government needs to get out of the way and let the free market run it's course.

Why on Earth would anyone want "the economy" to collapse?? Would you really want our money supply to become worthless?? Would you really like to see lawlessness in the streets?? Would you really like to lose almost all of your opportunities for jobs & future success?? This kind of thinking is, quite frankly, insane. Unfortunately, there are those that worship at the religious altar of the "free market", which the USA has NEVER had BTW, that would like to see this happen.