America saw 'essentially no job growth' last month, Moody's warns

[Johnny2X2X]

3. It's getting scary out there where I live

West Michigan is seeing a run of business closings that I don't remember since 2008. Restaurants and factories, retail stores and service providers. 35 people here, 75 people there, 450 people there losing their jobs. New businesses opening seem few and far between. There's an ebb and flow, especially when it comes to restaurants, but this is pretty hard to miss the number of places closing their doors, it's several dozen closing.

The social safety net has been butchered right as we're heading into tough times. That's when crime explodes as desperate people act out to feed their families or in frustration.