Some of the economic metrics out there are truly scary and the sad part is that institutions continue to push consumers into more debt and retail investors into high risk securities with the thought that this market and economy is sustainable when in fact it is built on thin ice as optics have helped metrics. However, when economic metrics start to crumble, debts will go unpaid, jobs will be lost and companies will go bankrupt leaving those in the middle crunched yet again while the wealthy get more money...