[GOPJ]

In his view the welfare state has evolved from the many helping the few to the few helping the many and that the inevitable crash, or “rebooting the computer,” will simply have to be endured. Whether this crisis occurs soon, as further credit expansion is voluntarily abandoned, or occurs later, as the currency system meets final and total catastrophe, Faber cannot predict.

The Sanford mess might be an early indicator...

[DuncanWaring]

“The Sanford mess” is not the early indicator.

The early indicators were last summer during the three-day holiday weekends in Chicago and Philadelphia, and the evening of Opening Day at the Wisconsin State Fair.