2008 was a dry run. And make no mistake, there were elected political leaders that were scared chitless.
There were two articles at the time about a couple of congressmen coming out of a secret meeting (just before QE) calling their wives and telling them to take all they could out of any ATM’s they could find.
Just sayin’...
That’s what our open-borders immigration policy is all about, by the way. To ensure its survival, this country needs an influx of peasants who are dumb enough and/or desperate enough to sign up for their share of a $30+ trillion national debt and $100 trillion in future entitlement liabilities.