Industry, after industry are falling prey to the deflation of the artificial money supply created by lenders eager to capture profits on the earnings of the future. They lent money to anyone who wanted to buy a house, often at high interest rates. When Big Oil was allowed to make record breaking profits by jacking up the price of fuel, it stole money out the pockets of the middle class. As the price of transportation of goods and services increased, the price of every consumer goods increased as well. Eventually the increase in transportation costs out stripped the middle class’s ability to pay, and people fell behind in their bills, including their mortgages and now their credit card debt. As people defaulted on loans, the profits lenders were hoping to realize vanished. Since the money wasn’t coming in, there is no money to lend. Since many businesses depend on borrowing money to finance their operations, they are hurting now since it is difficult to borrow. It is a big mess. With Pluto now in Capricorn, the threat of too many bankruptcies bringing us to a Depression is very real. Can the government do it all? No. Should our government do everything it can. I say yes.