But hey, the economy is in the toilet...
It's only in the toilet for the masses. Not for those who control and benefit from the current state of the economy. They are quite fine with it going in the toilet for the rest of us and have all the incentive to keep it going that way. When it's crashing, the loss is socialized, it's not personal loss for the crash-ers. So...who is going to change that from the couch?
Right now the game is... you adapt or you get left behind. Come to think of it... it has been so beyond right now and it shall be so beyond right now.