The Great Depression of 2008 not only has not materialized, but we aren't even in a recession.
I bring this up to point out that the people who are moaning and complaining about how horrible everthing is really need to check their bearings. You remember the old Frank Sinatra song where he sings "if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere?" It's corollary might be this: if you can't make it in an expanding economy, it probably isn't the government's fault.