> Plus I'm probably gonna have to walk there to get it
>cause gas is gonna be 5 bucks a gallon and I wont be able to pay for gas....and
>even if I can my insurance for the car is gonna be a zillion dollars a week.

Come On. Things in the US aren't bad at all, in fact arguably they are the best in the world. Some facts:
- the US has the biggest economy on the planet
http://www.rescueamericanjobs.org/articles/index.php?info=top-100-worlds-largest-economies
- US unemployement is one of the lowest in the G7
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2002/sept/wk1/art03.htm
- the averge US citizen makes one of the highest per captia incomes
http://www.finfacts.com/biz10/globalworldincomepercapita.htm
- gas prices in the US are some of the world's lowest. If gas gets to $5 per US gallon, the country will survive. Germany, Britian, and Italy all have gas above $5 and are some of the world's largest economies
http://www.energy.ca.gov/gasoline/statistics/world_gasoline_prices.html