Recovery possible, sure, but seems like a long shot.

I do think there is more people who feel the same way that are not speaking about it.
This year for the first time ever our local hardware/supply store selling canning jars, by the pallet. I took that as another indicator of tough times ahead. Hopefully I'm wrong.

We are just starting down the really steep part.

We're pretty far down, but there is still a long way to go down.

Unfortunately I think it's unrecoverable. The lights need to go out, then we can rebuild it.