Should the EU not get its financial house in order the anemic world-wide recovery from the (US caused) Great Recession will go into a tailspin, dragging recovering economies down yet again.
So, while you're still employed by yer gear - NOW consumers, before you are too poor to do so.
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it when "The Boss" tells me she want me to cut back on gear purchases. So what if I have 100 kilos of lightweight gear in the garage, in the laundry room, under my bed and elswhere. Sooner or later I may even use all of it.
And don't start with me about my being a gearaholic. I can quit anytime. Done it hundreds of times.