How to survive the economic down turn
First get your girlfriend or wife to buy a large house as a corporation. See ACORN for that, they will also give you helpful tax tips. Then import a few dozen 12 to 15 year old girls from poor countries. I am sure the State Department will be able to help with that. After you have the stimulus money to buy your large house and you have your employees/dependants you can open a nice local business in the entertainment field. Just think of it, your girlfriend or wife will spend most of her day lounging in bed relaxing while you collect the money and if you plan it right you might get the government to pay your mortgage meaning you get to keep more profit. Since the girls will be undocumented and under age they don’t have to pay or file income tax, since they will also be your dependants you can claim them as a deduction on the money you make reducing your taxes. Since this is mostly a cash business you only have to report what you want to report as income so you will never have to pay taxes. You will be able to afford your own health care, and if your business is successful you might even branch out into a national franchise helping others gain wealth and reducing the welfare and unemployment rolls.
It all must be legal since we are giving ACORN 8.5 billion dollars of our tax money to provide this economic advice and assistance. Yup this is change you can believe in!