No end in sight?

Ok, so there are several threads floating around the site with various bits of bad news regarding strikes/delays and the general economic woes…so I would like to pose a question…

How do we get ourselves (as in the country!) out of this current mess?

Seems that unemployment is rising because companies are going bust, workers who are employed are going on strike because they are unhappy at the measures being implemented to try and save jobs/money, and in general it doesnt matter what people try to do, someone somewhere has something to complain about it for some reason or other, and its just a vicious circle with no end in sight…

Does anyone have any realistic/reasonable solutions?