I could see a day in the next decade or two where there is another revolution spurred on by the working class. The have nots will rise against the social elite. The poor will rise up as riots are already being seen in the last decade around the rld.
The politicians and their kickbacks, dirty deals, and exorbitant self salaries and bene's will no longer be tolerated as this is spinning out of control. It used to be an honor to be elected in Congress and serve your country, now it's the same as getting a winning lottery ticket.
The children of our generation or their generation are not going to tolerate working only to pay taxes, and payback massive debt that went to support the corporate greed. They just won't work and will resort to taking what they need.
And the excessive corporate greed and growing unbalance of upper mgmt versus employees will not be accepted and use the working class as cheap and slave labor continually raiding their compensation to support their excess.
Since no one learns from the past, history always repeats itself, it is just a matter of time. Remember the French Revolution and the American Revolution. And even the American Civil War was also a revolution started over unfair taxation and an imbalance in compensation. The northern states continued to raise taxes on raw goods produced by the south and the southerns could not make a decent living anymore. It's a revolution when you win, a civil war when you lose, just remember that.
And there is no representation of the people anymore, you represent and payback your party and elite group. It now just some talk to get voted and then screw'em. It is way overdue and the reason for this recession, Greed just in general by the upper class of wealthy politicians and executives collapsed on itself with a few wealthy groups fighting it out. So they moved their money to a safe place and raided our IRAs and 401Ks to save their wealth and companies. Then raid our salaries, jobs, and compensation to keep themselves continually getting money.
I already seen massive state tax increases as well as federal tax increases on many items. And the further the have and have not's separate, the resentment and violence will grow. And then the attempt to placate them with a few benes will not work anymore. The working class will continue to have a smaller purchasing power due to the continually increasing taxation to which an economic growth will only be minimal and mainly supported by the wealthy.
I expect this to be world wide and why the UN is requesting power over the US military and our government wants to grant it. It was in a Bill proprose in January. Gun control first has to happen which has been underway for the last decade world wide in an attempt to keep the money and power to those groups in control.