Now that the GOP took over the government by storm, I have predictions for the immediate years ahead.
I expect things to remain steady through Dec but then change will begin changing rapidly.
First, employment which has seen steady growth for 6 months will see a sharp retraction. Partly due to seasonal jobs ending but also because other job growth will come to a complete halt. Especially jobs in medical and related fields.
The newly empowered GOP will launch a new, full-scale assault on the ACA. Even the threat will cause drastic drops in the stock market.
If the attack is successful, it will result in massive stock losses. Jobs will be lost, as will lives.
Food stamps and welfare will be cut even further than they have been.
The result of that will be large scale protests, increased property and violent crime. In addition, food prices will increase, large scale grocery outlets will close. That will result in further stock losses and general market decrease.
The idea of an increased federally mandated minimum wage will be taken off the table or drastically reduced, enough to be basically meaningless.
Meanwhile, taxes will be reduced for the highest earners in a renewed claim of the "trickle-down" theory. While the same top "earners" continue to send jobs overseas.
Immigration reform will be thrown out the window in favor of large scale deportations and drastically increased border security.
There will be renewed attacks on marriage equality and retraction of rights already won in many states.
There will be a virtual or complete ban on passengers coming from Africa in an attempt to control Ebola. As a result, what has been controlled will slowly fall out of control. Travelers wanting to leave Africa will go elsewhere, to less controlled countries. They will infect residents of other countries, who will travel to the US or come in contact with tourists who bring it back here. Because the people coming into the country will have no relation to Africa they may know of, that will delay diagnosis and result in greater rates of exposure.
The GOP will strongly back Israel, which will embolden Israel against Palestine. The perceived (and real) abandonment and even backing of force against Palestine will give rise to stronger anti-US sentiments. It won;t be long after that when the effects will be felt here.
Russia and possibly China will side strongly with Palestine.
Basically, America just voted in Armageddon.
Of course, all this could be wrong. However, that is if and only if one of two things turns out to be true. Either a large number of the GOP elected turn out to be a lot more Liberal than they appear. Or the American people stand up and refuse to follow along. My only hope would be the former. For the latter, Americans are sheep. They've proven this over and over again.
I expect things to remain steady through Dec but then change will begin changing rapidly.
First, employment which has seen steady growth for 6 months will see a sharp retraction. Partly due to seasonal jobs ending but also because other job growth will come to a complete halt. Especially jobs in medical and related fields.
The newly empowered GOP will launch a new, full-scale assault on the ACA. Even the threat will cause drastic drops in the stock market.
If the attack is successful, it will result in massive stock losses. Jobs will be lost, as will lives.
Food stamps and welfare will be cut even further than they have been.
The result of that will be large scale protests, increased property and violent crime. In addition, food prices will increase, large scale grocery outlets will close. That will result in further stock losses and general market decrease.
The idea of an increased federally mandated minimum wage will be taken off the table or drastically reduced, enough to be basically meaningless.
Meanwhile, taxes will be reduced for the highest earners in a renewed claim of the "trickle-down" theory. While the same top "earners" continue to send jobs overseas.
Immigration reform will be thrown out the window in favor of large scale deportations and drastically increased border security.
There will be renewed attacks on marriage equality and retraction of rights already won in many states.
There will be a virtual or complete ban on passengers coming from Africa in an attempt to control Ebola. As a result, what has been controlled will slowly fall out of control. Travelers wanting to leave Africa will go elsewhere, to less controlled countries. They will infect residents of other countries, who will travel to the US or come in contact with tourists who bring it back here. Because the people coming into the country will have no relation to Africa they may know of, that will delay diagnosis and result in greater rates of exposure.
The GOP will strongly back Israel, which will embolden Israel against Palestine. The perceived (and real) abandonment and even backing of force against Palestine will give rise to stronger anti-US sentiments. It won;t be long after that when the effects will be felt here.
Russia and possibly China will side strongly with Palestine.
Basically, America just voted in Armageddon.
Of course, all this could be wrong. However, that is if and only if one of two things turns out to be true. Either a large number of the GOP elected turn out to be a lot more Liberal than they appear. Or the American people stand up and refuse to follow along. My only hope would be the former. For the latter, Americans are sheep. They've proven this over and over again.
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