We're definitely headed for some kind of meltdown, The government has moved away from the gold standard, they are intentionally de-valuing our currency by continuing to print money to pay off debt, making existing currency worth less. Other nations are beginning to move away from basing their currency rates on the USD. Pretty soon, you'll need a wheelbarrow full of cash to buy a loaf of bread, and eventually, 100 dollar bills will be as worthless as toilet paper.
The government has trampled freedom and liberty, they have destroyed industry and jobs through regulation.
Do you think it's fair that the average person works until may 15th every year to pay their income taxes? Or how about the parent with enough foresight to work all their lives and try to leave something for their kids, and the government steps in and says "I'll take half of that" (55% inheritance tax) HALF?! WTF? Like we're married to the government or something.
I don't recall ever being married to the government, and if I am, I want a divorce right now and today, on the grounds that I'm an abused spouse. All I (and the rest of the American working people) do is give give give. And all these pocket-lining pirates of the Potomac can do is take, take take, with no gratitude, the only thanks we get is being further kicked in the face while we're down.
Patriotism is gone in this country. These modern-day doofuses have no clue about the sacrifices made by the founding fathers of this nation. Men like Francis Marion's troops, who were so poor, they couldn't afford shoes, they wrapped rags around their feet and marched into the swamps in the heat of summer and in the dead of winter. If the founding fathers could see the apathy and ignorance of today, they wouldn't have bothered fighting for these bunch of ingrates, that's for sure. They'd have rolled over in bed, farted, and went back to sleep.
Back in those days, we went to war over a 1% tax increase. Nowadays, people could care less. As long as they have their Sunday football on the idiot box, their fridge full of beer, and their big macs, it's all good. You could tax them at 90% and they'd bend over and take it, and they'd vote to re-elect the POS's that taxed them at 90%.
So, unfortunately, the people do not have a breaking point, or a line in the sand. Folks with my viewpoints are labelled as 'right wing extremists' because we do not believe in compromise or surrender. But there ain't enough of that mentality to go around to make a difference. So, unless and until there is, this country will continue to spiral in its nosedive until we finally hit the bottom.
Sorry for the rant. I could go on all day like this, but all it does is work my blood pressure up.