Well my ex told me that the United States would cease to exist in.....1975!!!! As long as we have guns it will not come to pass.
It may in terms of social reforms nationally (healthcare reform etc...) and Gov't give aways abroad. Heck, we're already giving Billions and Billions of our dollars to these third world countries only to be ripped off by idiots like Kofi Amin and his son at the UN...