[wideawake]

Too bad that even the possibility of actual austerity in the US would result with riots so severe it will make the ongoing economic freeze in France seem like the peak of Chinese economic growth.

That's garbage.

Americans would handle austerity with far greater maturity than the French or the Greeks.

And I hope austerity comes soon, because in America austerity means jobs.

[PTBAA]

I agree that responsible, self-sufficient Americans will handle austerity better than France and Greece, but I fear for the people living in the suburbs of Detroit and other major cities when those welfare checks stop coming.

[FromLori]

I don’t know I think you may be drawing from personal experience or how you or those you surround yourself with would handle it but how about the Black Panther types if they had no problem intimidating voters and then knowing they got away with it I could see them rioting.

[Frantzie]

What? Americans would handle it calmly and keep being brainwashed by ALL of TV like sheep.

America was founded on riots and throwing tea into Boston Harbor.