When the money flow slows to a trickle, some will make due with less and others will take from those with more.
Unless some new technology( religion ) creates jobs in the next 8 months the next presidential election will produce some very interesting demagogues. Eva Perone are you listening?
You better believe she is, she's going around the country, hawking her book of lies and trying to tap into all of the frustration out there. She'll succeed when enough engineers and tech types who are now working at Wal-Mart get desperate enough to believe in her brand of socialism.