Reply #11: Squeeze Out! [View All]

[David in Canada]

Due to the precarious state of America's national economy plus most families microeconomies, a substantial rise in gas prices will cause personal financial collapse.

The psycholical fallout from this is going to be suicides. Also, people are going to be enraged as Americans have been groomed to beliee that 'if you work hard and do what you gotta do, you'll be alright'. Once that meme has been cruelly shattered, the effects on American society, from the nation as a whole down to the neighbourhoods, is going to one of despair, bitterness, resentment, and revenge.

This can, and probably will, be ugly.