You have to understand the beast of the kenesian economics. They "created" wealth by printing 80% of all U.S. money in existence within 2.5 years. They then are "spending" this money on war contracts ...they do this by GIVING away old equipment and purchasing new, through the military. (you didn't think they were going to try and hide it again with $2K toilet seats did you ?) The money then is "clear" to go into accounts and those accounts will then lend fake dollars to a few BILLION people, and thus those people will have TRILLIONS between them to piss away on nothing (subscriptions, food, medications, utlities, entertainment) all at costs that are raised due to the gap between the then and now. You call it INFLATION, and it might lead to a DEPRESSION... but for those who have managed NOT to sell of their lives and the lives of their children..... The largest economic boom in history will happen. It's inevitable. If nothing changes (and only violence/war can do that) then i fully expect the DOW to be trading around 100,000 before the next 20 years is over. Fuck it might even go as high as 125,000. Granted 80% of the market is driven by the top 5 brokerage houses. ...because they represent a few hundred million people's "retirements". And they control the economy with how THEY re-invest it (it's all a part of the larger game). Simply put the gap between the rich and poor is going to be pushed so far off that not even a "Powerball jackpot" will get you into that top caste. In fact there are just 3 castes in America today. The wealthy. The working poor and the meaningless. (pssst, unless you're pulling down more than a million dollars a year you're not in the wealthy class) The trick will be either to have the super super mass of people start a revolution that burns the whole fucking thing down....or to put as much "money" into the market and stay alive long enough for the pendulum to swing back the other way...because, instant wealth is coming.