Within 20 years, the US will have tanks in the street.

Don't be so morbid OP. My parents thought the world would be over by now ... so did much of their generation who survived WWII, concentration camps, starvation, etc. The world will go on w/o us...we're not the center of the universe.

i am 56 and going to the church once a month for food what you think about that

Broke. They will be broke. We all will.

Go see Cloud Atlas, or read the book

This is interesting, look at alexandria in 30 years.
http://sealevel.climatecentral.org/surgingseas/place/states/GA#show=cities¢er=6/32.708/-83.178

I believe that there will be a crash of the higher education bubble, and we will look back at the people graduating from college now like the people who won a bid off for a house in suburban Las Vegas in 2006.

This is depressing.

I'm not generally a cynic, or a glass half empty kind of girl. However, I seriously don't think the world as we know it will exist by the time my preschooler has children. It will either be demolished (at least 50%) by natural disaster(s) or will be some post-apocalyptic world like Hunger Games.

When I think of the proposed changes going on in Washington today, I can't help but worry about the disconnect in Washington and the realities of young people trying to get their financial footing. They are starting their adult life with astronomical student loans due to high college costs. Many employers don't offer medical insurance and, if they do, the employee pays most of the cost. I try to explain to my grandchildren how important it is to plan for retirement. That is a concept that is hard to understanding when the economy is such as it is.
The middle class is at risk for becoming the working poor.