Originally Posted by
moka
My prediction is that when the next recession/financial crisis hits the US will want austerity for the poor. They will be asked to tighten their belts. The government will want to cut spending on welfare, education, health etc because the debt is too high. The recent tax cuts which benefited the rich the most were funded by debt. The rich will not be asked to tighten their belts i.e. tax increase, and in fact could be given a tax cut to get the economy going. Rich get richer, poor get poorer.
Never let a good crisis go to waste - this expression is now commonly applied to economic or diplomatic crises that can be exploited to advance political agendas.