I would imagine that most cities would soon look much like Bombay slums and the cities of China.

Edited to add: I remember the slums of the 1950s/1960s and I never want to see that become the norm in this country again.

Look what is happening in Texas these days for, one example, the state is de-paving county/rural roads... seriously, tearing up the pavement and converting to gravel because they say that the pavement is too costly to maintain. But one might argue that the cost of tearing up the pavement would be similar to actual maintenance, no?

Major shift in the way the 99 per cent interacts with government needs to take place as well as an end to feeding the overfed corporate beast.

Attorney General; Ken Cuccinelli
Sec of State: Michelle Bachman
Sec of Defense: Alan West
Sec of Commerce: Donald Trump
Sec of Labor: Scott Walker
Sec of Energy: David Koch
Sec of Education: Mike Huckabee
Sec of Agriculture: Jim DeMint
Chief of Staff: Sarah Palin
Vice President: Rick Santorum
...should I go on?

I think I need to wash down an upper with a fifth of vodka.

will never truly succeed--be ALLOWED to succeed, now or in the future, no matter how much ordinary folk might agree with Democratic principles and values (fairness, common good, looking out for the powerless, etc.) The American people have been and will be punished for voting for Democrats--and I almost don't care anymore.

I seem to recall that one of the things that helped defeat Barry Goldwater in the 1960s was the fear of giving him control of the nation's nuclear arsenal. Goldwater was considered an extremist with a few screws loose.

Let's hope that the prospect of allowing Cruz and other teabagger crazies control of nukes and drones and a worldwide electronic spying network is enough to frighten voters in the 2014 and 2016 elections.