Besides everything else, there’s this:

[rjmacs]

This is a prelude to a 'Shock Doctrine'-style economic disasterism from the GOP as soon as the economy stabilizes under the next Democratic president. There will be cries for deep cuts and reforms to Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security - without which the economy will collapse and everyone will starve.... If a GOP leader thereafter comes to power, or Sweet Potato Saddam is reelected, we will see massive efforts to privatize all things public, to move all remaining utilities, services (like the US Post Office, etc.), and attractions (national parks, etc.) to the ownership or management of private corporations, to reduce public spending.

This is what we have perpetrated on much of the rest of the globe, imposing what are euphemistically called 'austerity measures,' which means cutting public aid programs for the poor, and for public safety nets, and broadly for matters like culture, art, and social good.