Right now authorities have pumped up the liquidity of the system to the point where only politics keeps them pumping more.
Left and right will make different choices of how to redistribute incomes at this point and keep their interests at the forefront. The battle will be acrimonious because the potential losses are very real. In the end the poorest will suffer the most as they do not have the knowhow to compete other than gambling.
Poor people, the old and the less fortunate will, yes will gamble if they don't know what to do. And, yes there are many scoundrels willing to take those bets to pay for over investment in gambling apparatus of the nation.
Make no mistake, the real disease in America is addiction and the processes of addiction which are included as normal behaviour, risk taking and investing. Rather than the work ethic America has the problem of food chain addiction, and it's not going away soon!
An example of one form of approach, but you should see that it's a loaded mix of policies and not my own..
""" The Real State of the Union: A Rescue Plan for the U.S. Economy - Money Morning
http://moneymorning.com/2011/01/28/the-real-state-of-the-union-a-rescue-plan-for-the-u.s.-economy/
Woohs stream at http://woohs.blogspot.com taps into many streams of thought and action. There is no end to motion, just evolution and unrelenting change, seen or unseen. Energy is motion both in reality and calculation. Take time to rest even though all inside you is always moving. Your massive relative pause gives opportunity for other smaller streams to catch up. Take time to meditate so that you can see with your mind what lies within and beyond.