What would Happen to the US If...?
553141
It would solve the problem of having to think about solutions to every little problem all the time. So mental exertion would be lessened, and ignorance would rise, which means that there would be a possible sense of bliss. Now, the knowledge that there is no longer a government serving you would be mentally draining on the other hand. \n\nThreat of physical pain would rise considerably...\n\nNoone would have a right to anything, so they would have to personally defend all of their possessions and come up with ways to adjust to less governmental support. Support would still be there from corporations, businesses, etc. but they would be free to commit whatever atrocity they wanted with their immense wealth they would still have. \n\nCertainly a form of chaos would ensue, or maybe business as usual from the view of another species... there would not be a structured and orderly society, but one in which people use any means at their disposal to survive, although interestingly we would still have ideas of morality, justice, etc. from the government days. \n\nNow of course this wouldn't all happen at once, but eventually we would reach stagnation in our push toward further modernization, and if the poor masses cause enough of a stir, production, development and distribution of all kinds of everyday goods available today would be halted. \n\nIt would take alot of adjustment. But I have no doubt that we'd find a way to survive.\n\nAnd then again, we could always make a new government before too much happens =)\n\n\nadded: OK the above posters assumed you meant changing the governmental system... the wording of your question doesn't really include replacing the government with a new system.
383811
we would be very stupid!:(
455944
Since Bush screwed it up majorly it will be pretty bad.  Even if he didn't screw it up and we went in there, it would take tens of years to fix all the problems USA created
189219
We will be:\n\nMore revilled by the world.\nFurther in debt.\nStill unsafe from terrorist atttacks.
1161935
... see... now what happens if the aliens start immigrating to America... they could take our jobs in the high-tech sectors and live on welfare and use our medical facilities at no cost... \n\nI propose we build a bubble over the top of the U.S. to keep these intergalactic freeloaders out of the U.S. and off our welfare... \n\nand what if they want to burn our flags or what if the male aliens want to marry other male aliens (even though it's the only way they can reproduce?)... and what if they abort their own children some of the time, because they will often kill them right as they come out of the womb?\n\nThese are all important issues that we will have to face and legislate in the coming years... think hard about it.... \n\nCruise will have his hands full...
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Everything is cyclical. The US reached the height of her power and is now in decline. The US is a debtor nation and it is only a matter of time until the US economy collapses to the point the US will be unable to sustain her imperialist policies.\n\nPredicting the future is impossible but the most likely outcome is that the US will become just another minor player on the world stage.\n\nMother nature will take care of herself and if human activity seriously threatens her balance, she will remove enough humans to restore balance. Humans concerning themselves with worrying about mother nature is folly. Mother nature can take care of herself. Of course, humans probably won't like her methods, but that is of no concern to her.\n\nThe world will survive, humans may not.
756592
Actually, I was just thinking what would happen if everyone quit paying their taxes, would the government start listening to us? That would definitely hit the headlines.
1115896
-More liberal, morals will become exceedingily less.\n-I would say, yes new inventions, medicines and diseases are much, much less.\n-Maybe an unexpected country, like...Indonesia!\nThe world will be generally worse, crimes will be higher, but technology will be great. English will be a little less popular and maybe Indonesian or...Arabic language will be global! A third World War has already happened, and the world is going to experience a fourth one. US won't be rich anymore, and is not from the developed countries.
994977
If that was the case, all hell would break lose and there would be a huge war.\n\nThat'll never ever happen.
412119
one day if the US gets a little more power over the rest of the world and some technological advances the US could actually become and empire and use its influence to in effect rule the world.....or.....maybe one day the superpowers of the world will decide to band together and make the entire world and all its people into an unbreakable empire...hey you may laugh now but one day it could happen.
336767
I would "recall" all debts owed to the US.Inflation would be erased.
682265
And create an insane amount of inflation.  The amount of money doesn't keep the value of the dollar Static, it would devalue the dollar.  We might as well become a third world country at that point
301916
To all those looking at USA and hoping it goes down, please take note that if we in the USA go down we will not go down quietly. It is not our style. \n\nWe will almost certainly take down some large fraction of the rest of the world with us. That is not a threat or even a wish, it is just realism.\n\nHope for the USA to change? Fine, I'm with you. Hope for the USA to lighten/loosen up a bit on world affairs? I don't agree, but I understand why you feel that way. Hope for the USA to go down, to fall, to fail? You are asking for one whole pile of worldwide collateral damage. So watch out.
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The United States of America do doubt about it.
883296
Hopefully, then the USA next.
1057437
No.It would collapse.The country was so locked down for so long it is going to take some time for them all to figure out how to get along without killing each other.
15766
the united states...........