[Buckeye McFrog]

I suppose it could meet its end when the economy trainwrecks so badly that elected politicians have no one else left to blame.

[Vigilanteman]

I think you nailed it, Buckeye. There will be a hell of a lot of finger pointing between the financial elites and the political elites. They've enjoyed a great symbiotic relationship of raping the middle class but, at some point soon, that alliance will begin to unravel.