In the US I would say heading for disaster. In California the social safety net is basically broken and non-existent despite all the tax collected its still the same problem. They want a huge war to "thin the herd". Since Reagan basically you only have any rights if you are profitable to a corporation, if a corporation cannot exploit you, you're dead unless you can fall back on friends and or family. If you default on student loans they take away your social security. The level of cruelty there is unbelievable.