The rich are going after trailer parks now.

via Memory Alpha...

"They're greedy, misogynistic, untrustworthy little trolls, and I wouldn't turn my back on one of them for a second."

In the Star Trek universe there are creatures known a Ferengi.  The culture that they created values "wealth creation" above all else.  Nothing is done without the thought of profit.  War?  Unless its profitable it won't happen.  Business?  Ditto.  The concept of social welfare, medical care, helping your fellow man?  None existant.

I wonder if the creators of that fictional universe were onto something.  Check this out from SHTF Blog....

America is filled with lots of poor people these days, and there’s plenty of money to be made off them.
With Wall Street already turning once-homeowners into renters in housing neighborhoods, billionaires and entrepreneurs are now investing in trailer parks, where they are making considerable fortunes off of raising the rent on the poorest among us.
The economic concept is as easy as shooting fish in a barrel.
Generally speaking, these people moved into trailer parks for the cheap rent, and even with rent prices soaring, these poor people have nowhere else to go.
“The economics are compelling… there’s a lot more poor people than rich people,” one investor said.
The London Guardian spotlighted this trending market for moguls, following a bus load of ‘boot campers’ at Mobile Park University who are learning how to profit from the poor, many of whom are ironically found immobile and ‘trapped’ in their mobile homes:

Read it all here.

This is why I'm so worried about stability in America.  You can't keep pushing people...extracting what little they have, before they finally push back.  In the Star Trek universe, attempts to deal reasonably with the Ferengi for the most part failed.  It always came down to force of arms.

Is that the future for America when it comes time to deal with our own "Ferengi"...otherwise known as Wall Street?