[bruceb]

If you think the country is falling apart and people are going to flee, then yes stock market would fall if those things did actually happen.

[hypeatei]

Not necessarily. There are quite a few levers the U.S. government and Federal Reserve have to keep things humming along since we're a giant. Stocks are not as rational as you're making them out to be. As the saying goes "gradually, then suddenly"

Your remarks about "shorting the market if you think this" are not only ignorant but passive aggressive.