Power of 10 Question

[Chrisman886]

I admit I watched power of 10 today. Drew Carey bashing aside, they asked a question which I thought received an interesting response. According to the show, 74% of Americans think that America will still be around in 100 years. Keep in mind this is a telephone interview question posed to random people (or so they say). I thought this percentage would be much higher.

I confess I have really never given much thought of the stability and solvency (if that's the right word) of the US before I saw that question on TV. Living in the US for all my life, I have an admittedly biased opinion that America is one of the most stable countries in the world. Therefore, I really never think about it. Is my thinking clouded?

Maybe this should be in a different forum, but who here thinks that US is doomed to fail in the next 100 years, due to either its own fault or someone else's? Anyone have anything else to add?