Let’s hope Election Night is not hell night.

Kevin Bacon’s pained response from the Omega’s sadistic initiation in the film Animal House is an apt simile of the dystopian future Democrats have in mind for we the people. After they impeach Donald Trump and install Elizabeth Warren in the Oval Office, you can say goodbye to that fat 401K and watch the misery index spike. Things will grow worse for many households, especially in red-state America.

Impeachment will incite anger in at least 35% of the population; so, if you thought the Tea Party sounded angry, you ain’t heard nothing yet! Oddly, this impeachment bears no resemblance to 1974, when voters overwhelmingly believed Nixon was justly ousted. In stark contrast, Main Street doesn’t equate Trump’s call transcript to Nixon’s incriminating audiotape or think his cheap-shot tweets at enemies are the legal equivalent of Nixon’s secret weaponization of the CIA, DOJ and FBI.

On Main Street, folks are more concerned about their situation (family and taxes) than their identity. They also consider Trump’s lack of politesse a fair trade-off for no new foreign wars, a robust economy, and tackling unfair trade. They like his lack of ideological purity and love that he sees and speaks to working-class Americans. Plus, they don’t like Congress or the mainstream media.

Have you noticed the stock market jitters after Nancy Pelosi unilaterally opened impeachment inquiries? I have and also remember the 27% DJIA drop after Nixon resigned. A similar drop in 2020 would mean investors (including retirement plans) lose $9.5 trillion in six months. Wouldn’t it be prudent to censure Trump and keep the party rolling? But no, crazy-eyed Democrats now control the party – and they are anti-capital.

Does it have to be Sanders or Warren? Yes, because Trump-Ukraine will render Joe Biden un-electable, meaning no free marketeers on the 2020 ballot. This particular impeachment is partisan-driven: Sanders collectivists and Warren socialists forced Speaker Pelosi to go all-in on this crap shoot. A Warren victory, in particular, will signal an era of economic inquisition.

Ms. Warren believes average American lives will improve if corporations are punished, beginning with executives in jail for negligence. She “has a plan” to lower the standard for criminal liability: even if an executive didn’t know about illegal activity inside the company, he cannot “escape the threat of prosecution.” In addition, she will impose an extra 7% tax on corporate profits over $100 million and launch the Green Mobilization Plan.

She has also promised a massive wealth transfer, which includes higher middle-class taxes to fund universal healthcare for every American and free childcare for families earning less than $50,000. She promised to cancel student loan-debt and make all public universities tuition-free. According to the Washington Post, her plans will burden taxpayers with an added $32 trillion over ten years.

Moreover, there is a significant cultural shift awaiting Main Street: pushing the central state to replace church, family and community, because Sanders and Warren socialism is totalitarian statism. Free childcare won’t include church programs, universal healthcare won’t allow families to pick the time, place or provider for their treatment, and factory towns won’t hum along after the green mobilization plan hits businesses.

At least 63 million voters smell a rat, and have since November 2016. Trump threatens an illiberal order that’s not “liberal” in the worldview of Bobby Kennedy or Dr. Martin Luther King. After pressuring electors, inventing Trump-Russia, and pushing Trump-Ukraine, it’s now obvious: the left is narcissistic – and middle-class taxpayers will pay the consequences.

By Spencer Morten

The writer is a retired CEO of a US corporation, whose views were informed by studies and work in the US and abroad. An economist by education, and pragmatist by experience, he believes the greatest threat to peace and prosperity are the loudest voices with the least experience and expertise.