quote:Larry, look up who is going to be the largest economy in either 2012 or a little later, and guess what, it will not be us unless we get our house in order. You seem to have a lot of time to look up graphs, so look up that one. The USA is quickly becoming second class, and I do not think that all of this socialism is going to help our cause at all -- it will just take us into the hole faster.
I'd address you by name, but since you never sign your postings....
Countries do not stay at the top forever. Never have, never will. So whether the "fall' of the USA is this generation, or three, or thirty, more down the road, get ready for it.
But that does not mean the end of life as we know it.
Would anyone argue the citizens of Australia, New Zealand, England, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Japan and on and on have miserable, all-work-and-no-play existences? Following your implied logic, since they are not at the "top" they must be "second class". But their citizens have jobs, have homes, buy cars, televisions and boats, raise children, take vacations, collect art, go out for dinner, have family reunions.... In short, their lives do not suck just because their countries are not NUMERO UNO.
Yes, I do worry that the following generations (my children and their children) will face a different American economy than the current model. But I'm not so sure, as you seem to be, that such a difference will mean an end to all things American.
I honestly believe this country is one of the best to live in, and will remain so for many generations to come.
It will change, yes. But relax, it will not die.
Larry