woof, our "experiment" has worked thus far because of our ability to adapt. When it gets steered by too few, it fails to adapt. the last time that happened was in the 20's, and it took a strong person siding with the poor to pull us out of it. regardless of what you think of FDR, he navigated through some tough stuff that led other countries to communism or civil war.
this time, we have a small cabal concentrating wealth at unimagined rates, and it has to stop. There is still time to do it politically, and it is why it is so important to stop McCain. McCain is not a bad person, he just represents the wrong path.
to turn the juggernaut without internal war, it will take an incredibly tough and resilient person. Obama is not that person, IMHO... it would take him time to even to even learn to navigate the maelstroms of power and would have unknown ability to deal with it. Hillary and Bill could at least turn the corner... when he said he was for the economy, he meant it, and did it... i have no reason to believe hillary would not do the same. at least they could pull the pendulum back a bit as a known quantity.
There is little other choice in my opinion.
"If at first you don't succeed,
skydiving is not for you"
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