[Useful Idiot]

I for one am disturbed with the, management,so to speak of our great nation. As well as many others. Can our problems be soley directed at the president? Or are there many other things goin on in the background that we don't know. I know that we have it better here than some folks have it in other countries.BUT, there is something terribly wrong with the way our country is being managed.We are rolling downhill like a snowball headin for hell. Input???

[chuckyoufarley]

our government is the problem trying to be AMERICA WORLD POLICE

[WelderDan]

Our biggest problem is that congress is beholden to special interests and the average Joe gets the hose. The middle class is quickly becoming the lower class. "Job creators" get tax breaks, but don't create jobs. Instead, they lay off workers, force the remaining people to work harder and pocket the profits and the tax breaks. Then the CEO gets a huge bonus for saving the company money.

People are working harder and getting less for their efforts. People are pissed and rightfully so. I got downsized nearly 3 years ago from a $60k a year job.

I can't blame the President since I lost my job the day he took office. We were in the shitter before he came along.

[rives]

I see where Libya is now planning on introducing "radical Islamic law". Gee, who would've guessed?

[PuReKnOwLeDgE]

America sold out to the bankers in 1912 under Woodrow Wilson when he signed the Federal Reserve act. We are now under 100 years of oprression from the global elitist bankers. None of what you see is happening on accident. Until the people rise up and take back what is theirs conditions will worsen. You have to look beyond what you see, the President and the Congress, it is what is happening behind closed doors at secret meetings with the worlds richest people you should worry about.

[LiLWaynE]

the great majority of our people have become too caught up in shit that does not matter............ television, movies, video games...

that is what is wrong...

that is how the government has managed to sneak in and pass laws and make decisions that we all find out about AFTER they have been passed.....or if we do find out about them before they pass, there is little to nothing we can do...

[Manijahtor]

united states is ruled by the federal reserve.. (yeah the ones that killed kennedy and stuff)... and theres nothing people can do about it... president is an utter puppet of the establishment. but dont worry about your economy, the goverment will find another country to plunder. ( lol hope is not us).. either way we'll just throw a few planes at ya jijiji

[DiscoBiscuit]

Pick an issue, any economic issue you're ticked off about. Chances are good to excellent it's being bought off - against your better interests.

[RetroGrow]

Originally Posted by LiLWaynE

the great majority of our people have become too caught up in shit that does not matter............ television, movies, video games...

that is what is wrong...

that is how the government has managed to sneak in and pass laws and make decisions that we all find out about AFTER they have been passed.....or if we do find out about them before they pass, there is little to nothing we can do...

Yup. People are hypnotized by the media and the toys that go with it. I now see people crossing the street and walking right in front of traffic because they are staring at some hand held gizmo. It's bad enough driving and texting/talking, but now even pedestrians are doing it. It's as if the media has seized control of people's minds on a vast scale. The people don't seem to realize they are under an hypnotic spell....they have become droids....

[zenoonez]

Originally Posted by WelderDan

Our biggest problem is that congress is beholden to special interests and the average Joe gets the hose. The middle class is quickly becoming the lower class. "Job creators" get tax breaks, but don't create jobs. Instead, they lay off workers, force the remaining people to work harder and pocket the profits and the tax breaks. Then the CEO gets a huge bonus for saving the company money.

People are working harder and getting less for their efforts. People are pissed and rightfully so. I got downsized nearly 3 years ago from a $60k a year job.

I can't blame the President since I lost my job the day he took office. We were in the shitter before he came along.

I tend to think that this is a large part of our problem. If we want to lessen taxes on job creators they sure as shit should be creating jobs in our country. We have exported the manufacturing base upon which the greatness of America was built. We have continually outsourced our technology and industry and now we are even outsourcing our war efforts.

As to the problem being our desire to act in the world community, I have to staunchly disagree. While I honestly believe a more isolationist position would be advantageous to us as a country, we cannot neglect the fact that we are able to stand up for those who cannot stand for themselves. If a country desires democracy, they should have that chance. If they wish to stand against leaders who put them down, we should be standing behind them supporting them through either material or non material means.

Self determination is the right of every people, a right we must again begin to exert by taking our country back from the special interest groups that virtually own it. I think great strides could be made toward accomplishing the goal of making America great again but they must begin with a reformation of the tax codes both personal and corporate in this country. Furthermore, we should reward companies that choose to keep factories in our country and those who bring them back, these are the companies who should pay a lower tax rate. The goal of this tax code must be to create a larger middle class if America is to succeed.

As to the OP's question of whether the blame can be laid at the feet of our president, I think anyone who does a contentious examination of the situation we find ourselves in will realize that the foundations of this crisis were laid long ago and not by one administration but by many. Our debt situation is one that must be rectified, however, so too must the inequity of our tax system, the purchasing of our legislature by special interests, our defense spending, educational systems, subsidies, and out of control entitlement programs.

Simply put, we are in a world of shit and it is all of our own making but it doesn't belong to Obama any more or less than any of the presidents who preceded him. It took two parties and plenty of presidents to get us into this situation and it will likely take two parties and many more presidents to get us out of it. This is not a issue partisan in nature no matter what the pundits tell you, this is an issue which must be beyond partisan. Democrats and republicans alike must slaughter their heifers and calfs at the alter of our great nation in order that we may go on and return to the path from which we never should have diverged.

I could go on but it would probably become more of a diatribe than anything else. Let it suffice to say that we have a great many things to fix and it will take the two parties actually working together to fix it. Fat chance of that happening any time soon though. Hopefully this will inspire some to look at this without the partisan venom that is so common in our nation's political discourse. Peace!