I disagree.
What has happened in the last two decades is different from anything before.
We are exporting JOBS.
Jobs.
Jobs which had been held by, and done by Americans. So many millions of jobs, have been exported.
All of those jobs, now are done by foreigners.
Therefore a lot of Americans who used to do those jobs, are out of work.
Money is flowing out of the country.
This is a gigantic fail. In every way.
We must turn it around now.
Bring back American jobs, and close the US to unlimited imports.
Now.
This is indeed a time to despair. The only thing - barely - between absolute statism and a semblance of freedom was the putative conservative majority on the USSC. Kennedy was a bit of a wild card, but he came through on a number of significant decisions. The duplicity of Roberts has demonstrated that the USSC is lost and will be for a generation after Obama gets to replace at least one of the remaining conservatives on the bench. With McConnell and Boehner indicating surrender with their every action or inaction, all three branches of government are now in the thrall of the statists, all cheered on by a corrupt and self-indulgent Fourth Estate. Yes, miracles do happen. And it will take one for America to pull back from the precipice. The question is, does America deserve to be saved from its own folly?