The description of the Bush-Clinton policies as "strip-mining" is apt.
The same skewed attitude that compels mining concerns to disregard the long-term consequences of their actions-doing irreparable damage to the environment of the communities that live down-stream from this eyesores on the landscape, in order to reap short-term profit-is what animates the obsessive quest to deracinate American industry.
The fact that this country prospered because of its vast middle class is lost on these "flat-world" theorists.
Turning this country into a retail/consumer-driven economy is what they exalt, even if it comes at the expense of American citizens.
The same skewed attitude that compels mining concerns to disregard the long-term consequences of their actions-doing irreparable damage to the environment of the communities that live down-stream from this eyesores on the landscape, in order to reap short-term profit-is what animates the obsessive quest to deracinate American industry.
The fact that this country prospered because of its vast middle class is lost on these "flat-world" theorists.
Turning this country into a retail/consumer-driven economy is what they exalt, even if it comes at the expense of American citizens
Yeah an economy where Americans own 2 cars, 3 televisions, 3 DVD players, cell phones galore, etc.etc.
BTW, you do know that American home ownership is at an all time high.
G.W. Bush's work in the oil industry and owning a baseball team, are also part of "perpetual government service" too?
This country has "prospered" for many different reasons; having a large middle class isn't one of them. That is a benefit, not a cause.
The "flat earth" contingent, are those who want a FORTRESS AMERICA !