Twenty years ago U.S. policy was still oriented towards competitiveness and growth. Today we have a president and, at least for the moment, top heavy congressional majorities that despise competitiveness, are intent on redistributing wealth, and are quite content to accept U.S. decline as long as their own political power is assured.
We have a COMMUNIST president trying very hard to wreck capitalism and reduce the USA to Third World status.
It is tribute to the strength of the free minds and free markets in America that he is failing in his quest, and that a rising tide of patriots will remove him from office.