One does not rise in American politics without the blessing of the international financial cartel, which is profiting handsomely from the status quo. Mere "voters" aren't going to have any impact on that status quo, because they will never be offered candidates with the will or the power to change it. Stop listening to Obama's Socialist mouth and watch what he actually does. He likes to provoke huge controversies with his brand of social liberalism, but he never crosses the bankers - on anything.
World wars can perhaps change international orders...sometimes. Short of that, those of us who are stuck in the declining USA of 2014 will simply have to make the best of it - and strive to be prosperous and create value on a local level. We aren't going to do it as assembly line workers for MegaCorp International, and local governments keep making it harder to run small businesses. But that is where the real battle must take place - corrupt mayors and city councils need to become scared to death of the ire local citizens, and then some legitimate economic growth can resume.
The US Senate will never be scared of the citizens. They know they don't work for us.
“I submit that at this point the macroeconomic environment cannot be changed”
I tend to agree. I had my hopes in the Tea Party, but when they chose Rubio, as one example, I realized any real change was unlikely. (BTW, Rubio says he’ll run for president if asked. You want to bet somebody asks?)