[SolutionsOnly]

Agreed, there are cracks in the foundation of our economy, but remember ours is not a state-controlled economy. It's a free market economy. the way it goes is largely the result of the cumulative votes of millions of consumers. If they choose to buy cheaper foreign goods, what can a president realistically do? His options are limited. I'm not saying I like it. I don't. We all bear responsibility - ALL of us.

[TheForceOfOne]

The fall of the Dollar is not all bad, we will produce and buy more American goods thereby putting more Americans to work. The foreign countries like China set their monetary value not the market. Japan buys dollars to keep their Yen value down.

[Havoc]

It's a free market economy. the way it goes is largely the result of the cumulative votes of millions of consumers.

That's a misnomer for the most part. That's like saying a man tempted to have sex with a beautiful woman is voting for lower standards across the board by failing to hold up his moral high ground and giving in. That's the way it may be read whether it's the intention or not. If consumers are left with no choice, their "vote" is not much distinguishable than voting for a Soviet Russion politician. Let's see, we have a choice between Kruschev.. If incomes are so low they have no choice what are they going to do but get the best they can for their money. If you give people the clear choice between losing there 50k job and having to go to work at a 15k a year retail job, while getting 10 cents off a tea-shirt from china, that's no contest. They aren't being given that choice; but, that's essentially the way you portray it. We do all bear responsibility; but, it helps to know that you're making a choice when you're forced into something due to circumstance.

As it stands now, if we just stop now and put things back the way we were, the US worker has been set back 10 years or more. It will take a long time for the economy to recover. And the longer this goes on, the more damaging and the longer it will take to recover.