[Cicero]

This is EXACTLY what politicians should be talking about in in election. Instead we are talking about sex lifes and MJF's tremors.

I hate to say it, but the economic mess, notably the balance of payments mess, is too grim to talk about. Both sides are responsible, and have been for the past 30, 40, 50 years, maybe all the way back to FDR.

AP, naturally, is trying to make it look as if it's all Bush's fault.

[DManA]

I don't agree with their spin but I applaud anyone for talking about it. Republicans ignoring the issue is a kind of spin in itself.

[gb63]

Don't want to pick on you , but just some observations ...
the economic mess
There has never been a group of people in the history of mankind, that in total, have been as well off as the current population of the US.
the balance of payments mess
Depends on how you look at it. May not be a real problem at all, for reasons too complex to cite at the moment.
it's too grim to talk about.
But it is talked about all the time by doom-and-gloomers.

[redgolum]

The blame goes back to our grandfather's time. There will be a reckoning, which could propel the US into a economic wasteland.

Argentina tried to run the social programs that we have now. They crashed, so much so that they are just now starting to go in the right direction. It has taken decades.

The US hasn't failed yet because we are so big, if we fail we would drag most of the world down with us.