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The pathway out is going to be through finding some rock-hard intelligent tough political leadership who understands what is said here and explains it to the American people. If such a person, or a political party, does so the percentage of eligible voters going to the polls will rise and the ordinary people who have been taking an economic beating will flock to him out of desperation. Dimwit Bush and his co-presidente Fox of Mexico are the problem, not the solution. The Democratic party is crusading on abortions and homosexuality. The country is ripe for, and needs, intelligent disciplined leadership.
Free enterprise always alive in Russia, even Soviet Union, it just called Shadow economy. Problem of Yeltsin years was aid of Clinton in creating oligarch class that then given everything and pass on share to West supporters.