Sold us out? Don't blame the businessmen and the politicians. Blame the voters and the Joe Six-Packs who voted in (or retained) socialists and who let their moms and dads and neighbors vote for these socialists.
Look around. It is the scum all around you who allowed these socialists to destroy our nation. Don't blame the politicians. Blame the voters.
In all fairness the voters have been swaying twords socialism for a few generations. It is just increasing quickly as the two party cartel has gathered power unto itself.
I see. Don't blame the guys who took the money, the bribes, the gifts to sign one way trade agreements? Don't blame the guys who sold the technology and secrets to our competitors? Blame the people who were lied to instead. Right. We worship the decaying bones of Free Trade when there is no Free Trade. We are the victims of disadvantageous tariffs, unfair taxes, unrestricted, government sponsered, illegal immigration and you want to blame Joe six-pack. When do the perpetrators of this scam get to take any responsibility for being traitors to the land that nurtured them? Hang them from the highest tree.