The problem isn't the leaders...the problem is the 50% of our population that don't WANT to roll this back. Go read the comments to that article at the source.
As long as their are two camps in this country who have DIAMETRICALLY opposite world-views, politicians will not solve the problem. Instead we will merely slip closer to the abyss, with both sides blaming the other and growing further alienated from each other.
Axeslinger: “The problem isn’t the leaders...”
It’s the leaders and the people who support them.
Axeslinger: “...the problem is the 50% of our population that don’t WANT to roll this back.”
True, except we don’t know what percent are committed to destroying this country via socialism. We’re still generally a conservative majority country. The rest are getting a good lesson in Obama economics. It seemed like America’s great days were over when Carter was president. Then came Reagan.
It’s not hopeless.