I agree with your former statement, but if Obama gets another four years in, he will have jacked taxes up significantly, along with spending already jacked up, that we'll never recover from the Euro-sclerosis.
Thats why the next POTUS has to be a Republican with guts, IMO. Even if hes a one termer. And I dont really see one on the horizon, though. Certainly not Newt.
And I dont really see one on the horizon, though. Certainly not Newt.”
You’ve captured the problem. No one who appears likely to get the nomination at the moment has the cojones to do what is needed - and that is before we even consider Congress.
When I say “hard times”, I think that there will be massive civil unrest by the D base as their ability to live off the work of others is reduced or cutoff by economic catastrophe.