Time to Start Thinking HB

Onitspresentcourse,theUSfacesaworldofrisingnewcountriesthatwillcompetewithitevermorefiecelyasitsownpowerisdeclining.Inordertoslowandimprovethissteadyleakageofpower,theUSmustchangecourseinternationally,economicallyanddomestically.Itmustalsorestructuretoremaintheworld'smostcompetitiveeconomy.Anditmustaddressqualityoflifeissuesandfairnessathome.ButAmericanpoliticsisbroken--competingforcesandinterestshaveledtostasis.Withchangesotough,wherenowforacountrywherethemiddleclassesaresufferingastheyhaveneversufferedbefore,thepensionscrisisisgrowing,thedeficitoutofsight,andradicalismwaitinginthewings?