Why? Because of the debt crisis? Because of lack of job growth? Credit rating downgrade?
Yeah, all of the above, but the main reason is because your political in fighting. You guys are so concerned about the win you don't give a shit about trying to fix this mess. Thread after thread on this board is "It's Obama's fault".."It's the right's fault"..The hatred is so deep and so bitter - and you give the loons like Bachmann and whoever her left-wing equivalent is, the time of day - that is going to sink your country.
And don't blame your politicians - reading on this board you guys are jsut as bad as them - you voted for them and you support them.
Of all the political systems I see from day-to-day - British, Aust., NZ, US - other European countries - the US is by far the worst for vitriol and partisanship. THIS is what is going to kill the American Empire in the end, NOT a credit downgrade, GFC...They are the symptoms, the partisan hackery is the cause...
Elections have consequences- admit your mistake, you voted for the absolute wrong guy, Dr. Grump. Obama spends 4.1 billion dollars a day, Bush spent 1.2 billion a day, Clinton spent 547 million a day- there's your answer- WE SIMPLY CAN NOT AFFORD THIS PRESIDENT- he is a committed socialist through and through and Socialism " is the creed of ignorance, the gospel of envy and the shared equality of misery." Winston Churchill. Don't be fooled again.