Spoonman
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The following is maybe the most honest three and a half minutes we have seen in any medium for some time now. I think it will be disturbing to those of us who love our country, who feel pride and emotion when we salute the flag or hear the National Anthem, but for many it will also have a ring of truth.
But it is a debate we need to have as Americans, as freedom loving people, as people who see the potential in what humankind can be.
Is the United States of America the greatest country in the world? Was it ever? If so, can it be again? How?
I put this in the Tea Party forum because there was no other place for it. The Tea Party movement has consistently been focused on restoring America to its former greatness, prosperity, and best values.
If we could keep the discussion reasonably civil it would be much appreciated.
The most honest three and a half minutes of television, EVER... - YouTube
yes it is still the greatest. but there are many things that could improve. We have let this country go downhill year by year for the last 50 years. it's not bush, not regan, not clinton, not carter. It's not wall street. Politicians are a facilitator of unchecked greed. Wall street, in looking for profits, has taken it a step too far. Compensation packages for execs are criminal and immoral. but if you look at where we are today and you take a step back to the late 1800's early 1900's we are in a very similar situation to the years of the robber barons. the guys who started it all. it was their drive for increased profits that first started to create the gap between the rich and the poor. and that gap was a lot worse than it is today. we are slowly creeping back to those extreems because of unchecked and unregulated practices. But teddy Roosevelt had a solution for all that. bust the monopolies, apply sensible regulations. sensible, not prohibitive. and we have to bring the cost of living back in check. 3 decades ago you could live ok on a blue collar salary. What happened? We have all these cheap imports, mass merchandised stuff that cost less. yet it costs so much more to live. So yea, we are still the greatest, but we have flaws.
But let me ask this, who do you think is better and why?