OK ..... would you mind explaining the following to us:
(1) The astronomical and rising national debt
(2) The poor getting poorer, and rich getting richer
(3) The decline of home ownership and the increase in renters
(4) The rising cost of rent, food, utilities, health care, and higher education
(5) Our rundown infrastructure
(6) The job market trend towards part-time, temporary, and low wage employment
(7) The retail market closing stores, laying-off employees, malls closing, and some major retail chains going out of business
(8) The embarrassing number of citizens receiving some form of government assistance ( 47 million on food stamps )
(9) Our unfair, unjust, and one-sided foreign trade agreements and policies
(10) Our dependency on cheap foreign imports
(11) The off-shore out-sourcing of our jobs, the importing of labor, and the millions of illegal immigrants living and working in this country
(12) Businesses offering less company paid benefits
(13) Lost ( or nearly lost ) industries ( textile, steel, electronics, tools, toys, housewares, appliances, automotive parts, furniture, and farm equipment, etc. )
(14) Lost skills that were once handed down from generation to generation
(15) The injustices in our corrupt judicial system
(16) Government corruption
(17) The buying and selling of legislation and policies
(18) Excessive military spending
(19) Foreign aid ( give-aways to foreign governments - our hard earned tax dollars )
(20) Subsides to rich farmers ( agriculture corporations ) and big oil
(21) Our unfair and unjust tax system and tax codes
(22) The largest prison population in the world
(23) The failed war on illegal drugs
(24) The worst health care per dollar spent among industrialized nations
(25) Our deteriorating relationships with our foreign allies
(26) Increased racism ( protests, marches, riots )
(27) Declining confidence in government
(28) Senseless deadly costly wars
(29) The mistreatment and neglect of our Vets
(30) The abuse and misuse of eminent domain laws
(31) The number of innocent citizens in our prisons and jails
(32) Loss of privacy
(33) Taxation without fair, equal, and just representation
(34) Cities going bankrupt
(35) Troubled pension funds
Care to explain the above listed items? Thanks.