LK is correct in his focu on education. This writer believes the only hope the USA has is to reform its education system immediately. A massive injection of funds is needed. Take the $$ from the defense budget; take it from the foreign aid we willy-nilly send all around the world. And even acting right now won’t help for 2-3 generations.
Most Americans are complacent. Even those caught in the economic downturn, the unemployed, underemployed and working poor almost seem to accept their lot. They should be making lots of noise. But I think they’ve been beaten down.
They see so much dishonesty in government and special privileges for the well-connected and rich that they have given up hope of things ever changing.
Yes, its a dark picture. But unless strong efforts are made to remedy the unbelieveable imbalance between the haves and have nots, this country will continue its downward spiral.
Rome fell. Greece fell. The British Empire lost its power. We’re next.