Dropping an investigation on the "Vampire Squid" itself (Goldman Sachs) after everything we've been through. GS can pay their way out of civil charges of fraud, and admit no wrongdoing.
It doesn't help that Eric Holder use to work for a firm whose clients were Wall Street connected.
At this pace,
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The economic powerhouse of the 20th century emerged stronger from the Depression. But faced with cultural decay, structural weaknesses and reliance on finance, can the US do it again?
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Is the US an empire in decline?
Though the US economy has been booming, and its influence abroad strong, this recent recession and deficit crisis have posed the question: is the US an empire in decline?
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Welcome to the new Roman empire.
Please sit back, enjoy your soda pop, and watch your nation burn to the ground.
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we can still save the US
vote for someone who actually gets it. This country is nearly bankrupt. Ron Paul 2012!
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YES!!!
We are on our way out unless the people WAKE THE EFF UP!!! Stop talking about things and DO THEM! Start voting for the right things and put the right people in charge!
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Obama for 4 more years!!!!!
Re-elect our president, and get congress on the right page, and we might just come out of this.... Legalise Marijuana/Hemp and watch how fast we rise back to the top of the food chain again...
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BUSH/OBAMA
By Tom Samson
Thanks to Bush and Obama for our AMERICA's decline.RON PAUL will restore her glory and strength !!
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To much government.
The USA thrived as a nation with freedoms and possibilities for the people. Today the Federal Government is to large to even do the job it was meant to do, and is begging the people to become dependent on it. Just the opposite of what our founders intended. I do believe this can be turned around,More... -
At this moment in time... I think so
When the financial institutions of a nation go down the crapper, listen closely and you can hear the fat lady singing. It's not too late to hook 'er and drag her from the stage. WAKE UP! Overhaul ( or better yet, eliminate) the Fed and get Obama and his henchmen (and women, Nancy) out of the way!
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The US is not an empire
Obviously someone who writes a loaded question like this is a neo-liberal anti western apologist, or guilty Europeans. The US will always be a leader in the world through soft power if not also through hard power. All other countries that are currently rising (BRICS countries) are still doing it allMore... -
Why lose hope so fast?
If we continue to do what we are doing right now and don't change our ways then maybe we are.More...
However, why the hell don't we as people just begin to make small changes?
What is the point of losing all hope? We went through the great depression and several wars.
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I don't see it.
I agree that in some ways the United States is not in the best position right now. But comparing a decade or so of poor economics and a gridlock government really isn't enough to justify such a claim. We've been through far worse problems through many points in history. Right now we are the globalMore... -
It's all good!
The U.S. will return to it's glory.
We have slipped a bit, but we are a resilient people. Yes, America is the shining beacon on a hill that Reagan said the world looks to.
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But we're teetering
I do believe that the extreme partisanship could be our undoing and that no single politician or party will be our savior. We're in dire need of a serious attitude change and a country in control that has no compassion for its people much less those of other nations is sad indeed.
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Angel or Devil???
The greatest trick the devil ever played was convince us he didn't exist. The recession was just another farce played by America. It was and is the strongest economy. Even during the recession, all corporate leaders got millions as bonuses and incentives. America runs and controls more than 70More... -
No, because the USA is not an empire
The USA never was an empire.More...
Europe, and now, the New World Order is and always has been an empire.
However, now that the people are waking up, the New world Order is already in decline. All colonialist powers are in decline. A country's willingness to be colonized is in decline. Therefore, -
America will recover
America is the most powerful country in the world. It isn't perfect and it might not be as great as it once was, but it still has the power to be great. I have hope that America will recover and regain its place in the world. And just think about it, look at the rest of the world and we're stillMore... -
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The rest of the world is on the rise (all is relative)
By Oded Noam
We can't (or prefer not to) imagine a world in which by 2050, 90% of the world population is poor by our standards. Globalization and emerging markets mean just that - that much of the world's growth is being enjoyed by those who weren't enjoying prosperity in the last 200 years.More...
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