Depending on big corporation the president and congress will make there decisions. I think you would be surprised if you could see the telephone conversations between our elected officials and big corporations and not to mention the bean counters...
Don't ever forget the economy. Our economy is based on Oil. If we started running all of our vehicles on nitrogen power or nuclear power, then our stock market would crash. We can't have that...
The big corporate boys have manipulated the market now for 60 years. That's why we are in the shape we are in. What happened to our trade deficit? Do we grow wheat, barely, rice, tobacco, corn like we did in the 40's and 50's and sell it to foreign countries? No, we give it away in trade for allies and many other things. If you go to Wall Mart and look at all the things that we buy, you will see, China, Korea, Japan etc on allot more goods than you see US made on them..
The last time this country was run strictly by the elected president was when Teddy Roosevelt was in office...
Believe me I feel the same as you, but in reality decisions in the big house are made on what the corporate world wants. If there is money in it then. I know you know what I mean.
Our country has never had another country or persons attack us within our borders until 911. I would not of just sent men looking for Ben Lauding. I would of killed all of them. We would not be in Iraq now....
I will wait for someone to tear me up on this...
This is my opinion and I am an old fart who is an American who knew how it used to be and today's world is no where near how it used to be..
Gene