America's problem is that we are too right-wing. We are so right wing, in fact, that we go back and forth between more or less right wing politicians and wonder why neither of them can fix our economy.
Its obvious that America will continue to slide as our right-wing government creates an economy that can not compete with the rest of the world. See CIA link below for GDP growth rates, specifically pay attention to the United States verse Europe since we are both developed areas.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2003rank.html
An example of this is healthcare. Not only does government provided healthcare cost less (see link below), but government healthcare is also extremely helpful for business. In Europe, a business doesnt have to worry about health benefits for employees, but in America all employers pay heavily into benefits, so much so that once flagbearers of our economy like Ford cannot compete with other country's auto industries because they pay so much in health benefits and retirement.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_hea_car_fun_tot_per_cap-care-funding-total-per-capita
The United States doesnt have much time left as the world's superpower, and we can no longer ride off of past economic success, good fortune (not having our country destroyed in World War II), and shear numbers. By the time most Americans realize what is happening it will be too late. I guess it is only fitting that since Europe and Asia carried the torch of civilization for so long that they should carry it into the future.
