Every problem within the economy exists as a result of several unresolved conditions within the economy and each of these conditions have several special interests who are benefiting from the condition is some way. Until you stand up to the special interest groups and resolve the underlying conditions the problem can not be resolved in a meaningful long term fashion.
Or to put it another way, to build an economy which had at its corner stone the stable and productive jobs that our grandparents had it would require some significant change to the government, its role in the economy, and a citizen's relationship with the government. These changes would result in significant resistance and backlash from bureaucrats, unions, corporations and individuals who are benefiting from the current state of the government; and no politician currently in power would be willing to spend the political capital to make these changes until the economy is in crisis and they have to be made.
