30 Reasons The United States Economy Is Falling Apart (No priority indicated)
- NAFTA (as a policy)
- Ineffectual U.S. Labor Unions
- Outsourcing As Profit Producing Measure For U.S. Companies (facet of NAFTA in practice).
- Foreign Energy Dependency (Bush -Kerry 2004 Election Quotes On Energy)
- Bloated Federal /State Bureaucracies
- Failed Trickle Down Economics Philosophy
- Prime Rate Mortgage Policy As It Evolved 2000 to 2008
- Federal Lending Deregulation
- Federal Stock Market Deregulation
- Republican Presidency 2000-2008 (Policies And Practices Of)
- Republican Majority (108th and 109th Congress, Policies And Practices Of)
- Private Commercial And Federal Promotion Of Consumerism As A Patriotic Responsibility
- International Trade Tariffs Which Favor Foreign Imports And Not Domestic Exports
- "Promotion Of Democracy" By Military Invasion Afghan 2001-present, Iraq 2003-present
- Military Industrial Complex As Business Entity Involved In U.S. Policy
- Republican Vice President Exceeding His Duties Of Office By Self Redefinition Of Same.
- Fiat Monetary System Chosen To Replace Gold And/Or Silver Standard
- Federal Tax Structure Benefiting The Wealthiest Via Cost Shift To "The Working Class"
- Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) S&L Bailout
- Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (aka $700 Billion Dollar Bailout)
- War On Drugs (Domestic And Foreign)
- War On Terrorism (Domestic And Foreign, Policies And Practices)
- Current And Ongoing Occupation Of Two Foreign Nations
- Inferior Domestic Manufacturing Ability And Design
- "Brain Drain" Of Collegiate Graduates Exiting The U.S. After Obtaining Formal Education
- Retirement Of Alan Greenspan As Chairman Of Federal Reserve 1987-2006
- Appointment Of Ben Bernanke As Chairman Of Federal Reserve October, 2005
- Cost Of Living/Inflation Outpacing Federal Minimum Wage Standards
- Illegal Immigration Into U.S. Via Canada And Mexico
- Incarceration Of 1 Of Every 100 American Citizens Or 1% Of Total U.S. Population
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