The U.S. Economy Is Crumbling, What Can We Do About It?

As you see global stock markets are jittery and the U.S. economy is crumbling. Without a massive restructure it will eventually collapse.

By a massive restructure, I mean ending the wars, sharply downsizing the Military Industrial Complex, which is draining the moral and financial life out of our nation, and uniting as a people to redirect our resources into productive uses that benefit mankind.

We can invest in Silicon Valley institutions that have created Apple, Facebook, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Oracle, Skype and numerous other high tech companies to create more companies that productively employ people all over the world, pay taxes and remind us of our connection with one another across the globe. 

We can invest in biotechnology to address problems that have plagued mankind over the ages, we can create clean, environmentally friendly fuels and energy and we can enhance and build educational institutions, not slash their spending, for they are an investment in educating our young people, and it is those young people who will determine our future.  

If this sounds impossible, remember how the U.S. ramped up to fight World War ll, completely redirecting the U.S. economy on short notice and it united the American people in common sacrifice. Later, when President Kennedy announced we would put a man on the moon by the end of the decade, it seemed impossible until we did it. All those resources, all that creativity, all that energy that captures the imagination is still there if only we will harness it!

Dick