OnTheIce wrote:
Without a strong economy, we can't take care of the other items, IMO.
Absolutely. Unfortunately, out of your list, this is the one that govt can do the least about. Lots of articles in the newspaper that we could be facing another down slide, lots of "brown shoots" out there. From high oil and food prices, to US and European debt, to inflation in the Asian countries, etc. None of those are in our govt's control. If they reduce demand for our products we're in trouble. Our job creation numbers have already stalled and our imports now exceed our exports again. Not good signs.