You just made the point for me.
Because Social conservatives have lost on damn near every issue:
Divorce is up
Out of wedlock birth rate is up.
Abortion is still legal as a form of contraception.
Drugs are cheaper than ever.
Racism has been ostracized (that's actually a good thing)
and
Gay marriage is right around the corner.

Sounds to me that it may be time for Social Conservatism to win a few to nip those trends in the bud.

“But I get the feeling that this is all part of where the Obama team wants the U.S. to go – subjugated to the Global Powers, rather than a Global leader.”

… and more. Not only inflation, eventually. (Expect Krugman and other hacks to leap to the forefront of arguing in favor of “correctly managed” and “an optimal level of” inflation, etc.) Don't forget regulation and “harmonization” not only of taxes (and eventual plundering of offshore tax havens as a one-shot grab, whenever propitious), but of regulations. Don't forget the traveling junkets–excuse me, conferences primarily bouncing between Washington or New York and favored European sites where these people can frequently get together (at taxpayer expense) and discuss the details of such things, and more…

This is a direct result of Bush Admin policies that have weakened our economy and standing in the world.

Our dollar weakens while our manufacturing and production is outsourced to other nations, all while government spending grows out of control and the federal debt increases with each passing day.

ROTFLMAO…

The result of Cheap Labor Conservatism.

Conservatives/Republicans have been the dominant faction in American politics for the last thirty years, their favored policies have been implemented and we can now see the results.

Conservatives can be broken up into three broad tendencies:
Social Conservatives, Business Conservatives(AKA Cheap Labor Conservatives) and National Conservatives (AKA Neo-Cons).

Social Conservatives have lost on damn near every issue: Contraception is easily available, Abortion is still legal, Divorce Rates are still running at 50%, Out of wedlock birth rate still going up, Drugs are cheaper than ever, Affirmative Action has not been ended, racism has been ostracized or criminalized and gay marriage is right around the corner.

National Conservatives (AKA Neo-Cons) have gotten what they wanted, unfortunately for us what they wanted was war, unfortunately for them they are losing the wars they wanted, having dropped a few trillion dollars, they destroyed the countries they invaded but are unable to control them, the second the US Military leaves those countries, all the natural resources we went there to control will fall into our adversaries hands.

Business Conservatives(AKA Cheap Labor Conservatives) have gotten most of what they wanted, so what did they want? No Taxes, No Regulation and No Wages.
No Taxes: they have taken capital gains taxes down to as low as 15% from a high of 70% in the fifties, they have take down the top marginal income tax rate down to 35% from a 90% rate in the fifties. They have reduced corporate tax rates to damn near zero.
No Regulations: They have deregulated entire industries, Airlines, Trucking, Banking, Finance and when they could not deregulate, they made sure that the regulators were underfunded and understaffed (OSHA, Department of Labor, USDA, etc…)
No Wages: There, they have not quite succeeded, but no for lack of trying. Wages have been stagnating since the mid 70's. This was done through a combination of immigration (legal and illegal), off-shoring ( a good way of destroying unions), and technology.

So basically the only people who got what they wanted over the last thirty years were the “Cheap Labor Conservatives”, and their policies goals were pretty straight forward, they wanted everything, they wanted it now, damn the consequences. Better to be the wealthy rulers of a third world nation, than to be the competent managers of a modern democratic industrial society.

But I get the feeling that this is all part of where the Obama team wants the U.S. to go – subjugated to the Global Powers, rather than a Global leader.

This gets discussed a lot, but I've finally realized the fact is that the US has robust tech and manufacturing sectors. The things they make are not what consumers are likely to use. When 7 out of 10 of the nation's engineers go to work in the one sector, it is bound to take a toll on the other sectors.

What's the robust sector am I talking about? “United States — Arms Merchant to the World”

Of course if we cut government spending and welfare now, our economy will plunge to depths not seen since we last tried these Hooverite policies. Not to mention the human suffering that will ensue.

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