I don't know how you figure this, but I hate to bust your bubble. Far from being in a mess, the U.S. economy today is in better shape than it has ever been. Just one example is the fact that the stock markets are clsong these days higher than ever before in history. There is on e nbig sore spot, however, the current price of oil. If anyone is to blame for that, it is OPEC. And the last time I checked, the President of the U.S. has no control at all over OPEC. Actually, Hugo Chavez has more to say about what OPEC does thangeorge Bush has. NEITHER major party has done a damn thing to reduce our dependency on foreign oil - only the people at large can do that-by using less gasoline!! We as a nation have become so used to waiting for the government to save us that we've forgotten that ultimately, we are individually responsible for our own fates.....