I posted this yesterday in reply to someones post about US defense spending.
Lets not get carried away though. Like the protagonist says 'the first step is to recognize the problem' and we should also start recognizing our problems instead of analyzing what ails America.
This is true, America changed after 9\11 crap. Also read article from Jimmy Carter (previous US) president, in NY times just two days ago and he mentioned similar problems(clap)(clap)(clap)