The US as Failed State
The US as Failed State The Super Rich are Laughing Paul Craig Roberts Oct 26, 2009 As always, thank you, Paul, for publication permission :-) The US has every characteristic of a failed state. The US government's current operating budget is dependent on foreign financing and money creation. Too politically weak to be able to advance its interests through diplomacy, the US relies on terrorism and military aggression. http://www.321gold.com/editorials/roberts/roberts102609.html

Costs are out of control, and priorities are skewed in the interests of rich organized interest groups at the expense of the vast majority of citizens. On the other hand... America Moving from Kingdom of Cash to Socialism Slowly but Surely http://english.pravda.ru/world/americas/19-10-2009/109973-socialism-0