If the United States does not begin to fix healthcare and begin to manufacture and use clean energy, we are in for a long recession and if it has not happened already not already, the US will loose its superpower status to China in a few years. The US has been investing and prospering on unstable ideals. If they dont begin to manufacture renewable energy and invest in science and tech the US will never recover from this recession.
The US is still is the only nation where free enterprise can still thrive and no other country can say the same. The US provides the opportunity to its citizens to build a successful business. However, regulations are needed to maintain the ethical and longevity of businesses and not allow CEOs to bring down the system to make a boat load of cash at the expense of investors and tax payers and the overall economy. WE have allowed too much freedom to CEOS and businesses and we have deregulated our economy, thanks to the Bush admin.
We as a nation have invested our money too much in the finance sector and in other countries(ie. Iraq). We need to pay more attention to investing at home and producing plants that can produce reusable energy(ie solar, electric etc). In addition, our money needs to be invested domestically in science and technology. In order to solve the problems, we need to first clean up our debt and invest in healthcare, education, science and tech, and renewable fuel and set standards that will ensure integrity in businesses and have a 0 tolerance to fraud and unethical practices.