The "National Police Force(FBI)" has arrived. Try demonstrating against the government, especially at national political conventions, and guess whose calling or knocking at your door. These people are not around to protect us (I doubt they ever were).

The Drug War is an industry that is costing Americans billions of dollars with no end in sight. Drug prisons abound and thousands of Mexican citizens are killing each other for a cut of the pie. Ron Paul is right on a solution for this created problem.

pure BS

this is pure bs

P.T. Barnum( alias Bill Clinton) came into the presidency as a somewhat wealthy individual and now his wealth is reported to be over $100 million. PT would have been proud, the rest of the country with the exception of Bill's buddies, fleeced as JC described.

Death is certain..Taxes.. If you're a Fortune 500 Company not so.

Some writers and economist shouldn't be either.

I see no difference between private and public unions. Laborers should have a voice in the workplace and a right to bargain, otherwise they endup as near slaves. For example look at what is happening with Vietnamese and Cambodian workers. The reason America is losing jobs is pure greed by large corporations exploiting third world labor markets. Fortune 500 corporations made over $400 billion in profits and exported over 800,000 jobs in 2009 according to Fortune Magazine.The line about competition is bogus. Big Business has no compassion for people and cares less for the consequences of their actions. 7% of America's workforce is unionized,you need to stop believing the lies and look at the real cause of the American demise.

Jitendra has it right!

unions promote equity not billionaires, that lie about trickledown.

Solzhenitsyn lived in a corrupted socialist system.The corporation have taken the place of the state in our corrupted capitalist system. Solzhenitsyn had few good words for our "capitalism".

Anonymous is mixing up nationalism with patriotism.