The First 10 years of the 21 century.

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I graduated high school in 2000...does anyone remember what life was like living in the USA then? Well, I do. Our government had a surplus, unlike now. Credit flowed a lot freer. Most Americans were happy with the government, economy, and the state of medical care. We thought that we were the best. Are we still? The Presidential race and election of Bush will go down in the history books as a farce: Florida, dimpled chads, etc. Then on to 2001...we all know what happened that year. Bush and 9/11. Anything more to say. We started a war that still isn't finished, War on Terrorism, sound familiar, to those that don't know Afganistan actually started in the 80's...we didn't finish that one either. Could we actually to blame (in part) for what happened (Google: Afganistan, Cold War, and Charlie Wilson)? Or, sit down, pop in a DVD, and watch the movie to get the slightest (Hollywood) idea of the truth. We rebuilt Japan and Germany after WWII, and now Iraq, but didn't then, why? Could 9/11 been prevented...possibly. Could that be the reason for rebuilding Iraq or could it be oil? From 01-05 we saw a decrease in manufacturing, in good part to the tax breaks given to companies to ship jobs overseas (which should have been enough to impeach), not to mention the violation of about three other Constitutional Amendments and the Bill of Rights. The American public was lied to on more than one occasion by the government, but still reelected Bush, dumb. And, Gore got the Nobel Peace Prize. Good last laugh for him. 06 to present... we started to see fluctuation in the Stock Market, higher interest rates and so forth, a decrease in new home sales and construction, higher and higher national debt, sub-prime lending, etc. A housing bubble that was sure to pop and did, I told this to multiple people in 2006. Anything sound familiar (Google: Crash of '29, Depression, margin stock buying). Then it all happen Stock Market plummeted, banks and investment firms started to go bankrupt. Bail-out started to be a term heard on the news everyday. We bailed out the banks, because as we were told if we didn't there would be a depression. Milk went to $4+ and gas came close. We started the Presidential Primaries with 6 plus contenders. Wittled it down to Hillary, Obama, and McCain. Another election botched (in my eyes) by unsavory practices. My choice was Hillary, and no other. I was not to pleased with the Michigan and Florida (again) problems. Obama won and we bailed out the banks again, but wouldn't bail out car manufacturing though (JOBS and revenue). In that bill ($700 bill. of BORROWED money) the government passed a reinvestment in infrastructure act, but refused to pass it with American made products (ie: Steal, etc.) as well (JOBS and revenue), a bill to create jobs. The plans the the Wind Farms went by the waist side, Health Care and the Economy were the number one issues, maybe to get the public's mind of the Iraq and the War on Terrorism. Where we are now: Health care is a concern of mine as most, but we need to start with a regulation of cost. We need to discontinue the tax breaks for companies that sent jobs overseas and tax them higher if they don't bring them back. We need a resurgence of manufacturing here at home so we can export more than McDonald's, computer processors and the few other things that we still manufacture. What do you think?