The United States isn’t broke. Taxes are at a historic low and have been that way for many years. The United States is one of the highest ranking countries for being business friendly, especially with low regulation and has been that way for many years.
What is hampering the U.S. Economy? Trends over many years of the United States not improving ( or maintaining ) its infrastructure, not investing enough in education and increased consumer spending at the cost of savings.
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Fareed Rafiq Zakaria is an Indian-American journalist and author. From 2000 to 2010, he was a columnist for Newsweek and editor of Newsweek International. In 2010 he became Editor-At-Large of Time magazine. He is also the host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, and a frequent commentator and author about issues related to international relations, trade and American foreign policy. In 2010, the government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan for his contribution towards journalism.