In truth, capitalism and democracy are incongruent. Capitalism promotes profiteering at the extreme, sacrificing social and environmental responsibilities. Democracy promotes individual freedom, though moderated to achieve equality and shared resources resulting in balanced economic, social, and environmental concerns.
The way ahead is for the nation's economy to be based on renewable energy, principally solar power and advanced storage technologies. That focus will drive changes in how we live and travel. The pursuit will regenerate the nation in extraordinary ways including foreign policy.
There is no need today to be blindly allegiant to Middle-East dictatorial regimes because they have oil. We don't need them. Focusing on the correct energy policy will change our foreign policy and affect our military policy in positive ways.
Read my book and I explain the way ahead.
Republicans have spent our future once again. They are takers, not makers. They are short-term thinks and actors.
Trump and the Republicans will produce bad economic results between now and 2020, and it is up to Democrats to right the course with sustainable economics.
"The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down about 600 points an hours before close on Tuesday afternoon."
Republicans have overspent, driving us into debt. They have failed to generate appropriate revenue by reducing taxes on wealthy persons and corporations. That is not the way ahead.
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