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Nearly one-out-of-two U.S. voters (49%) now say the nation’s best days are in the past, a five-point jump from last month and the highest level of pessimism on this question in a year.
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Dates - start to end - yes, they overlap
I think they are and it is an important aspect to ER planning. I think I will be OK - maybe a bout of high inflation and another stock market crash in the next 35 years. But I will not be subject to the higher taxes and lack of opportunities as those younger - under 50 let's say.
A simple way at looking at the USA Empire is the pattern of other empires:
Asendancy - Manifest Density/Empire building/ - 1776 - 1945
Peak/Mature/Plateau - Mercantile period - Business a driver - 1870s - 1970s
Decline - Administrative - increase in laws, government, debt, social welfare programs, loss of empire - 1970s - 2100
We are in the Administrative period. This is why I do not think the POTUS is important in this regard - the course is set. He or she can only increase, or delay the decline but not reverse the course.
Nearly one-out-of-two U.S. voters (49%) now say the nation’s best days are in the past, a five-point jump from last month and the highest level of pessimism on this question in a year.
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Dates - start to end - yes, they overlap
I think they are and it is an important aspect to ER planning. I think I will be OK - maybe a bout of high inflation and another stock market crash in the next 35 years. But I will not be subject to the higher taxes and lack of opportunities as those younger - under 50 let's say.
A simple way at looking at the USA Empire is the pattern of other empires:
Asendancy - Manifest Density/Empire building/ - 1776 - 1945
Peak/Mature/Plateau - Mercantile period - Business a driver - 1870s - 1970s
Decline - Administrative - increase in laws, government, debt, social welfare programs, loss of empire - 1970s - 2100
We are in the Administrative period. This is why I do not think the POTUS is important in this regard - the course is set. He or she can only increase, or delay the decline but not reverse the course.