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Neither Ravitch nor Miner can fix this problem, because things
are too far gone. We have a shrinking tax base, which cannot be
reversed due to high taxes forcing jobs away, which causes more
tax burden on the people who remain, which drives more people
away, etc. This spiral could have been broken years ago with tax
reform and shrinkage of government spending, but the politicians
at that time kept the gov't spending more money in order to get
themselves re-elected. Now we are left with the debt. I am still
waiting to hear a specific concrete solution to the problem.
Obama cannot run on his record, which is mediocre and
controversial. All he can do is attack Romney as being even
worse. Get set for a totally negative campaign launched by
Obama. By the way, does anyone know what Obama has planned for
the next 4 years if re-elec