Poll: 76 percent think economic structure is out of balance

Our Gov. and big business have been in bed for a long time. Corps. have more power and influence then the people who really should have power. The lobbyists have to be outlawed, there has to be term limits , the term "career politican" should not be. We are such a mess.

It's NOT HARD -Keep Lobbiest,out of Washington. Make a law that forbids an elected official from working for any lobby or company that they've had legislative contact with, for 10 yrs.

Really... 54 percent, say we're in the start of an era of national decline, setting the stage for the United States to forfeit its position as the leading country in the world. Hey wake up AMERICA, this decline began in the 1970's when major companies took manufacturing OUT OF THE US!

I'm old enough to remember when the bank president, lawyer, stockbroker, and business executive were the most respected people in the community. Let's not forget the priest.
So sad, now.

We are also our worse enemies. We want two for one, all you can eat, and we want it 'cheap'. No wonder America is on the decline. Without manufacturing here in the US, we will continue the decline.

Get back to the constitution and we can become the country we previously were. If lobbyists keep corrupting our representatives and passing probusiness laws then we will continue to decline. It is not envy - it is growing tensions and anger at the inherently unfairness of the system rigged for the wealthy at the expense of the many. The people are in their constitutional right to dissolve a government that is no longer responsive to their needs and we are now getting to that stage is what I believe the 99 percenters are saying that enough is enough. Stop dividing us, stop the greed, stop the unfairness, stop the lying, act like a responsible adult and get the house in order or we the people will get it in order what part are you jokers not understanding is what they are saying but that could be a wild guess.

"Out of balance" is putting it mildly. How about completely and irreversibly #$%$ up?

Perhaps if we (The US) were no longer a Leader in the world, we could stop subsidizing all of these other countries and work on getting our own country back into shape. Especially subsidizing those countries that don't even like us (Pakistan).

It is time to reverse the government policies that have resulted in the summary outsourcing of American jobs. If people have good jobs they will pay taxes. Problem solved.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.--------- John Adams 1826

I want a list of what regulations on businesses are they wanting to reduce. I also want a flat 35% tax on all political donations, and all donations to be listed as to who gave the money. I also say take away a lot of the tax deductions the rich are able to use to reduce their taxes below that of middle and lower in come people. Plus the goverment should not be subsidizing any large business. The goverment has let them merge and become too big. They need to break many of them up, like what happen to Bell South years ago.

Although cutting taxes is great for businesses it does very little to create jobs...Deman creates jobs and to create demand people need enough money to buy stuff thusly creating demand. So the big thing we must do is create jobs...They only way to do so is import tariffs and FAIR trade agreements not free trade. We will never be able to compete with a $1 a day in china or $2 an hour in mexico. Even if the tax rate for business and the rich was zero it wont creat jobs....

By the people for the people is OVER

Put in Term limits, end party affiliation and outlaw lobbyists.

my fortune cookie said it best: "Pray for what you want, but work for what you need."

It's up to you ,not the government to change things,want to stop the cash drain. Buy American, invest in American businesses ,support you own workers instead of the ones overseas who pay no US taxes or buy no American products here in the USA.There is not one single thing that is made that we cannot make here , give your fellow countrymen a job here.

Ok folks Im going to get controversial here and say that this crap is BOTH parties fault. Why are we so jobless right now? Well the banks giving away free houses to clueless buyers didnt seem to pan out did it? But lets look at the reason why we cant get out of this hole since that is where the problem lies. FIRST - Most of our high end tech jobs are not hiring Americans why? Because we lack the education or have demanded a competitive wage for these jobs. So Corporations (Authorized by govt) simply bring in tons of people from India and Pakistan on H1B Visas at much lower pay. You have seen these people. There goes the high wage jobs. SECOND - Illegal immigrants yes! When you have 12 million illegals in a country is that ever a good idea? If we fined employers for hiring these people they would gradually go home but employers (Authorized by govt - even when it is against its own law) love illegals. There goes the low wage jobs. THIRD - Corporations (Authorized by govt) have made a point along with FREE TRADE to EXPORT our jobs to China as a national strategy! So there goes all our manufacturing. Say bye bye to the middle wage jobs! The trifecta of screwing our country into 3rd world status by removing all 3 job levels! Are you liking it? So here we have it Democrats and Republicans wont even talk about the real way to get us OUT OF THE HOLE WE ARE IN. Solutions are simple - stop bringing in high level tech people and educate our citizens here, fine the crap out of employers hiring illegals nationwide, and bring our freaking jobs back from China...tariffs if we need to so we can compete. WE NEED TO GET OUR JOBS BACK"

This is what happens when schools give medals to every one. They think they are winners
even when if they lose. Just like the bailouts reward failure with success. How about this when
a company fails let it fail.

76 percent think economic structure is out of balance.
we don't think it, we know it.

Have any of you noticed the TRILLIONS of dollars we just coughed up for "the wars"? That might have something to do with our fiscal deceleration.