Short-term economic costs of the empire have been bearable, says Mr Fuller, but long-term indicators show it is not sustainable - massive domestic debt, growing trade imbalances, an extraordinary gap in wealth between rich and poor Americans, the growing outsourcing of jobs.

But all of these four downsides were designed into policies. I cannot accept any of these as unforeseen or unforeseeable, rather they are deliberate and inevitable consequences of policy.

Policies that strip out the middle classes and destroy health care.
Policies that export well-paid jobs and plunge those displaced into the nether world of McJobs.
Policies that gave multi-millionaires and corporates huge tax cuts, necessarily placing a greater tax burden on Middle and working class america.
By exporting production overseas they had to harm the trade balance. That's like Duh !!

And they stand there amidst the wreckage and effect to walk away as if it's nothing to do with them !!!

keep to the Fen Causeway