( Current political, economic and environment considerations point to a solution: more reliance on small business and back to the farm living to increase motivation, quality of life, personal satisfaction, sustainability).
( US and states experience continued slow job creation, higher taxes, deficits, debt, decreased citizen satisfaction with quality of life.)
After the second world war, Americans enjoyed a period of properity and growth. Black and white television is in homes in the fifties, in the sixties color television arrives, at the end of seventies come the first computers, and in the mid 90s is the dot com boom. The turn of the century is the age of globalism, interdependency. Americans borrow their way to wealth, as good manufacturing jobs move to developing countries like China. As the boomers age, many look to the government for support - early Social Security, health care, jobs.
