For most Americans, economic growth is a spectator sport.
If the price of everything is going down, that's going to include wages as well. People will have an incentive to sit on their cash and not spend it.
The public has no idea that the deficit has been falling like a stone.
Tax cuts were not going to be effective at creating jobs, and the job creation record is lousy.
Bad ideas flourish because they are in the interest of powerful groups.
Are you, or is someone you know, a gadget freak? If so, you doubtless know that Wednesday was iPhone 5 day, the day Apple unveiled its latest way for people to avoid actually speaking to or even looking at whoever they're with.