[felanthropop]

tl;dr summary: We're all screwed and the hippie progressives and tea partiers can't save us because they aren't being really innovative and getting to the heart of the problem.

So first off- I agree. Second, this post is way too long, pisses off the left, and doesn't provide solutions that I had the attention for.

So, I'll provide some. Put money into education and infrastructure, and teach our kids to be innovative, then get our debt fixed in a way that doesn't cause massive change and disable business. That isn't the Libertarian stance, but it is a the moderate stance, which no party supports these days.

[corporalagumbo]

I agree in principle. But I think the assumption that pumping more money into fields like education will generate a substantive improvement has failed. The problem with our education systems is cultural, not fiscal. School does not teach children how to think and argue, it teaches them how to pass tests and coast.

This article is a good example of the many many things that could be done other than pumping in more money to improve ed.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4557023