The reporting of massive Brokerage profits lately is a clear indication of how the US economy is being run...
Essentially, the global economic elites are looting the American Economy to the bone.
There is little doubt that the domestic economy is in decline...except in those areas controlled by international capital. International capital really sees the US as a fortress "piggy bank" in which to store it's loot...away from the prying hands of the socialists and social democrats who are now rising up in most parts of the world. But how long can this last?
There is a feeling that the international elites can control the American political process through "democractic" means...even while looting what remains of the once strong US economy.
But, democracy is a weak reed for international capital to lean on...
Look at the recent "democracy" experiments in the middle east...? And the November elections in the US were hardly an endorsment for the Republican/Wall Street-backed corporate looting of the last few years...
Furthermore, homophobia and the "Jesus Bit" may be losing their power to pursuade the American electorate to vote against their best interests for too much longer...
Perhaps, an ad campaign touting Goldman Sachs as the place where Jesus would put His investments might work...?