STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Monday, 22 June 2015

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5. You know, Republican policy does sound kind of like putting America on hospice care.

We're the richest nation on Earth, but no, we can't afford to do anything great, or even try for anything great. And anyway, government can never, ever do anything right, so why bother trying? Let's just make (rich) people comfortable while we stumble from one crisis to the next. And let's ignore any long term problems, like global warming, because most of our politicians aren't scientists, so how can they possibly know what the science is? Remove all regulations from business, give up on any concept of leadership or the "vision thing," and let's all just close our eyes and focus on happy thoughts of American exceptionalism while other countries pass us by.

Maybe if we're nice, the British will take us back.