It is time for America, the greatest nation ever created in the history of mankind to upgrade the civilization we created. This will be a huge undertaking due to the massive size now with some 300 million people. In fact no one could say it will be easy, as nothing in life ever is. No one said that fixing the problems would be simple, but the concept of how it should work is simple.

Having Founded and run a franchising company for most of my life, I certainly saw the complexity of running a large organization and unfortunately the larger it got the more layers of manure, most of which was not by our own choosing but rather due to the over regulation government and over-lawyering that was so entrenched in such a self-serving way. [opinion-CYA].

Indeed if that blob of bureaucracy was reduced we would immediately see more efficiency in free markets and a much more economically viable Nation with fewer hard to deal with pendulum swings of the business cycles. [opinion-CYA]. A CEO running Washington DC or a group of CEO types makes sense, except that they are human and have innate human characteristics which are issues that can hurt the whole if they run amuck and what they say about absolute power is a comment well taken as well. [opinion-CYA].

One cannot deny the coming crisis of Social Security or under funded or collapsed pension funds. Yes, this is an issue. Yet with the in-fighting we see nothing is happening and long-term investment in the stock market is not necessarily the answer due to the GDP and aging issues. (example; Japan).

Even increased birth rates, immigration and such cannot handle the crisis coming to hold the system up, plus the increase life expectancy. But multiple careers, longer, healthier life spans will do wonders to prevent folks dying in the street and give folks a chance to learn and grown and then do much better in their second go around and perhaps put them in a better place to do what is best for all concerned as they do it, having learned from 40 years of their past. [opinion-CYA].

If the United States does not adequately address these issues and upgrade the system there will be hell to pay and economic collapse. [opinion-CYA]. I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought. The goal is simple; to help you in your quest to be the best in 2007. I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you.