Academia Says the United States is a Declining Country - But They Also Voted for You Know Who?

A good number of highly educated folks tell us that great nations have a life cycle and America has enjoyed two-hundred years on the upside and will now go over the top and it will become a declining nation. Many of these folks say that the United States of America is already in decline and they point to the rise of China. However, I would submit to you that just because one nation rises doesn't mean another nation is necessarily falling.

Further, I would say that there are a good number of nations in the world which are all rising quite quickly and rapidly due to the United States, and the way we have spread liberty, democracy, and capitalism around the world. If anything those folks that claim America is in decline ought to look how we spread our wealth around the world helping other people out of poverty, and building nations up to be great like us. Only a great nation, a truly sincere and caring nation would ever do that.

Does that mean because we are helping other nations move up in the world that we are somehow declining - absolutely not! In fact, the United States is not declining, we are still the largest nation by GDP of any other nation on earth by a factor of three. As our economy returns to full speed, firing on all cylinders, we will be doing something like $17 trillion per year. Right now, China is only about 5 trillion per year in GDP. Does that mean the United States is declining because China went from a 2 trillion GDP to a 5 trillion GDP in 10 years - certainly not!

And, I'd like to remind everyone that the reason China is doing so well is because that the United States middle class is doing so well, as we have bought all the goods that China has produced, and without us there would be no great China rising. The same stands true for a good number of other nations in the world. Even the European Union and their great rise has been thanks to that of the United States. Yes Academia says the United States is a declining nation. I'm here to tell you that; that is absolutely 100% Hogwash.

The only way that this great nation will ever decline is if the people within it lose faith, not in the nation but in themselves. For we are the government, and sometimes the people forget that. We are the ones that make the nation great. Indeed, hope you'll never forget that. So please think on it.

Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank. Lance Winslow believes writing 23,100 articles was a lot of work - because all the letters on his keyboard are now worn off..