our gdp is not a good estimate of our strength, its our ability to move forward from here, and as even you admitted, we are falling very quickly.

As far as religious identity, why do we need one? why do we need to invent invisible people just to be civil to each other, or run a decent economy? I'm sorry but people who say that we need christian values in american politics do nothing but make me angry because that is essentially a slap in the face and insulting to the core principles of what america was created for.