Re-electing Obama means the end of greatness - A key reason for Mr. Obama’s success is his cult of personality.

America’s pathway to decline

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner

America faces a seminal reality: We are broke, and we are getting broker by the day. This is the real “fiscal cliff” the country is about to jump off, not the artificial one consuming Washington.

This year has been a turning point in American history. Our constitutional republic is dying. President Obama’s re-election was more than a victory for liberalism. It represented America’s collective suicide — a national push into a fiscal, cultural and moral abyss. We are sliding toward Greece.

Mr. Obama won despite chronic high unemployment, rising inflation and skyrocketing deficits. 

• Our national debt stands at more than $16 trillion. 
• We are the most indebted nation in history. 
• It is almost impossible to dig our way out of this massive financial hole. 
• Even if the president gets everything he wants in tax increases on the wealthy, it will only pay for 11 days of the government’s annual spending. 
• It is class warfare masquerading as serious public policy. 
• His soak-the-rich rhetoric is nothing more than smoke and mirrors, casting the illusion that he knows — or even cares — how to solve the debt crisis.

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