Will the US be the next UK - a former world power? A great cause for the GOP to embrace.

John McCain's campaign slogan was "Country first", a great slogan, but there was not much meat attached to those bones. Here is how we correct that. We need a national vision, a great cause, to motivate the base. One that will entail sacrifice and fortitude and courage and honesty. Here is the problem: Our nation's current fiscal trajectory is such that massive deficits, debt repayments, and unfunded liabilities will turn the US into the next UK, a former world hegemonic power now so beholden to those holding our debt and producing what we consume that we will no longer be in the first tier of superpowers. We need to move beyond simple tax cuts to major reform of how we fund our government, to both broaden the tax base while simultaneously lessening the burden on our producers and entrepreneurs (I favor the Fair Tax). And we need to reform our spending habits and entitlements before they eat us alive. This could be a national crusade that gets people thinking about country first, about the America their children will inherit, and about real change that is so desperately needed. This needs to come from both the grassroots and from our intellectual entrepreneurs to be effective. Let's roll!