Mine says that we just had the most do nothing Congress in our history, and it's because of big money corrupting the system. Wrong - it's b/c most of the House (both parties) have effectively one party districts, where the biggest threat to their reelection comes from a challenger in the primaries. This means that most of the House has no reason to compromise with the other party; instead, they pander to their parties ideological wing. Our educational system is in tatters,It is? our nation is in decline and we are sicker each year despite paying 10x on drugs. And yet the average life expectancy keeps going up. Most major city water supplies have trace levels of anti-depressants and other chemicals, we lead the world only in obesity Wrong, violence Wrong and the only thing crumbling faster than our aging infrastructure is our environment. Our environment is doing fine compared to most of the rest of the world. Check out the data on global water and air pollution.
Enter Queen Hillary to do the bidding of the elite that have personally enriched her, and for whom she does back room deals.
Meanwhile in an ever connected world that a grandma who can't work email can't understand, huge pockets of the world in competition philosophically, economically and militarily have woken up and are prepared to dunk on us by working harder, learning better and dominating global resources.
That's what my history book says. Google is your friend. Your history book is not.