- Consumer debt is through the roof
- Government debt is now difficult to service. Europe on brink of going off side
- Propensity to avoid risk associated with capital growth
- Arrogance and elitism among international power brokers
- Corruption now considered a way of life in too many developing countries
- Promises to provide crisis relief (Haiti) at risk of default
- Stifling tax burden squelching creators of commerce
- Personal intransigence toward change
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi_zErADO8k