[quote=UnendingEmpire]
As a born-and-raised American, 4.6/10Guys, we stopped being about a half-dozen presidents ago. [b]Our economy's down the shitter, [/b]we either hate every other country or get stereotyped as such, and we've got a shady-ass government. Comparing our technology level to our national GPAs, we may also be one of the dumbest nations out there, and we're too wrapped-up in the pride we forgot to ditch in the early 2000s to notice just how bad things have gotten.Until we're not something our founding fathers would be appalled by, I'm keeping my score at a solid 4.6.
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Who told you that? You must be listening to some anarchists or something, the U.S. is doing just fine. 

America is already energy-independent and our economy has been on the up and up since over a year ago. In addition, the USA has the highest GDP, no surprise there. China is in a distant 2nd place.

http://money.cnn.com/news/economy/world_economies_gdp/