Have I missed something over these four Republican “debates,” as well as the interviews with the candidates, or do they think that the US can achieve any better growth, by any metric, than we have now, given that most, if not all, of the other nations on our planet have either slower growth than we have, and some have even reported contraction (at least one or two quarters) in the past few years? Mostly due to “austerity,” which the Rs continue to embrace, so most (credible) economists have stated. Jeb! said again last night, something about 4% growth when he’s president, yet none of the moderators followed up to ask how this is possible, given the condition of the economies of our major trading partners. Trump loves to talk about China, but I think they’ve reported some pretty dismal numbers lately, and aren’t sure when things will be turning around (maybe in about 20 years, when the 2-baby-per-family policy is able to see some financial contributions from the babies being planned now?). How will he “bring the jobs back,” when there’s nobody overseas to sell our stuff to? And what kinds of sacrifices will the 99% have to make for the tax incentives he’ll have to offer to companies to get them to bring their factories back here? Just sayin’…..