My son is writing a paper for high school. He has developed the following thesis statement. I was wondering if any one of you brilliant Freepers could recommend published sources for him to review to help bolster his argument. I know I've come to the right place for help. "The United States of America continues in a long-term decline because we have put our economic health at risk by funding a myriad of social and wasteful programs, which usurp power from the people in favor of unlimited and unchecked government, and which will socially and economically bankrupt our great nation."