Photo Gallery Tough Times in America
For decades, the US has seen a fall in the number of industrial workers in the country -- from 18.7 million in 1980 to just 11.8 million today. Here, an abandoned factory in Detroit. On average, the US economy has shed 1,400 industrial jobs per day since 2006.
Unemployment in the US has been skyrocketing in recent years. Every day since 2008, an additional 7,300 people have lost their jobs in the US. Here, job seekers in Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke with ex-chair Alan Greenspan. Greenspan presided over one of the largest periods of growth in US history. But it proved unsustainable. Now, he is warning that America must pay down its substantial debt. On average, the US national debt has been growing by $3.2 billion per day since 2006.
Rage is everywhere in the US and rational political debate has become a rarity. Here, a man at a rally in Chicago holds up a sign comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler.
A sports show in Los Angeles in 1954 when the American Dream was still alive and well: The United States is a confused and fearful country in 2010. Some 47 percent of Americans don't believe that the America Dream is still realistic.
The US could still turn things around. But it will be difficult. For the moment, the country is facing a long-term unemployment problem. Here, a man in a tent city outside of Sacramento.
