We Americans can't execute on our plans any more, because whatever we do we have to wade through vast swamps of our own BS. This goes for healthcare, infrastructure, crime and terrorism.
My favorite TV host and the smartest political commentator of all times, Bill Maher has brilliantly summarized it. We don't get $&*!t done, people! And China can! India can! We can't!
Actually, Finland can, too.