USAToday: A Nation of Discontent

[wgadget]

http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20071101/1a_cover01.art.htm

[Bradley in DC]

(and sounds like Dr. Paul)

In all, 72% of those surveyed in a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Oct. 12-14 say they are dissatisfied with how things are going in the USA while just 26% are satisfied. Not since April have even one-third of Americans been happy with the country's course, the longest national funk in 15 years.

"Don't get me wrong, America's a great country," says Lori Jones, 46, a medical assistant in Phoenix. But she worries about her family's finances and prospects for the next generation. "I think we've somehow lost our way."