tl;dr summary: We're all screwed and the hippie progressives and tea partiers can't save us because they aren't being really innovative and getting to the heart of the problem.

So first off- I agree. Second, this post is way too long, pisses off the left, and doesn't provide solutions that I had the attention for.

So, I'll provide some. Put money into education and infrastructure, and teach our kids to be innovative, then get our debt fixed in a way that doesn't cause massive change and disable business. That isn't the Libertarian stance, but it is a the moderate stance, which no party supports these days.