Miriam Webster's Dictionary defines the verb to kill as: 1.To deprive of life 2.To put an end to 3.To destroy the essential vitality or quality of. From the last two definitions, America has been killed. Wall Street is an obvious culprit, but we have two decades of managerial bloating (increased manager/worker ratio) which is also to blame. These managers create do-nothing jobs at high pay. And sit on them. No value-added and lots of skimming going on. Rationale: the American worker cannot be trusted.