Government Talk

So, I've been doing a lot of thinking about our government and economy, with a little bit of guidance and help from my grandfather. In this blog, I will be addressing several issues that confront our nation today.
The first issue is our economy. Since the wars in the Middle East began, our economy has gone steadily downhill. While this could very well be solely because of the wars, I think that even without them it was inevitable. Almost anywhere you look in the United States, most of the products you see are made in foreign countries, especially in East Asia. Because of the profits made from all of these products, the economies of these countries are booming and increasing exponentially.
Now, one may ask the question, why are so many businesses in East Asia and China, which is a communist country? Why would American businesses want to centrally locate in foreign countries such as China and Ireland? Well, the answer to this question directly relates our recessed economy. These businesses and corporations want to locate in foreign countries because the taxes for businesses in said countries are far lower than the taxes on businesses in America. Therefor, if the United States government lowered taxes on business in America, then more business would take root in our country and the economy would begin to recover.
After this, industrialization in America would increase. Because of the rising numbers of businesses, more factories and shops would be created to make the products and provide the services of the businesses. This increase in numbers of factories and shops would then lead to lower employment rates, which would lead to less poverty in America.
As a result of the rising amount of goods produced, America's exports would increase, thus increasing the wealth of the country as a whole.
Therefor, one small change in the legislature could in turn lead to the massive growth of our country's economy.
OK, now that that major point is out of the way, I will move on to another. Way too many people have a false view of our government. A lot of people talk about bringing democracy to foreign countries, but the thing is our country is NOT a democracy. In a democracy, the power is controled by a central government. We live in a democratic republic, which is a balance between a republic and a democracy. In a republic, there are three branches of government, with no one person in power of a branch. Together the branches check and balance each other so not one branch become too powerful, and each individual state is represented. I'm not very proficient with the different government type specifics quite yet, but I know enough to say that our government is not a democracy or a republic.