How are we doing as a country? You may not want to know

Brooking provides the collection of charts below and this assessment of state of our country.  Their summary says it all:  

“The recovery continues to falter, the labor market remains weak, the stock market is volatile and the public mood is increasingly pessimistic.” 

Source: http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2011/0807_recovery_renewal.aspx?rssid=LatestFromBrookings&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BrookingsRSS%2Ftopfeeds%2FLatestFromBrooking