You will eventually have NO economy if someone doesn't remove "some of the ugly people in the world". You have no sense of priority and you take a lot for granted. There are soldiers who have lost their lives in the process of removing "some of the ugly people in the world", and I'm sure that their surviving relatives don't take the results of their efforts for granted the way you do. The cost of war is extremely high, financially speaking, also. Americans would much rather spend our tax dollars on other things. There is an awfully high price that has, and is, being paid so that you can at least complain about your crappy little economy today.
In regards to your economy, you say that BECAUSE OF AMERICA, "the livelihoods of UK citizens were lost, there was no work anywhere, the UK went right into a recession, and families were in trouble". WE"LL EXCUSE US FOR MAKING THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE! It may be perfectly acceptable to you that an evil dictator invade another country, but thankfully Bush Sr. doesn't agree with people like you. You need to get your priorities in order Steve.
Finally, don't forget that the UK is a Socialist country. Rather than blaming Americans for your own economic problems, why don't you place the blame on your own flawed system of government. It's not rocket science. While your country is still EXPERIMENTING with different variations of the same social programs, our Capitalistic system has been thriving for over 200 years. The brightest and most productive individuals who grow up under a Socialist government often move to America to get away from those who want to sink their "meat-hooks" into someone else's productive efforts. Socialism breeds parasites, and eventually the paracites choke off every shred of incentive. rather than loathing Americans, as you do, why don't you take your blinders off, put your envy aside, stop criticizing us, and recognize that we have something worth emulating?
Devin P.