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What is the biggest single problem facing our country (government) today?
Something that could... at least conceivably... be solved.
I say it's not a single issue, but rather voter ignorance and apathy failing to hold our elected representatives accountable. We say we disapprove of what they do (or don't do) but then keep re-electing them anyway.
I do NOT see term limits as a solution to this, by the way, as that only rotates the problem. If the majority of the voting populace is ignorant and/or apathetic, they'll continue to be deceived with new candidates chosen by the parties and other special interests. No, it's ONLY when voters care enough to educate themselves, and act accordingly, that this has any chance of being fixed.
Well, you sort of didn't answer your own question--which is the single biggest problem that you see?
Mine is easy--the federalization of everything due in no small part to the progressives inability to get traction in most of the 50 states.
there are a couple. here's the one that is most easily solved :
gerrymandering. this can be addressed by redrawing districts nationwide using only census data.
there are more pressing problems, but solving the gerrymandering problem will at least have some effect on all of them.
The fact that about half the people in this country now believe they have a right to vote themselves into other peoples' pockets is the biggest threat to our way of life, our freedom and our prosperity.
National debt and yearly federal deficits. We don't fix this nothing else matters. We're headed for financial disaster. It's mathematically impossible to avoid if we continue current path. The crush if baby boomers reaching retirement age and living beyond same, will siphon all federal revenues within a couple decades.
How is that?
One question... Assuming gerrymandering was responsible for the 2012 House result, how would you explain the reversal of the Congressional makeup that occurred between 2008 and 2010 when there was no change in Congressional districts?
The jackhole in the White House. He is a bigger threat to our country than any terrorist group, or natural disaster. See, we can rebuild from terrorism or natural disasters. 0bama has the ability to permanently screw this country over, solely in the name of retention of power for his party. It's almost like Soviet politics. The guy is an enemy of the state.What is the biggest single problem facing our country (government) today?
What is the biggest single problem facing our country (government) today?
The number one issue is accountability. And the only folks who can fix it are the American people.
When you hire someone making a claim, and they fail to deliver on that claim, you fire them, and when possible, you get a refund. Why is politics so different? When a man running for office promises the world, like closing GITMO, ending the invasion in Afghanistan, and increased transparency in DC, and then not only doesn't deliver on any of those things, but actually works contrary to those goals, he should be fired. Period. And every single public servant should be treated the same, without exception, ever. It's high time we applied a few so called free market principles to the very people who are supposed to enforce and safeguard those very principles.
your supposition is misguided
it appears Obama has taken efforts to close gitmo
only the opposition party thwarts his efforts to do so
when we hold people accountable, we should want to know whether their failure to perform is theirs alone
in the instance you cited, that would not be the circumstance
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