What the **** is wrong with the United States?

Question

The U.S. is a superpower. We have the largest economy, greatest global influence, powerful military, vast diversity, the world's longest surviving federation, the source of remarkable literature and art. That list could go on forever.

So how is it, considering all of this, that our currency is quickly losing value, our government has lost the people's trust, our health care system is one of the worst in the world, citizen's can't earn a proper education, homelessness persists through some of the world's most lavish cities, and to top it off we are not as beloved around the world as we think we are?

Does this depress you as much as it does me?

What can I do to make the United States the country that it ought to be? The land of the free and home of the brave...

Answer 1

I agree with fathead(no offense fathead, oopps sorry for that fathead, doh.

Answer 2

Last question first:  Kick out all the Illegals.  There are now more than 11,000,000 DOCUMENTED Illegals in this country; mostly from Mexico and Central America, but also Muslim Extremeists from Araby.  Not only do they take jobs away from Americans, they cost BILLIONS for the free medical care, etc., they receive.  According to the American Legion Magazine, they also send more than $30,000,000,000 home annually...

Want to know what happened to the dollar?  That is a large part of it.

Buying from Wal-Mart (and all the others...I pick on Wal-Mart because it is the World's largest retailer) and getting all that crappy stuff from China (anti-freeze in dog food; lead paint on toys...)

My wife is a Filipina.  Everytime we fly to the Philippines, the plane is about half full of elderly who never worked in the U.S., never paid any kind of taxes here (unless sales tax for the goodies they took back home), yet they receive Social Security!  They can live quite well there on $600/month!  (NO, it is NOT SSI; supposedly only residents can receive SSI.)

Mexicans also receive Social Security in addition to food stamps, SSI, housing assistance (the list goes on).

Yes, we are the largest economic force on earth: almost 40% of the entire world's output.  But we are bleeding red through all the abuses mentioned above (and many more).

MAKE the Liberal Congress and the Liberal Supreme Court ENFORCE our laws: get rid of Illegals; don't give Social Security to ANYONE who did not work for it.  Those 2 things alone would almost stop the bleeding red.

Answer 3

It is being intentionally destroyed to fit in the new world order. We should hit third world status soon.

Yes! If we don't get DC straightened out it will be revolution time.

Answer 4

You don't understand the benefits that go along with a weakened dollar. China has intentially kept their currency low to encourage other countries to buy their products for decades. Seemed to have worked for them rather well.

Answer 5

You have got to stop swallowing the Liberal talking points. You sound like a parrot.

Fathead summed it up nicely.

Answer 6

Yes, well if Germany were to invade France again, they would once again love us.

One poster said it correctly, China has kept the value of their currency down for years on purpose. There is an upside to this.

Answer 7

You contradict yourself.

You say that you want to help make the country what it should be ...the land of the free and the brave.   Yet, in your second paragraph you bemoan some of society's issues - but in fixing it the way that liberals want to ...this would make it the land of the unfree - in support of the lazy or poor decision makers who choose to not be accountable for their lives.

Answer 8

The USD is intentionally low.  It is no accident.  A weak dollar is the best way to encourage the rest of the world to buy our goods and services...as well as our companies, property, etc.  

As far as health care goes, "worst" is only true if you rate on the basis of how much is given to freeloaders.  People needing advanced procedures fly to the US to have them done for a reason.

What can you do?  Stop believing the dreck the dems spew.

Answer 9

You want to be a good American?  Buy a gun.  Train with it.  Get confident with it.  Carry it everywhere you go.  Don't conceal it, it's a deterrent to crime.  Get your friends and family members who are ablebodied and ableminded to get guns too, and carry them always.  Always be alert.  Loudly and insistently defend your rights and the rights of others.

In short, live with honor.  And carry a gun.

Answer 10

The reason that it is that way is that people make bad decisions. 90% of peoples problems (mine included) can be attributed to bad decision making or indulging vices. The other 10% can be attributed to just plain ol' bad luck.

Drinking and drugs and other addictions  lead to poverty, poverty is the reason that many people cannot afford health insurance. When they are struck with a really bad disease that costs a lot to cure, they really shouldn't expect everyone else to pay for their mistakes in life.  It is sad though that children have to live with their parents bad actions and suffer because of them. It's sad that they will likely emulate their parents into adulthood because they really don't know any better.

You really can't change people and the way that they think, but you CAN mold the future. Children are the future of America, and our greatest treasure and hope for the future.

The way that you can make the United States better is be a good parent. Be a good role model.  Teach children right from wrong and hopefully, they will receive it and make America better. Take responsibility for your child's education. If the public school system is so bad, work hard so that you can send them to a private school that will actually teach them.  My parents did. Also, fostering or adopting a child is a good way to help. Teach them how to be an ethical person, to respect themselves, and be a good citizen regardless of what their families past may have been.

Answer 11

God*** it! This is not ****ing China!!  Please don't get me started. You want to know what makes a proud American sick? An American flag made in China! I've witnessed one with the label "made in China" on it before. How do you like saluting that?  If you think China is so great, why don't you move there- you traitors.  Why don't we hang you? It infuriates me to view little pieces of this country being sold. A little here, a little there. But it doesn't matter so long as it boosts our currency, eh? Speaking of currency, how would it make you feel if you knew that American banks were located/owned in China?



Anyway, ignoring my rant, one way you can make this country the way it ought to be is by supporting it--not others. And don't sell out on your beliefs or anything else just because it seems to be the fast and easy way to make a buck. Keep your soul. Be proud. Be a hero/volunteer in your community. And ,please, please, please, make sure that when you buy an American flag that the label reads "made in USA." Thank You.

Answer 12

The rich get richer while the poor still are fighting to exist.

The world has changed.  Other countries do not respect us as they used to.