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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHave America's Leaders Given Up on Our Country and Are Just Looking to Cash Out?
Despite the hype, America is a country in decline and has been for decades One need only look at our crumbling infrastructure, our decaying schools, the millions living in poverty and the costly, and the inefficient health care system as examples to see that something is seriously wrong, and lacking with our leadership. The most recent tax cut (scam) for the wealthiest Americans makes it all so obvious--our leaders are merely looking to take the money and run.
Conversely, there is China They have heavily invested in education and infrastructure and is preparing to take our place on the world stage, and we appear to be inclined to let them. Have our leaders given up on problem-solving and are just looking to cash out while they can? There is so much we could do better for everyone, yet, Americans are more divided than ever, with no end in sight.
The problems we face will take much more than just winning the next election. We've largely lost the ability to work together for common goals for everyone's betterment. It's not that there aren't enough good people. It's that too many of us have become far too cutthroat and mercenary, hyper-focused on petty, meaningless differences. It will take more than loud chants of " USA!" to change our direction. Divided we fall.
marybourg
(12,540 posts)off in their tax write off private jets for some other country, where they can buy immigrant status and enjoy the fruits of heavy infrastructure spending on the part of that country. Maybe Quater, Dubai, maybe even China, who knows. The ultra rich can live anywhere in luxury.
dlk
(11,425 posts)WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)Republicons are definitely looking for ways to rob us blind.
OAITW r.2.0
(23,810 posts)We had an option to get off Big Oil when OPEC was formed...but Republicans saw a lot of money to be made by being best buds to BO. Now the taxpayers spend $300BB?$400BB? subsidizing BO in getting their product to world markets. Why don't we charge them for the muscle needed to get their product to market?