What do you think are the two biggest issues facing us.

[edhopper]

For me it is Global Climate Change, (as today's report shows, is worse than we thought)
And income inequity, which is destroying most of us.
Of course these are issues that are under reported by the Media. A little lip service here and there, but no where comparable to the size of the threats. Why report this when there is Ebola, ISIS or a missing teen.

List the two or three issues you think are the most important.

[NaturalHigh]

1. Social Security and TPP

[edhopper]

3. Those are serious

though I think the TPP is part of the larger income inequity problem. Workers wages go down while the rich get richer.

[AgingAmerican]

2. Climate change

...and climate change. Soon, nothing else is going to matter much.

[edhopper]

4. I should amend my income inequity

to say that includes the Rich becoming the only voice our government listens to.
They are the ones driving the opposition to working on GCC.

[AgingAmerican]

6. They believe their money will insulate them

...from the damage they are causing the environment.

[edhopper]

8. They own so many homes

they figure one or two will be safe.

[freshwest]

46. That and their floating cities that only go to the controlled ports to take on supplies.

1) What do they know that we don't know?

2) If we did know, what would we be able to do about it?

1) Plenty, they have the dollars to study the trends and are keeping ahead of it.

2) Nothing. Talking won't affect Earth changes.

That is part of why some don't care, they've either given or decided to take their chances with the ultra rich - which is exactly what the GOP is doing.

Sorry to be so gloomy.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. climate change and inequality (not just income, but racial and gender inequalities).

[immoderate]

10. I'm in concordance.

--imm

[OneGrassRoot]

43. +1 n/t

[progressoid]

54. ^^^this^^^

[randys1]

7. If that guy from the EPA is right, most of us or our kids wont be around to worry

about any of this other shit in less than 50 years.

[LittleBlue]

9. Wealth disparity and the military-industrial complex. nt

[Cleita]

11. GCC is also top of my list along with the environmental damages

that help cause it. Next is ending lassez faire Capitalism that is very destructive to society and the environment as we already see. Yes we need some well regulated capitalism, but not the destructive monster it is today.

[edhopper]

12. I think the Social Democracy model

(think Northern Europe) works best.

[abelenkpe]

16. +1 nt

[Cleita]

36. I do to and we need to start doing sooner rather than later. eom

[FSogol]

13. Self-driving cars and pit bull discrimination

[edhopper]

14. What

you don't think UFOs and defending Putin are important?

[FSogol]

17. Oh, I did forget the violent encroachment of NATO on peace-loving Russia and their dreamy leader!

[freshwest]

48. UFOs manned by extra-terrestrials love Putin. They're changing the climate to suit them.

That's all you need to know.

[abelenkpe]

15. Climate change and inequality

Third: corruption.

[UTUSN]

18. 1) Winning. 2) Winning. Without winning, no issues can be addressed. n/t

[closeupready]

19. Wealth/income inequality, and the deepening corruption of DC to cater to Big Money interests,

to the detriment of the American people.

It's frustrating to read people here state quite explicitly and openly that they simply do not care about wealth/income inequality. But you know, our party serves the rich primarily, just as the GOP does.

[edhopper]

21. Are there really DUers

who don't think income inequity is a big problem?

(I know there are Dems in Congress who don't seem to care about it)

[closeupready]

27. YES. Last week, someone posted an OP as to why he defends the NAFTA, and

acknowledging that inequality has in fact gotten worse since NAFTA's passage, he then stated that "I don't care." It's possible that he meant to say something else but articulated his idea poorly, and in the interests of not calling a member out, I will leave this at that, but there you go.

[edhopper]

29. wow

[Autumn]

28. Oh yes there are, and not hard to find at all.

[Thinkingabout]

20. I am surprised terrorism isn't a big issue, if we are dead from bullets it will not matter about

wage inequality, climate change or any other discrimination. Guns have reigned terror Americans on Americans and now we have the threat of radical terrorists returning to the US to kill more people.

[longship]

22. Science illiteracy and ideological blindness.

Of course, these overlap, but they are responsible for many world problems including many of those mentioned here.

For instance, climate change denial is both from science illiteracy and/or ideological blindness. I don't know whether Inhoff is ignorant or outright deceptive. I cannot see into his brain. But it is certainly one of the two.

I might add that religious fundamentalism is a problem we are all likely going to have to deal with, but that is tied into ideological blindness.

R&K

[freshwest]

47. Science literacy is for TPTB. They'll continue to do well. The rest will find a lower niche.

Media is preparing us to accept it.

[dissentient]

23. In the United States? Fascism. In the world? Totalitarianism.

These have been creeping onto the scene for a while now. Slowly but surely, little by little.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

24. Climate change. Capitalism. Common human decency.

Capitalism causes the first and inhibits the third.

[2naSalit]

35. +1

[Autumn]

25. Income inequity, Global Climate Change, politicians that are willing to look out for

the poor, the elderly and those in need instead of putting corporations first.

[Warpy]

30. OK....

Climate change

Resource depletion

Pollution of air, sea, land (especially arable land), and decrease in potable water

Wealth concentration away from labor

Institutional power driving all of the above

Yeah, that's five but they're all interrelated and it was hard to get them down that far.

[ZombieHorde]

31. Education and education.

These other issues won't be fixed without people being taught critical thinking, history, and science.

[tabbycat31]

32. Economy and climate change

The biggest problem I see is that the younger generation can't get ahead in the same way that their parents were able to.

[Nay]

33. There is only one. Climate destruction. nt

[matt819]

34. Trick question, right?

Whether Bruce Jenner is transgender.

And.

Well, after that, everything just pales in comparison.

I'm stumped.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

37. I think ..

I think at the end everything will be all right. If it is not all right it's not the end.

[global1]

38. Nothing Ever Being Done On Those Banks/$ Corps That Are Too Big To Fail.....

and them still being let to do what got us in the economic mess. Now they are Too Bigger To Fail. I'm waiting for the next bubble to burst that will send us into the dumper again and make the American People bail them out again.

What's the old saying: Fool me once - shame on you - fool me twice - shame on me.

You know that this will happen again - and the current oil situation it looks to be closing in on us.

Guess who will lose again?

[Octafish]

39. Wars without End.

Money trumps peace.

Warmongers and Banksters walk free.

[pinto]

40. Water, food and healthcare. Income inequality.

The first three are essential, basic needs. The last plays a part in it all.

[Jappleseed]

41. money in politics,

and money in politics.

Fix that and more stuff will get done. Until then it's business as usual.

[ananda]

42. One big issue for me.

Humans who organize for change are not effective.

That issue underlies all the rest.

[J_J_]

44. War

War takes our money and gives it to profiteers meanwhile killing and torturing innocents in other countries whlie pretending to help

Meanwhile, no money to help millions of people from starving,dying here at home, and now we are cutting $$ from disabled veterans social security

This profit driven hypocrisy is our greatest problem.

If we did as Smedley Butler suggested, stay home protect our borders, we would have taken care of our starvation, homelessness, health care problems by now and instead we could be promoting peace around the world, using our national wealth to provide real help internationally like water wells, irrigation, sewer systems, schools...

[J_J_]

45. War, also the largest cause of global warming

No amount of changing our lightbulbs can ever make up for the damage caused by our wars.

[hunter]

49. One side of a coin, Global Climate Change, the other side of the coin Consumerism.

In many religions and philosophies "consumerism" is called "materialism" and similar such, philosophies which tell us to take care of our earth and leave it a better place, and to love and respect our neighbors.

Overpopulation is the other issue. Sex education and birth control ought to be a universal human right, but try telling that to the fundamentalists, or people living in societies where the more kids you have increases your status in the community and may insure someone will be around to take care of you when your old body starts to fall apart.

My parents, and my wife's parents had a mess of kids, at least partly because it was expected and celebrated in their communities. My mom's told us she'd been aiming for at least nine kids, maybe a dozen, once she'd decided she wasn't going to be a nun. My artist mom, once she'd met my artist dad, knew she wasn't cut out to be celibate. She liked sex, and she liked having babies.

But as our parents saw the world and their homes becoming more crowded they eventually became religious heretics and advocates of birth control. Not one couple among my siblings or my wife's siblings decided to become baby making machines. From what I see in my Catholic Community, and other Catholic Communities across the U.S.A., many couples are either avoiding sex altogether, or not relying entirely upon "natural" family planning methods. (You do the math...) One of my brothers and his wife tried those "natural" methods and two kids later realized it wasn't going to work for them.

Among my siblings, and my wife's siblings, we are below (and at this point will remain) by average fewer than two biological kids per couple.

[OregonBlue]

50. Overpopulation and climate change.

[CrispyQ]

51. For the species, climate change & predatory capitalism.

For the US, money in politics. We need publicly funded elections now. Only then can we start to address the other issues.

[randr]

52. Global Warming/Fossil Fuel dependency and the income inequity caused by

the asswipes making fortunes off of the fossil fuel dependency.
Global Warming, fossil fuel dependency, income inequity, and plutocrification of our nation are all one ball of wax; they are inseparable.

[Mike Nelson]

53. Inequality among people on Earth...

...would be my first concern. Climate Change is important, too.

[hifiguy]

55. Climate change and wealth distribution are 1A and 1B.

If those aren't dealt with nothing else matters, and resolving them will solve many other problems which derive from them.

[MiniMe]

56. The republican controlled House and the republican controlled Senate

No issue that we care about will be fixed until the control of the House and Senate is fixed.

[cherokeeprogressive]

57. All I know about the issues facing us is the Euros conducted anti-terrorism raids. Pantshitters.

[bananas]

58. Creating a sustainable civilization on Earth, and expanding civilization off Earth.

I think that covers everything.

Creating a sustainable civilization on Earth means avoiding nuclear war, catastrophic climate change, reducing income inequality, etc.

[LostOne4Ever]

59. The SCOURGE OF BRUSSELS SPOUTS eclipses all!!!

[font style="font-family:papyrus,'Brush Script MT','Infindel B',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]Seriously though Dwindling natural resources (energy and water for example) and Overpopulation.[/font]

[randome]

60. Climate change and bridging the gap between the Eastern and Western worlds.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]

[RedCappedBandit]

61. Environment and education.

Proper education is part of the solution for whatever social problem we want to discuss.. and the environment truly trumps all else.

[pampango]

62. Foreigners (immigrants), foreigners (trade) and foreigners (NATO, Russia, the EU, the WTO). Oops.

That's three but as long as I am going 'tea party' on you with my issues, I thought an inability to count would make it more authentic.

[raouldukelives]

63. Climate change.

And those invested against us ever addressing it. For every person who fights for addressing reality, for the survival of thousands of animal species and for even ourselves there are millions more invested in the very industries making sure those efforts are in vain.
It is the same across the board. From massive incarceration to the destruction of education to the return of Jim Crow. All thanks to the best efforts of the investor class and those who labor daily to serve them and become them.