Is anyone else mad at how America's being ran?

Question

debt, poverty, health costs, Bush, war, is anyone else tired of seeing our country run in the ground?

When I mearn America, I mean the USA!

Answer 1

yes, oh great wolf of the north of fire!

Answer 2

Run into the ground? I don't think so. The national debt and budget deficits have both been reduced. The Feds are seeing record receipts due to more money in the economy. Why? Tax cuts! The economy is at statistical unemployment. War was brought to us by Islamo fascists and we are fighting back. I'm sure the victims of 9/11 are grateful to Bush for that. Poverty is the result of Liberal policies of handouts. I say tell these bums to get a job and work like the rest of us! Health costs are high due to Doctors getting sued left and right by Lawyers. This has caused their malpractice insurance rates to go sky high and the costs have been passed on to you and I. So NO, America is not being ran into the ground. You're living in the greatest country in the world and all you can do is complain!

Answer 3

I am mad about certian aspects but as for what you list.
1)Poverty: people who don't work get this as a benefit. People who are given public school and then drop out get this as a reward. Failing to plan is planning to fail.
2) health care cost: Yes it is very high but the people who cry the most about it seem to be the same people who don't want to stop the handouts that are driving that cost. If a doctor treets a patient in an ER who can't pay the bill because they have no insurence how do you think that doctor is going to recoup his loss? If you guessed that he will rise his rates you are pretty smart. There are some areas in health care that should be looked at for action like the cost of drugs but as long as law mandates that people must be treated (even when they are illegally here) without the ability to pay then the cost for the people who do pay will increase.
3) Bush's war: Bush is the president that our votes or lack there of put into office. The congress that our votes or lack there of put into office voted to let Bush send troops (as a matter of fact even some of the die hard liberals agreed with the need to take out Saddam) to Iraq so that makes this OUR WAR.

There are many short comings in our government but it is By the people for the people so when the people fail to do researh and they vote for someone because of name recognition rather than their merits then who is to blame. Stop crying and go make a difference. Do some research and use your vote wisely.

Answer 4

Just wanted to touch base on poverty and health cost... let's see.. Poverty is perpetuated by social welfare, and the cost of health care keeps going up because of all these "federally Funded" insurance programs, which work out like this:

The unemployed mother of 10, father is either not working or unknown.. takes children to the dr. to get immunizations and shots, well visits ets. Let's say it cost $450 for the visit. $45 a kid. The office bills the governement funded insurance company. They decide it should only be $10 a kid, so they pay $100. Who pays the additional $350 to cover the offices overhead? You jknow the nurse who answers the phone, the 24 hour service for emergencies... You guessed it! They raise the prices on other services to cover the loss... just like any other business has to. So now my insurance is through the roof.

Just an example.. Let's keep screaming at bush and the republican's.. it's all their fault... Let's not take an honest look at the real problems in america. It's easier that way. God forbid we should all start having to work our way through life.

Answer 5

I for one am but I do not live in the USA but what happens there directly affects me here in Canada. The fact that Mr. Bush wants to control this war and make it work really bothers me because I think he is fighting a losing battle. These people are fanatics and fight with no rules whereas he and his troops must adhere to Geneva Convention rules for war and that alone puts them at a disadvantage. The problem as I see it in the USA and for that matter here in Canada as well is that the closer we get to election time people forget about Bush or whoever is in power and fall back on this Republican, Democrat stuff which just ends up putting another political puppet into office who will be 98% just like the one they are replacing. This seems to be the way politicians these days operate. They can promise a 180 degree turn in the way things are done before an election but after it is over they revert back to exactly what they said they were against in the first place. It's as if there was a group of men inside the white house that said, " OK we know what you promised, but this is what you are going to do from now on so just forget about your ideas". Is America a democracy or a controlled dictatorship? Right now Bush has an approval rating of about 35 % yet society allows him to stay in control for over another year from now just because the law says that he can. Well maybe the laws need to be changed, they are pretty old and were intended for a different group of people than we have today. Do we stick to the health care provided at the time of the formation of the country back in 1776? Do we still get around on horseback and carriages? Do we still dress the same way as Paul Revere? Do we still wash our clothes like they did then? I don't think so , therefore things do need to change and this president and the one before him indicated that quite clearly. But who do we give the job of changing the constitution to, no not the very same politicians that we have become so skeptical of lately? This appears to be an never ending story. We want change but the only people who promise it are guys like Ralph Nader and because of that no one wants to vote for him because he is too extreme but we end up seesawing back and forth between Republican and Democrat and never get any change at all except the name of the party in power and the faces that belong to those parties. Things will never change until the people demand it but by election time somehow all of this want for change is swept under the carpet because now we are either Democrat or Republican. In Canada we become either Conservative or Liberal, but to be honest we do have another party called the NDP and of course some mutant french that want the country to split called the Bloc. In America you would probably label this group as Traitors of the country and throw them into jail but here in Canada we are too wimpy and let them gain in popularity until they almost did vote to split 5 years ago. So am I mad at how America is being run, you're damned right I am and now you know why.

Answer 6

4.4% unemployment (and no, that doesn't exclude people whose benefits have run out). Solid GDP growth - still in the high 2s which isn't bad after 17 interest rate hikes. Yes the debt is up but so far the impact to the economy is what, 25 bps on the long bond? Poverty is up but only because we keep importing more poor people - there are 2.5 million more poor people than there were in the US in 2000 but there are 8.5 million more illegal immigrants at least 8 million of whom came here the poorest of the poor. The middle class is "shrinking" in proportion to the whole but of the households that left, 92% have moved UP - economists just cut the middle class off at 5 times the poverty level of income which means the 15% of us who make between 6 and 8 times the poverty level, think of ourselves as upper middle class, who a generation ago would be making between 3 and 4 times the poverty level, don't count as middle class (link to the Census Bureau below for those who choose not to "believe" me - go ahead and choose not to believe the Census Bureau, even though this is kind of like choosing not to believe the National Weather Service as to what the temperature is at Logan).

The economy is doing fine, has been for some time, is expected to for some time, with only a few sectors as exceptions (e.g., auto).

What ever happened to "it's the economy, stupid?"

Answer 7

I'm Persian, and i was 18 years old when revolution took place in Iran in 1978, in result country was handed over to mullah's !
Since then, we kept witnessing, our country go in reverse. It's been an agonizing observation to see your mother land tears apart. Since the revolution, we escaped the ordeal and have been given a second chance and second country which we all are deeply grateful for. It's sad to see the nightmare is taking place again.

Answer 8

Michael N has it right on!

you other people have been brainwashed by the media, this country is strong, there is alot fo good going on outside the war.

dont get me wrong though..

i myself think the war is a GOOD thing, and leaving iraq to soon would be disasterous, we dont have to win, we just CANNOT lose!

by "not losing", i mean leaving ONLY when the Iraqis are capable of "managing" the looneys.

Answer 9

Yes, very much but it also hurt me when I see Americans defending other interest, like illegal aliens and cut and run from a conflict that we all, Republicans and Democrats decided to get involved. America is the USA and the USA is America!!

Answer 10

Everyone seems to be tired of it, except the politicians. They keep us divided and foster hate between the left and right, this keeps us concentrating on each other. That's what they want so that people will believe it is the other sides fault, instead of believing the truth.

The truth, is none of the politicians give a damn about you, me or any other citizen. All they care about is the money and power that comes with their elected position and if they can get you or I to hate the other guy enough then they can keep their over paid, over pensioned jobs.

Answer 11

America is not being run by anybody.

It is likely that you mean the United States. NOT the same thing :-)


you see, there is no such a thing as ‘American’ nationality, America is not a nation America is a continent with many nations in it. The US never named itself the name of the United States is a designation it comes from the end of the Declaration of Independence, "WE, therefore, the Representatives of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in GENERAL CONGRESS, Assembled...". The preamble to the U.S. Constitution reiterated the phrase: "We the People of the United States..." (The authors of these two documents probably used the phrase "united states" in place of a list of colonies/states because they remained uncertain at the time of drafting which colonies/states would sign off on the sentiments therein.) The geographic term "America" specifies the states' home on the American continent.

It is therefor incorrect to refer to US citizens as Americans with the intent of denoting citizenship, or the United States as America with the intent of denoting a nation. Americans have a term for US citizens, we are called United Statesians by the rest of Americans, to say American with the intent of denoting citizenship or America when we mean the United States reflects poorly on our attitude towards the 70% of Americans that are not United Statesians.

Also, although some people would like to believe that America is not one but two continents North America and South America. If you think about it though the term U.S. of A. is a glaring example that this line of thought is incorrect, if America was two continents instead of one, shouldn’t it be U.S. of N.A. (North America)? We say Columbus discovered..... ? AMERICA, not South America or North America.

Hope that helps.