What's the most important issue for US citizens: Immigration reforms, Health care reforms or Public Education?

Question

and why?

Domestic Issue.

Answer 1

Pub ed and immigration.

Pub ed will define the country of the near future. Immigration is at the make or break point. Depending on where I travel I might as well have crossed the border due to the fluent Spanish being spoken by everyone in the area. I say this to say immigration will also affect the near term future.

Answer 2

It's clearly immigration. It sky rockets the cost of health care and public education as more funds are diverted from the people who need health care and more education in the public school system. Wouldn't it be nice if you know the 15 or 20K in taxes you spend a year actually goes to improve the school system as opposed to locking up illegals. Jez, on average it cost 32K to house 1 inmate a year and from the estimates I've heard the jail system holds between 35-40% illegals. All that money being wasted on that could be used for some good. You clear up immigration and both of the other issues take ease on the pockets of the average US citizen.

Answer 3

Immigration reforms. This will help alleviate some of the problems facing us regarding health care, public education and terrorism.

Answer 4

Only those three?

Well of those three, although Health Care reforms is very important, I'd have to go with public education.

Specifically, educational reform that genuinely educated students to be good thinkers, able to apply their knowledge to understanding the world, and figuring out how to do things and improve things.

Why? If we could have a better-educated citizenry, they'd be able to solve the rest.

Answer 5

Public Education. WELL educated people make better decisions and elect better leaders and aren't led so blindly as sheep, as is easier to do with uneducated people.
I base this on personal experience.
And immigration isn't really something the citizenry can deal with - that's something the government needs to take care of.
Health care is also a tricky issue, but i think that better health care coverage would emerge with a better educated populace demanding it with one, loud voice.

Answer 6

Tax reform. Our tax code is too burdensome, complicated and expensive. The tax code hurts businesses and is responsible for a capital flight beyond America's borders.

Americans spend billions every year just so we can comply with the tax code. It is so complicated that 100 different accountants can give you 100 different answers as to what you owe.

Our tax code started in 1913 and it was an ill-conceived plan which is unworkable in an economy such as ours today.

I think a Fair Tax would be optimal. It taxes consumption. Even drug dealers and illegal immigrants would be paying taxes.

Answer 7

Immigration first. Illegal immigration has adverse effects on both health care and public education, making reforms on them somewhat counterproductive until the immigration issue is out of the equation.

Answer 8

Immigration reforms because they are coming in from all over the world illegally. We can't have any national security or anything else until this is stopped. Somebody put the plug in.

Answer 9

Start with Immigration Reform, which has to include border security, etc. then we probably won't have near the amount of problems in any of the other areas.

Answer 10

For me the #1 issue is security and that includes doing something about our porous borders. Second would be public education and giving parents more control and choices. Third would be health care, from your list anyway. The poorest among us CAN get medical care either from (in CA) MediCal or by going to any county hospital and being seen under the laws pertaining to indigent people. The hospital cannot refuse to see someone based on their inability to pay