What is the most important investment our American society can make to ensure future prosperity?

Question

Are we making that investment sufficiently at the present time?

Answer 1

With the reality of a global economy and a subsequent global job market, it is imperative that we prepare our children for that job market. For example, all the while bigots crusade for "English Only", U.S. college graduates are not getting the better jobs in the global job market because, unlike other candidates from other countries applying for the same positions, they speak "Only English". That twist on words is getting a lot of laughs in boardrooms all over the world these days. Economists consider our lack of multi-lingualism to be a national crisis because, among other reasons, as we fail to get hired in this new heat of tougher competition, we also fail to rise quickly in global companies. That trend has already begun. The U.S. as a nation is rapidly losing the advantages inherent in having Americans in all levels of management and professional positions worldwide. We cannot maintain our standard of living if we go blue-collar in this global economy.

Also, for the last thirty years, while pandering hard to fanatical religious and neocon / far-right political action groups for votes, Republican politicians have sold our future out from under us and our schools have thus suffered by the dumbing-down of our curriculums to please the Flat Earth Society and people who actually think dinosaurs and humans coexisted. The leadership of the so-called Christian Evangelicals reported in "Faith and Nation" last fall that they advocate the violent overthrow of the United States government if their religious agenda is not legislated into law. Bush is buddies with those freaks. For their votes, Evangelicals were getting pretty much whatever Evangelicals wanted from Bush, at least, until their leader, Ted Haggert was outed as a meth head last winter. Our nation's future must not be jeopardized this way any longer, this pandering for votes from the fringes and contorting our curriculums to suit freaks. Today, our average high school graduate lacks the basic math and science scores to even pass the new global pre-employment tests for janitorial positions. (One must have a working knowledge of chemistry, in that example, due to hazardous materials).

And, without math and science, we don't have engineers. Without engineers, we will not maintain an edge in the global economy and therefore we will not be able to maintain our standard of living, which has traditionally been founded on scientific research and development and engineer- driven innovations.

There isn't time to repair our public schools. It's no longer about preparing future generations. We are in serious trouble right now. Something must be done immediately, and not with only the young. We need an effective, nationwide, adult-oriented, free, language / math / and science curriculum that everyone, young or old, previously educated or not, can realistically progress up through, similar to this site's "Levels", that would allow as many Americans as possible the means, opportunity and possible incentives to quickly catch up with the rest of the world and with the 21st century.

Answer 2

Enough will not ever be adequate. When the backside ninety eight% don't have any cash to shop for some thing, the wealthy will now not have any exertions or creation to become profitable on via hypothesis. They will move crying again to the federal government for investment so they may be able to get their $10,000,000 bonuses, however the Treasury will likely be naked. As ye sow, so shall ye acquire.

Answer 3

Education! Yes we are sufficiently making the investment. Unfortunatley, many of the students we are investing in are not performing up to their potential. Some are but many are not.

Answer 4

Well, it depends on what you perceive to be the greatest problem facing the American society, doesn't it? If you are concerned about climate change and/or looming energy shortage, the answer is probably nuclear and thermonuclear energy. If you think the most important problem is high cost and low quality of healthcare, then perhaps a national health insurance system. And so on and so forth...

Answer 5

free or subsidised education will ensure americas success in the future

Answer 6

a complete overhall of the voting system in the united states. electronic voting is a joke. without a fair and representative voting system, the government will never represent the people.

Answer 7

The most important investment is free. >> Liberty << Even though it is free, we still don't invest in it enough.
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Answer 8

Lose weight on a national scale

Answer 9

Go to www.mises.org and educate yourself about economics.