Thread: What's Wrong With America?

What's wrong with America?

Well where do we start....

Girliath does bring up an interesting point about our crime rate. Crime rates are always inversely proportional to the quality of income, education, and health care available.

For years America has had issues with income, education, and health reform. And sure, it looks easy from Australia to have a country that has it together. But just cause we speak the same language, doesn't mean our country is as easy to control as yours. America has a huge immigration problem. We kick them out all the time and they come right back. Also we have more major cities where crime is always higher. Also, our population is dense in most areas whereas Australia is sparse. And we have independently governed states, along with a federal government, so we have to deal with another level of bureaucracy when trying to get things done.

Still, I love my country and I wish other people would make us feel welcome in theirs. I really want to travel and see other places and experience what the world has to offer, and it would be great if other nations would be hospitable.

If the world shits itself, then maybe the problem doesnt lie with America.

I got around a bit in the world when I was younger.
And I can remember when Americans were welcome most anywhere.
Now many parts of the world are not safe for Americans.
If you are an American, a bullseye is on your back.

One thing I have noticed is in most countries human rights are on the increase.
Another I see is that as the world becomes more secure, US foreighn bases are less popuar.

In large part it is economic pressures that have the major influence.
And China is coming on to the stage as becoming a major economic power house.

Economics and globalization have changed what it means for a country to make its way in the world.
Isolationalism is the path to poverty and decline.
North Korea is the worst case and Iran is has pitted itself against its own citizens.

A great deal of resentment against America in the world is it's military might.
And it's willingness to use that power.

However, as one of the superpowers, America does have a responsibility to help.
They do so with financial assistance, disaster assistance, and with police powers through the UN.

Everybody seems to think Iraq and Afghanistan wars were American wars, but they were officially UN sanctions.
America is a major influence in the UN and the major big stick for it, so that concept is not a totally invalid one.

You cannot take major actions on the world stage without making a few blunders.
The only way to make no mistakes is to do nothing.
I think it is the better course of action to do what you can and risk making mistakes.

Religious ideology is a holdover from the past and it's days are numbered.
There will be some pain along the way, but it will eventually pass away.
Rule by Church is as obsolete as rule by dictator.
Both are still with us, but are in failure and cannot sustain.

I think that if America pulled up stakes and withdrew from the world, the world would come courting and want them back.
Not that it would ever happen, globalization is here to stay.
Eventually, armies will not be pitted against countries but will become a global police force.
There will be a lot of growing pains in the in between of now though.

And like it or not, America will continue to be a major player for quite some time.

Lets see it from my perspective, Amerika wants to control the world. They are not free because everything is controlled. So, you have freedom of religion..big deal and so what..??....If you take a good look and set aside all your defences for the U.S. you will see that its not that great and its not really free.

Whats wrong with the U.S.....currently look who they have for a President....he represents patriotism well huh..???

Look, the U.S. is an awesome country, so dont get all mad at me and start getting angry....but when it comes to any war in the world the U.S. sticks there nose in it and tries to get involved. As far as sending aid to disaster riden countries then maybe they should start with there own disasters and start working with all the woman with 8 kids on welfare, and all the poverty for there own people instead of the help all going to Aids infested Afrika. Why not help out your own people first..???....

My opinion is this and it may seem simple and nieve,the thing that may save the economy, is a overall lowering of prices on everything.From point A to the consumer.The possibility of this happening is remote,but you wanted a opinion.

Unfortunately the economy of the whole world is headed for a deeper crises within the next ten years.
Climate change is going to create water crises.
Some parts of the world depend heavily on fishing and the oceans are being over harvested.
Global warming is going to impact everywhere.
There will be less arable land.
And the worlds cheap easy to get oil is declining.

And the population just keeps going up, increasing demand on declining resources.
If not for immegration, America would have a negative population growth.

Its not an America thing, it is an everywhere thing.

As for war, the US is involved in two countries and they are UN sponsored wars.
In any given year there are over 100 regional wars in the world, and the US is not involved in most of them.

America just gets the most press because when they are involved the scale is bigger.

The united states like every country has some good and bad. when we look at its actions throughout the years and decades we have to see that if the good out weigh the bad. its easy to say hey why dont you help those poor bastards in Africa? well and good. but why isnt your country helping. answer? oh well thats not our problem. but it is for america eh? Then you have stay out of wars or regional wars that dont concern you. again thats well and good. but has history shown us? everytime the US has stayed out of a major regional war we have had our capital burned down then dragged into 2 world wars and a cold war. if people and their govts were rational enough to handle their own issues i would wholeheartedly agree with you. but they cant. and they often enough drag the US into it. the USA is good but cant be everywhere at once. we help where we can, and fight were we must. i say that the US has done lot more good then harm to the world. most countries dont help other nations and most countries dont care to help. Lets take Africa for instance. of allll the nations including the formal colonial masters of Africa none have ever really helped the bulk of the nations there. with the exception of South Africa there is no other nation in Africa that Europeans have helped. iv yet to see the EU send troops ANYWHERE inthe world other then europe! The only troops i have seen from europe are troops that the USA has provided transport for and asked help from such as UK, Poland and Italy. The USA cant be everyone at once. but that doesnt mean we cant try. people get mad when the USA does armed intervention but they dont do shit when those countries boil over into a potential world war. globalization and population growth has tied everyone closely togather. and its getting to the point where more and more govts must cooperate similiar to NATO and EU or be washed away.

The USA used to have a strong manufacturing base. It was called the blue collar workers,a hard working group, that was the backbone of the USA. They made the expression made in the USA a proud thing. The costs of organic and non organic materials have went up dramatically. We have turned into a service based economy. The founding fathers of this nation had purpose, and were true patriots,there has to be a resurrection of this, or we may be destined to become a second class country econonmically and militarily

What is wrong with the world?

There are normally two ways of looking at the volume of ODA:

• In real terms - the amount transferred
• As percentage of GNP - aid burden-sharing

In real terms the United States is by far the largest donor. It is also the country that produces the greatest value of goods and services, i.e. GNP. However, the U.S. federal government's aid budget is ~0.2% of its GNI, whereas Sweden's is ~1%.


As a percentage Sweden is the largest donor among developed countries, and together with Luxembourg, Norway, the Netherlands and Denmark it meets the International Aid Target of dedicating 0.7 percent of GNP[2]. As percentage of GDP, Arab states of the Persian Gulf are the most generous, with Kuwait contributing 8.2% of its gross national product and Saudi Arabia contributing 4% in 2002. [3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officia...ent_assistance


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US and Foreign Aid Assistance ? Global Issues