What do you think is the biggest problem USA is facing today?
931196
In order of seriousness:\n\n1)  The imminent collapse of the currency\n\n2)  Ethno-racial balkanization of society\n\n3)  The strategic alliance between China and Russia officially termed the "Shanghai Cooperation Organization"\nor SCO\n\n4)  The imminent depletion of cheaply available oil, aka "Peak Oil"\n\n5)  The ongoing process of climactic change which we have not even begun to perceive clearly\n\n6)  The massive, negative synergy between all of the above which together will produce what: \n\nKunstler calls "The Long Emergency", \nWiddower calls "The Coming Dark Age", \nOrlov calls "The Age of Collapse", \nPrieur calls "The Crash of Civilization"\n\nActually come to think of it the synergy among all these factors really is in the long run the most serious problem of all.....\n\nBummer huh?\n\nNimadan
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Americans in particular and the other "leading nations" would have far more issues with it than the other "developing" nations, I think. A huge problem would be the loss of refrigeration. Some (not all, by any means) Americans don't know how to cook without their fridges keeping the food nice and safe for them, don't know how to do anything but throw it in the microwave for a few minutes until the little machine says the food is ready to be consumed. These people might be able to adjust, but it would be a long, hard road.\nAlso, what would happen to jobs? Most of us work on or with computers. Well, those would have just become the world's most expensive paperweights!! Some things would still be perfectly normal, though: school would still be in session, but classes might be held outside to make use of the light; cars would still run, but would gas stations?\nI think it would be a hard adjustment, but as a culture, we could succeed.\n\n~~Naomi
464737
What is the rest of the problem?
1187373
personally I think we have more important things to worry about like poverty, war, healthcare, the economy, issues facing everyday Americans.  Gay marriage... let gay people get married, who I dont understand why its such a big deal who marries whom.  Its a "throw away" issue used to distract people from bigger problems
388511
This is a great question and quite frankly, a grave concern.  America is truly spinning out of control.  Prices cannot continue to raise the way that they do, while wages raising at less than half the rate of real estate.  \n\nMy honest opinion....taking the national debt into consideration, that we can thank Mr. Bush for making even bigger (yes, I am a republican).  Taking into account the fact that the average household has credit card debt in excess of $10,000.00 and many other issues, I think that we are in some deep, deep trouble.  I don't think that we will ever recover from this and I truly think that the downfall of America will absolutely be due to money.
294771
What is the issue that you are asking about?
323042
None of the above. The problem that confronts American Education is the lack of people who are running our Education system at the top level.  I am an educator but refuse to go into the school system of today because of the hyprocracy that it represents. Our American Education system has started slipping about 30 years ago and is, maybe to your surprise, behind that of China, India and elsewhere. American schools have gotten away from the basics of the three Rs.
586254
Better technology and medicine is a given. Gas prices will probably be higher. People will continue to complain about the economy but no one will do anything about it. We'll have a different president (the way things are going now, probably a Democrat), but we'll still have troops over in Iraq. TV shows like "The Simpsons" and "Friends" will continue to be on reruns every other hour. Americans will continue their dieting craze, but won't stop eating fast food. More doomsayers will emerge, just as people did right before Y2K. And as for resolving the immigration issue, I really have no idea...
315111
We need sociologists and Civil Engineers on the ground solving real problems instead of creating them. We need a very fast and comprehensive exit strategy. And we need to deflate the problems we have created there by openly acknowledging that the Bush administration openly demonstrated that its real priorities were money and oil, not human beings. We need a serious apology grounded in a completely different problem solving process.
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Focus on our own problems!\n\nInstead of make every other nation think we grow money on trees by invading other Countries, or making opinions where we were not asked, or giving away money.\n\nWe should support and submit to International Laws as the Kyoto Protocol, instead of making the impression of being too good to follow.\n\nThere are far more important issues, as:\nHEALTH care, I think the USA is the ONLY developed country that doesn't provide free health care (paid by tax payers).\nPOLLUTION, our Government just don't care, is ridiculous!\nELDERLY population, some can't even afford their medicines because their pensions are to laugh about.\n\nAlso I would start a campaign where people starts referring to our Country as UNITED STATES of AMERICA, instead of just America. Remember America is a Continent.\n\nI would make every student know more about geography, history, and math.\n\nI would raise teachers and law enforcement salaries too.\n\nI would make VOTING compulsory, that way everybody takes responsibility in the base of our Democratic principles.\n\nThanks for your VOTE.  :)
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we have been dealing with this problem way before 9/11. It's just the fact that now our congress are realizing they have Fu*k*ed up so much on immigration that they want to try and fix what they failed to do before
745369
Everyone is welcome to speak on our electorate process in our country,everyone's opinion is welcome. There were were no major problems in this election,as in the last Presidential election where Florida and Supreme Court got involved in choosing our last President. \n  The people in this country are tired of the killing and the mayhem of the Middle East,and we tried to solve the process by helping out,but it has only made the situation worse. The Voting Public of this country spoke loud and clear on this issue this past election. \n  Thank you for your input and your concern of a big major world crisis,and hopefully our legislatures will solve the problem in the upcoming months..it takes time.
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Problem #1: Population \n\nThe first problem I see with the current state of the immigration laws is the significant rise in population that has, and will, continue to occur over the next fifty years. According to the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), an estimated 1.1 million immigrants, both legal and illegal, enter the United States every year. 700,000 of these are legal immigrants; 120,000 are refugees, and between 250,000 to 300,000 are undocumented or illegal “aliens” ( Baldwin, 1995). The United States population at the moment is roughly 288 million people. If this trend of aliens is not decreased, the population will reach 400 million by 2050. How many people can America hold? \n\nProblem #2: Benefits Illegal Aliens Recieve \n\nCurrently, under federal law, undocumented foreign citizens are eligible for emergency healthcare, free schooling from kindergarten through high school, and W.I.C. or Woman, Infants, and Children nutritional program ( Baldwin, 1995). This is important to note because there are currently between eight and ten million aliens currently living illegally in the United States. An estimated 2.5 million of these illegal aliens currently reside in the state of California alone, due to the agricultural jobs that are readily available for cheap labor (Kadetsky, 102). It should not be surprising then that the residents of California were outraged over the amount of money that they were being forced to spend, and the amount of resources that were being used to support aliens that are not “allowed” to be in the United States in the first place. \n\n \n\nProblem #3: Homeland Security\n\nIn the Fiscal year of 2002, which runs October 1 through September 30, the United States Coast Guard, which is the country’s primary maritime, or sea going, law enforcement agency, intercepted 4104 immigrants from various South American countries (USCG, Para 2). Since then, the numbers of immigrants intercepted by the Coast Guard, has continued to climb at an alarming rate; jumping to almost 11,000 in 2004, 9,500 in 2005, and currently with less than two months into the 2006 physical year, there have already been 1,000 migrants accounted for and processed through the Coast Guard (USCG, Para 1). Illegal immigration can potentially cost American tax payers billions of dollars a year. The United States Coast Guard, whose primary obligation is to prevent the loss of life at sea, can not stop this problem by its self, it is mearly the first line of defense. It is up to the rest of America to join the fight and help put an end to this awful practice.
382144
Any particular problem you want solved?
924952
I agree that immigration is an exaggerated problem, because if it was so bad it would have been brought up years ago.  Honestly, I wish that everyone had the opportunities that Americans have, so I understand why people do cross the borders, but many are being exploited and I think the government should find a better and faster way to make them citizens because, honestly, the only thing that is different between Americans and the people who come to America is the country that they were born in.  I don't feel that immigration is hurting the america people as much as the war is.  I believe this because immigration has not driven up the gas prices and it has given many people the chance to live a decent life.
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What is your problem?
807279
America MUST solve its racism problem.\n\nIt must also do something about improving the education system and the health system to ensure people have an adequate education and are not dying because they can't pay a hospital bill.