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The Most important issue facing America today-
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So - My teacher asked this question today for a random essay homework assignment, and I had a few ideas but wanted some more outside input.

"Identify the most important economic, political, or social issue facing your country. please explain it's significance and offer at least one solution"

I've already thought of the basics: global warming, globalization, illegal immigration, business ethics. Figured I would post it up on here and see if any of you outside-the-box shroomery thinkers had any other ideas i might be able to run with.

Thanks in advance!

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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: memes]
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the lack of collective consciousness


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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: memes]
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The American Medical Care system.

They check your wallet before your pulse.

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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: bort]
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Christianity


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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: memes]
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The ridiculous amount of money being spent on wars abroad as opposed to domestic programs like education and scientific research.


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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
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Dare I say the drug war. But med care and fundamentalist religion seem like better ideas.


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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
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Actually you could argue that there is too big of a population. It isn't just America's problem, but the world's proble. Look into Thomas Malthus and his ideas. You can write an essau on that easily.

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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: ChiefGreenLeaf]
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drug war; resulting in political tyranny, profit, violence and organized crime.

Also I'd say you guys have your dwindling freedom to worry about as well (which the drug war also plays apart in).

In fact; anything your government declares war on tends to be ridiculous. Damn war of terrror.

Global warming is a global problem.


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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: memes]
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Overpopulation resulting in resource depletion which will throw the world into an economic depression within the next few years along with the attendant social chaos.

If you trace most of the effects you mentioned back to their cause you will find a common thread in overpopulation. Too many people making too many problems.


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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: ChiefGreenLeaf]
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it's funny you should mention Thomas Malthus - i just finished studying the Malthusian model in my Development Economics class (class on why 3rd world countries are still 3rd world countries).

His model is pretty smart, population grows at a fast rate while food & good production grows slowly.  This leads to subsistence economies - which are never good.  The only problem with his model is it does not accoutn for technological change, which unfortunately is one of the key factors in development.

if it were a problem facing America (unfortunately what i have to do my essay on) then i would definitely spew out tons of information (seeing as i just learned all about it) - but its not so i cant :frown:.

HOWEVER - the Harris-Todaro model of rural-urban migration is a very good explanation of the current mexican-american migration and what's fueling it etc.

its nice to see people on the shroomery throwin out economic terminology - its called the dismal science for a reason, nobody likes it, heh.

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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: memes]
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the vast manipulation and seperation from Humans and earth? would be up there


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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: elflord420]
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Drug laws


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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: memes]
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Peak oil


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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: trendal]
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Thanks for all the ideas so far everyone - keep them coming. I just finished the other essay I had to write, so ill be starting this one first thing tomorrow morning.

More are welcome:)

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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: memes]
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Blame impotence on the porn industry, seem like a good topic.


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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
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Bridgelisa said:
The American Medical Care system.

They check your wallet before your pulse.

OneLessForeskin said:
The ridiculous amount of money being spent on wars abroad as opposed to domestic programs like education and scientific research.


i second these two, combined. the amount of money spent on our military is ludicrous and i feel it would be much better spent on working towards socializing our healthcare.


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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: tiny_rabid_birds]
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that's a very good topic (those two combined) however, i feel as though it would be more appropriate for a dissertation, not a 500word essay.

I need a topic i can identify, explain significance, throw up a quick solution, and get out all concisely. I'm goign to attempt to use that topic tomorrow morning - but keep more coming incase i can't get it confined to ~500 words.

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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: memes]
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Well then I always encourage discussion of failed "drug war" policies...something you can easily wrap up into a neat 500 word package.


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Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake.

-Erik Davis

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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
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The overwhelming interest in pop celebrities like Brittany Spears and Paris Hilton.


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Re: The Most important issue facing America today- [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
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OneLessForeskin said:
Well then I always encourage discussion of failed "drug war" policies...something you can easily wrap up into a neat 500 word package.


You can easily wrap it up into a neat 2 word package.

FUCKING STUPID.


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