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Posted: 1/27/2012 9:29:39 PM EDT
I'm curious what the hive mind thinks are the most important issues facing the United States.  More specifically, list your top 5 concerns, starting with your greatest concern.  (Not including the upcoming presidential election.)

Examples:

Deficit
Economy
Jobs
Illegal aliens
Defense
Healthcare
Supreme court
Inflation
Fuel prices
Food prices

Etc...

Thanks.
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 9:31:02 PM EDT
[#1]


Spending

Republican Voters

Democratic Voters

Libertarian Voters

Other Voters


Link Posted: 1/27/2012 9:33:09 PM EDT
[#2]
1. Exporting jobs


2. Illegal aliens


3. Dependance on foreign oil


4. Movement towards socialism


5. Rampant bank/stock fraud/mismanagement

 
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 9:33:39 PM EDT
[#3]
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 9:34:28 PM EDT
[#4]
Failure to have an opposition party. The GOP is NOT one.

SCOTUS going full retard for decades.

The fact it's going to get worse before it gets better.

Link Posted: 1/27/2012 9:35:46 PM EDT
[#5]
1) National debt

2) Government intrusions into private lives

3) Government intrusions into the economy

4) Over-regulation

5) Illegal immigration



You might see a pattern with 1-4.
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 9:37:07 PM EDT
[#6]
Economy
Economy
Economy
Economy
Economy
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:00:14 PM EDT
[#7]
1. Progressives
2.George Soros
3.Corruption
4 .United Nations
5. Islamistism
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:02:50 PM EDT
[#8]
1. current Pres. is not a Patriot
2. most voters
3. alphabet agencies

covers a lot of it
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:03:08 PM EDT
[#9]
the national debt
republicans not having a solid candidate for this election
democrats
gas prices going fucking insane
immigration
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:04:43 PM EDT
[#10]
9 or 45
Chili with or without beans
Eject or not
Glock or 1911
Poop threads

Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:05:09 PM EDT
[#11]
The biggest problem I see with America is that enough people thought obama was the answer to the problem.
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:08:23 PM EDT
[#12]
I am mostly concerned with the poor quality of screenplays in the pornography productions.
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:10:50 PM EDT
[#13]
Underground city at the Denver airport
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:12:14 PM EDT
[#14]



Quoted:


Underground city at the Denver airport


Don't forget chem trails and the UN Zombies!



 
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:14:08 PM EDT
[#15]
Quoted:

Quoted:
Underground city at the Denver airport

Don't forget chem trails and the UN Zombies!
 


They intercepted the UN Cocaine, so the UN Zombies are going to be slow for a while
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:17:09 PM EDT
[#16]



Quoted:



Quoted:




Quoted:

Underground city at the Denver airport


Don't forget chem trails and the UN Zombies!

 




They intercepted the UN Cocaine, so the UN Zombies are going to be slow for a while


Yeah, I guess, but what if the CIA gives Bigfoot LSD and AIDS?



 
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:23:30 PM EDT
[#17]
Direct election of senators
Federal income tax
Militarization of the constabulary
Relaxation of Posse Comitatus
Prohibition of drugs
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:26:37 PM EDT
[#18]
1. hookers

2. blow

3.?

4.?

5.?
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:27:14 PM EDT
[#19]
Quoted:

Quoted:
Quoted:

Quoted:
Underground city at the Denver airport

Don't forget chem trails and the UN Zombies!
 


They intercepted the UN Cocaine, so the UN Zombies are going to be slow for a while

Yeah, I guess, but what if the CIA gives Bigfoot LSD and AIDS?
 


The Furry Colors
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:29:27 PM EDT
[#20]
1. The fact that nearly a decade into it, almost nobody in government or the msm has addressed the zero-boundary crisis in a meaningful way, not just failing to fix the problem, but failing to identify it, or willfully misleading the public as to its nature.

2. The blatant pervasive institutional corruption in government, in both parties.

3. The propaganda machines that pass for news outlets..

4. The overwhelming majority of people who buy the propaganda rationalizing the corruption.

5. The geopolitical ramifications of American Dispensationalism.

Off the top of my head, I could go on quite a while.

Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:38:43 PM EDT
[#21]


1.  Evil blue M&Ms
2.  My eventual overthrow of the government of Costa Rica
3.  Numbered lists
d.  Third nipples
e.  Spiders

Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:41:46 PM EDT
[#22]



Quoted:






1.  Evil blue M&Ms

2.  My eventual overthrow of the government of Costa Rica

3.  Numbered lists

d.  Third nipples

e.  Spiders



I am going to buy Nicaragua after I become super rich, we'll be neighbors.





 
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:42:19 PM EDT
[#23]
The number one concern is that we got a Marxist Administration in the White House.

The first order of business is that we get that communist trash out of the White House. Everything else is secondary.
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:43:16 PM EDT
[#24]



Quoted:


Obama

Obama

Obama

Obama

Obama


This.

 
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:53:02 PM EDT
[#25]
Quoted:

Quoted:


1.  Evil blue M&Ms
2.  My eventual overthrow of the government of Costa Rica
3.  Numbered lists
d.  Third nipples
e.  Spiders

I am going to buy Nicaragua after I become super rich, we'll be neighbors.

 


Cool.

We can go halvsies on Honduras.

Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:53:30 PM EDT
[#26]
New Madrid Fault-line
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:55:40 PM EDT
[#27]
Brawndo
French Fries
Burrito Coverins
Baitn
Starbucks
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 10:56:13 PM EDT
[#28]
1)  Spending (I prefer this term over just a "deficit")

2)  Demographic shifts
That's about it.
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 11:02:10 PM EDT
[#29]
Lack of Nationalism and pride.





Importation of foreign values that replace 'American' values.  I don't want to live in the country that the imports fled.





Increasing National debt.





Increasing self inflicted stupidity of the population.





The loss of true conservatism with increasing anarchy.
*The loss of regional accents and dialects as people move around and/or watch homogenized media with New York or California accents.
 
Link Posted: 1/27/2012 11:26:07 PM EDT
[#30]
Debt.  We are selling our children into slavery.  
Link Posted: 1/28/2012 12:20:44 AM EDT
[#31]
Socialism
Energy
Spending
Democrats
Economy
Link Posted: 1/28/2012 1:51:04 AM EDT
[#32]
1. Spending
2. Spending
3. National security
4. civil liberties
5. Spending
Link Posted: 1/28/2012 1:54:21 AM EDT
[#33]
Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
public debt
nanny state generation
ivory tower congress
Link Posted: 1/28/2012 2:23:25 AM EDT
[#34]
1. Spending
2. Debt
3. Entitlement programs (all of them)
4. American freeloaders (see OWS)
5. Democrats (see 4)
Link Posted: 1/28/2012 2:29:49 AM EDT
[#35]
National Debt
Excessive Spending

Illegal Immigration

Intrusive Big Government

Welfare Society
Link Posted: 1/28/2012 2:39:52 AM EDT
[#36]
Out of Control Spending.  - High Entitlment Spending such as food stamps, unemployment, government assistance programs

Obtrusive Government.  Nanny State - Turning into the STASI Police State

High Taxes

Health Care - Get the fucking lawyers out and most problems go away.  Can you say tort reform.

Education - We spend more on sports than education.  Pretty fucked up.  Need more kids embracing the sciences
Link Posted: 1/28/2012 3:22:20 AM EDT
[#37]
Link Posted: 1/28/2012 3:42:45 AM EDT
[#38]
1. 10% of my fellow Americans
2. 10% of my fellow Americans

3. 10% of my fellow Americans

4. 10% of my fellow Americans

5. 10% of my fellow Americans







That should just about cover it.
Link Posted: 1/28/2012 3:44:18 AM EDT
[#39]
1. Entitlement mentality / culture
2. Work ethic
3. Morality
4. Lack of ability to perform basic math functions
5. Lack of desire to be bound by those same basic math functions.


Link Posted: 1/28/2012 3:53:32 AM EDT
[#40]
1. Taxes - much more on the way.
2. Regulations - it's killing the free market.
3. The Constitution - continues to be trampled on.
4. Eminent Domain - we'll see more of it.
5. Progressivism - It's Rebirth and continues to grow unabated.
Link Posted: 1/28/2012 3:57:24 AM EDT
[#41]
Freeloading non-productive ass holes.  Fix that one and we would not have any problems.
Link Posted: 1/28/2012 3:59:19 AM EDT
[#42]
Liberals
Liberals
Liberals
Liberals
Liberals
Link Posted: 1/28/2012 4:02:49 AM EDT
[#43]
Quoted:
Obama
Obama
Obama
Obama
Obama


Link Posted: 1/28/2012 4:06:09 AM EDT
[#44]

1.   Deficit and out of control spending.

2.   Defense and security of our borders.

3.   Jobs / Illegal aliens I tied these two together because they go hand in hand. The more illegal aliens working equates to fewer jobs. I do not want to hear about them doing jobs Americans don’t want to do. If you as an American and are hungry you will work at anything to keep your family fed or you deserve to starve. I know people need a helping hand from time to time and that is what welfare is for but it is not and was never meant to be a life support system.

4a. Energy recourses and the ability to produce and purchase it at a fair price without depending on supplies from the Middle East. Should some company come up with an alternate that works let the free market decide what replaces fossil fuels the government should have zero involvement. This philosophy frees up more tax dollars and creates less red tape for the company that wants to think outside the box.

4b. Food prices coming from a farmer’s perspective I look at this major topic from a different point of view. The farmer deserves a fair price for what they produce the government needs less involvement in how the average farmer does there job. The key to keeping food price in check is maintaining low energy cost. It takes a lot of fuel to produce the produce we consume.

5.   Inflation this one ties back to number one however no matter what we do it is going to take a while to get our Deficit in check in order to eliminate Inflation. Rick Perry said it best; no country gets any US money. Of course I am always open to helping out Israel but I can think of no one else who needs or deserves a helping hand until we get our financial house in order.  

Link Posted: 1/28/2012 4:11:39 AM EDT
[#45]
Link Posted: 1/28/2012 4:29:34 AM EDT
[#46]
Higher possibility of unemployment.
The US not taking successful steps to recover gracefully from our deficit issues, or foreign entities deliberately taking actions to drive our economy into a destroyed state.
Inflation eating away current savings.
Weakened US Military.
Link Posted: 1/28/2012 4:34:46 AM EDT
[#47]
Communists, Communists, Communists, Communists. & Communists.
Link Posted: 1/28/2012 4:38:07 AM EDT
[#48]

Ignorance
Ignorance
Ignorance
Ignorance
Ignorance

Fix that, and all the big problems solve themselves.

Link Posted: 1/28/2012 4:45:37 AM EDT
[#49]
Kooks

Losers

Idiots

Jobs

Our ongoing refusal to fully adopt and embrace the Metric System.
Link Posted: 1/28/2012 8:12:39 AM EDT
[#50]
Whit out looking at other posts;

1. Government spending/deficit, 2. Government collusion with industry/politicians using there influence and knowledge to enrich themselves and get money for re-election (some places that's called stealing), 3. Energy and foreign relations (Asia, Middle East, Europe fuck Iceland ), 4. the economy stupid (see 1,2&3) and 5. Presidents and there stupid pet projects like Obummer and green energy or Mittens and his space fantasy, 6. All governments from the Feds to local are wasteful and glutted to some extent; throw in those generous pension plans and it's a real mess, something needs to be done. 7. No accountability in Government, too many instances of looking the other way (See 2).
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