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What is America's problem? (Original Post) BainsBane Apr 2013 OP
The Reich wing? - n/t fleur-de-lisa Apr 2013 #1
Legalized corruption in our political system BainsBane Apr 2013 #2
Cooties: the hidden menace shenmue Apr 2013 #3
there is nothing hidden about it. BainsBane Apr 2013 #4
Post removed Post removed Apr 2013 #5
and if they were born BainsBane Apr 2013 #6
Abortion may actually lower crime. ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #7
totally off topic BainsBane Apr 2013 #8
No, I must have missed it. ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #9
here it is BainsBane Apr 2013 #10
Oh wait, I did see that one, and then forgot. ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #11
I guess it didn't leave much of an impression BainsBane Apr 2013 #12
This country has an economic problem... Earth_First Apr 2013 #13
Lots of countries have economic problems BainsBane Apr 2013 #14
Indeed they do. Earth_First Apr 2013 #15
YEAH, GUNS ARE AN AMERICAN PROBLEM, BUT I SEE OTHERS MORE HEINOUS drynberg Apr 2013 #16
hypocrisy? They_Live Apr 2013 #17

BainsBane

(53,010 posts)
2. Legalized corruption in our political system
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:02 PM
Apr 2013

that enables their interests to become the law of the land.

Response to BainsBane (Original post)

BainsBane

(53,010 posts)
6. and if they were born
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:26 PM
Apr 2013

You wouldn't pay a penny to keep them alive because you'd call it socialism. Enjoy your pizza.

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
7. Abortion may actually lower crime.
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:30 PM
Apr 2013

Crime rates started going down about 15 years or so after abortion became the law of the land. When people have reproductive choices, children are much more likely to be born into supportive families than unsupportive families.

BainsBane

(53,010 posts)
8. totally off topic
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:32 PM
Apr 2013

Did you see the zombie picture in this month's photography contest? I thought it was lovely.

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
9. No, I must have missed it.
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:34 PM
Apr 2013

I always try to check the photo contest threads out, since I usually really enjoy them. How did I miss that one?!

BainsBane

(53,010 posts)
12. I guess it didn't leave much of an impression
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:33 PM
Apr 2013

on you. I certainly don't have your expertise in zombies, but I like the photo. It didn't move on past the first round though.

Earth_First

(14,910 posts)
13. This country has an economic problem...
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:43 PM
Apr 2013

So many of these issues are tied to the current state of our economy and the disaster capitalism of the free market.

So many individuals are working class poor, exhasperated by little or no health care which allows many mental health issues to go unnoticed.

Stacks of bills paid for by two or three low paying jobs, a deliquent mortgage or back rent coupled with the stress of no way out is a recipie for a meltdown.

A breaking point is reached and different folks react in many different ways.

Unfortunately I see no end to this disaster in the near future.

I pray and hope for a solution and there will be no one else hurt, however until then; I blame this squarely on the individuals who impose their economic policies on tens of millions of Americans.

BainsBane

(53,010 posts)
14. Lots of countries have economic problems
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:49 PM
Apr 2013

but they don't have the high levels of homicide and violence we do because they don't have so many guns.

Earth_First

(14,910 posts)
15. Indeed they do.
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:51 PM
Apr 2013

At any rate, and at any end it's a tragedy of epic proportions that we've created here in the US.

drynberg

(1,648 posts)
16. YEAH, GUNS ARE AN AMERICAN PROBLEM, BUT I SEE OTHERS MORE HEINOUS
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 11:04 PM
Apr 2013

Such as our Supremes and their Citizens United decision rendering any attempts at democracy just a joke. And then there's Global Climate Change...y'know, droughts, floods, heat waves, super storms, changing agriculture zones that keep changing lowering yields and predictabilities...all the while we keep pumping huge amounts of greenhouse gases into our environment as the seas start advancing higher...Yeah, America has certainly got problems that keep getting larger and more menacing to reduce let alone solve/cure. These two, Climate and Citizens United are my two real biggies.

They_Live

(3,223 posts)
17. hypocrisy?
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 11:07 PM
Apr 2013

Definition of HYPOCRISY

1: a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; especially : the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion

2: an act or instance of hypocrisy

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