What A Society Needs To Progress

[dtotire]

If a society wants to progress, and increase the quality of life for its citizens, it must invest in the following areas:

1. Education and job training.

2. Infrastructure, including roads, transportation systems, power, communications,etc.

3. Research and development, to keep abreast of other countries

4. Public health, anything to have a healthy populace

To make these investments, taxes are required, and we should support taxes to pay for them.


It should also have a neutral (or positive) balance-of-payments with other countries. When a country has a negative B.O.P.,its wealth is being transferred to foreigners, and the country becomes poorer as a result. The last time we had a neutral B.O.P. was during the Carter Administration.

[old mark]

1. Start by getting rid of all Republicans.....Rec.

[The Wielding Truth]

2. US Todo List. Thanks.

[truedelphi]

3. May I mention that every single nation on the face of the earth

That is very concerned about yr point number four - Public health - has Single Payer Universal Health Care

And to get that, we probably need to back out of this system that lets us choose between two Corporate-owned politicans every four years, and start having third, fourth and fifth parties that will represent the average person.

Let's end the One Big Money Party of DemoRepubs or RepugliCrats.

[Initech]

4. Stopping the culture of greed would be a huge first step.