What is America's most pressing problem?

[valerief]

Does it match what the media is telling us?

[dkf]

1. Endless war...

[valerief]

3. That, too.

[gophates]

2. ReTHUGlicans.

It all rolls into that.

[valerief]

4. And their blue dogs. nt

[glinda]

48. and their "Corps" that they drag around behind them

[raccoon]

5. The military-industrial complex. It's bleeding us dry. nt

[Fumesucker]

6. The brain dead, lying, distorting, spinning, right wing ass kissing media..

[blondeatlast]

24. +1 gazillion. nt

[Fumesucker]

7. The brain dead, lying, distorting, spinning, right wing ass kissing media..

[Uben]

8. Too many ignorant republicans

Of course!

[woo me with science]

9. Corporate and government structure that is destroying the middle class

and taking control of our lives.

[L0oniX]

10. Other: rich people. Watch "What a Way To Go".

[LeftinOH]

15. Saw it, but probably not the one you mean:

[lonestarnot]

11. None of the above. How about the root of the unemployment problem. Where's that?

[valerief]

18. Human nature? Can't change that. Can just address the problems it creates. nt

[metapunditedgy]

12. Politicians driven by dollars, not by voters.

Restore political power to Main Street, and everything changes.

[valerief]

19. What's the magic spell? nt

[metapunditedgy]

31. Magic spell for what? n/t

[valerief]

34. To "Restore political power to Main Street, and everything changes."

As you can tell, it was a rhetorical question to your recommendation.

[metapunditedgy]

49. Stop voting for politicians who favor corporate profits over human beings. Add this to

legal reforms, of course.

It's not some huge, complex problem. We have corporate corruption because we tolerate it when we vote.

[valerief]

54. It's easy to preach to the choir but how do you get gung-ho Soldiers for Jesus crowd to

not fall for the blather?

[metapunditedgy]

56. We can start by asking pointed questions, force people to commit.

Should we support politicians who are significantly influenced by corporate money?

Funny how much effort goes into just avoiding basic questions.

[valerief]

57. Ask questions, get no coverage, go nowhere. That's the American way. nt

[MedicalAdmin]

41. Pass full public funding for all elections

Shorten the election cycle to 6 weeks.
Require all media to provide free forums to ALL candidates or NO candidate such as debates. No more picking and choosing.
Require full immediate public disclosure of all non public funding BEFORE any of those funds can be used for media or other expenses for campaigning. Pass laws making it a class A federal felony to break any of the preceding and then fully fund an entire office of FBI agents to track and arrest those who break said laws including churches, companies, etc.

The only way to get power back from the rich will be to pry it forcefully from their hands. If we need to bust some heads, break some knees or worse, then so be it.

[valerief]

55. If we could get Congress to do that, we could get Congress to do everything right.

The problem is getting Congress to do what's right, not knowing what's the right thing to do. Even with voter turnout supporting progressive candidates, there's always electronic vote-flipping at the polls.

BTW, I think the only way change will occur is with violence, too.

[slackmaster]

13. Our ongoing failure to fully adopt and embrace the Metric System

:grr:

[ThomWV]

14. State-Sanctioned predation

[lib2DaBone]

16. Other=Lobbyist and Corporate Control of every facet of American Life...

[jillan]

25. +1

[MrScorpio]

17. God-damned Republicans nt

[lapislzi]

20. Steroids in baseball!

Panic and run around!

[valerief]

29. Ha!!!! It does seem like that sometimes, doesn't it? Teevee news is Theatre of the Absurd.

:rofl:

[rrneck]

21. Other --- Americans. nt

[hack89]

22. The lack of a decent, inexpensive cheeseburger. nt

[IndianaGreen]

23. I will add underemployment to your unemployment

16 percent of Americans are underemployed, meaning that instead of the nice full time jobs they once had, now they make do holding one or more part time jobs, or working as temps, making thousands of dollars less than what they used to.

[valerief]

28. Underemployment is almost as bad as unemployment. nt

[sea four]

26. Corporations have too much power, average person has too little.

That is the cause of so many problems, including the unemployment issue.

[Arugula Latte]

30. You nailed it.

Corporations own our government, and everything springs from that -- endless war, slashing of services, unemployment, fucked up rightwing media, and on and on...

[cleanhippie]

27. Partisan Politics!

Thats the REAL problem.

[MedicalAdmin]

42. And yet a foreigner looking in at yankee politics would say.

That there is not a big difference between the parties. They are both parties of corporations.

[lpbk2713]

32. Affordable health care.

You mean we've put that one aside so soon? :shrug:

[krabigirl]

33. The police state/endless wars.

[pampango]

35. Extreme income inequality. n/t

[OhioChick]

36. Unemployment n/t

[TheKentuckian]

37. The corporate capture of government and society prevents all other problems from being solved

[mkultra]

38. why isnt gay marriage on the list?

[Gregorian]

39. Endless war

Living with less. Living more realistic lives. In a nutshell, using less nonrenewable energy.

[Morning Dew]

40. Toenail fungus

or possibly feminine itch.

[amyrose2712]

43. Military Industrial Complex-EOM

[Whisp]

44. dishonest media

[geardaddy]

45. Other...

No single payer healthcare

[Name removed]

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[seabeyond]

47. i read the title for poll.... think jobs. then start reading the choices, thinking silly

to get to UNEMPLOYMENT

was just a giggle the way the brain worked.

[B Calm]

50. Keeping the republicans from stealing our social security and

giving it away in the disguise of tax cuts to the rich.

[opihimoimoi]

51. Massive level of IGNORANCE...Diluting REASON

[La Lioness Priyanka]

52. depends on your perspective. if you are muslim in america, the rapidly rising

islamaphobia maybe of extreme concern to you

[napi21]

53. OTHER: REPUBLICANS!!!! nt

[Initech]

58. Outsourcing and offshoring of jobs

[quaker bill]

59. Republicans elected to any office.

Everything else derives from that.