What Do You Consider The Most Important Issue?

The massive debt, and the economy after that, which is partially to blame for the massive debt.

The most important issue facing the US right now is that the politcal system has become so mired in partisan bickering and greed that nearly the entire government has forgetten that they are in public service positions - not public authority positions.

Nobody that matters wrote: The most important issue facing the US right now is that the politcal system has become so mired in partisan bickering and greed that nearly the entire government has forgetten that they are in public service positions - not public authority positions.

BINGO!! This is the most important problem we have. Maybe the Titanic would not have sunk if those in charge of steering the ship were more aware of the iceburgs ahead.

Our leaders are far more concerned about holding power than they are about making tough choices.

Nobody that matters wrote: The most important issue facing the US right now is that the politcal system has become so mired in partisan bickering and greed that nearly the entire government has forgetten that they are in public service positions - not public authority positions.

Until politicians decide that doing the people's business is more important than running for re-election, the economy will NEVER get fixed...because they don't want to take any responsibility for making a hard decision!

Nobody that matters wrote: The most important issue facing the US right now is that the politcal system has become so mired in partisan bickering and greed that nearly the entire government has forgetten that they are in public service positions - not public authority positions.

Mayhem wrote: The single most important issue facing America is how will it deal with the enemy within?

cydl wrote:

Nobody that matters wrote: The most important issue facing the US right now is that the politcal system has become so mired in partisan bickering and greed that nearly the entire government has forgetten that they are in public service positions - not public authority positions.

Until politicians decide that doing the people's business is more important than running for re-election, the economy will NEVER get fixed...because they don't want to take any responsibility for making a hard decision!

so how do we force them to do this?

chickaree wrote:

cydl wrote:

Nobody that matters wrote: The most important issue facing the US right now is that the politcal system has become so mired in partisan bickering and greed that nearly the entire government has forgetten that they are in public service positions - not public authority positions.

Until politicians decide that doing the people's business is more important than running for re-election, the economy will NEVER get fixed...because they don't want to take any responsibility for making a hard decision!

so how do we force them to do this?

That's the problem, they make the rules. We could call for term limits on people in congress, but they would never go for it. We could call for reducing their salaries to a mininal amount that they could live on so they would not be there for any other reason than to serve the people.....but they would vote that down in a second.

If there is any justice in this world, the tornados would leave the "little people" alone and would focus on Washington DC instead.

chickaree wrote:

cydl wrote:

Nobody that matters wrote: The most important issue facing the US right now is that the politcal system has become so mired in partisan bickering and greed that nearly the entire government has forgetten that they are in public service positions - not public authority positions.

Until politicians decide that doing the people's business is more important than running for re-election, the economy will NEVER get fixed...because they don't want to take any responsibility for making a hard decision!

so how do we force them to do this?

I think the best way to do this is quit having them go to DC. Keep them in their states and districts. In this day and age of technology, they could do all their debates over something like "go to meeting" and the lobbyists would have to spend massive amounts of money to travel all over to bribe (I mean influence) them. Plus, we the people in our own states would then be able to go see them, and influence them ourselves, because they are right here.

chickaree wrote:

cydl wrote:

Nobody that matters wrote: The most important issue facing the US right now is that the politcal system has become so mired in partisan bickering and greed that nearly the entire government has forgetten that they are in public service positions - not public authority positions.

Until politicians decide that doing the people's business is more important than running for re-election, the economy will NEVER get fixed...because they don't want to take any responsibility for making a hard decision!

so how do we force them to do this?

Good question! Wish I knew!!!

taxes!