Society is Getting Worse

In this debate, I will give a "road map" so to speak of what I will be talking about and I would like the con to address each of these topics in detail of how they think that subject is not getting worse. 1) The rudeness in our society is getting substantially worse. 2) The stupidity of people in general is getting worse. 3) The government is getting more lazy and careless about Americans 4) Gas prices are rising, causing Americans to lose jobs and homes. 5) Living in general is getting worse for Americans. Now I will address each one individually. 1) Rudeness is getting substantially worse. It is a common well-known fact that rudeness in America is getting increasingly worse. People are answering their phones AND talking on them in the middle of a movie in the theater, people you don't even know are yelling at you on the streets or in cars, and the list goes on and on. According to CNN, a phone survey done in January of 2002 revealed that "79% of the 2,013 adults surveyed....said a lack of respect and courtesy in American society is a serious problem....61% believe things have gotten worse in recent years." And that was 5 years ago in 2002. http://archives.cnn.com... Another survey done says that "79 percent of Americans say lack of respect and courtesy should be regarded as a serious national problem; only 19 percent say it should not be viewed as serious given other issues facing society; 73 percent believe Americans did treat one another with greater respect in the past; just 21 percent attributed those feelings to a false nostalgia for a past that never existed; 62 percent say that witnessing rude and disrespectful behavior bothers them a lot and 52 percent said the residue from such episodes lingers with them for some time afterwards; Six in 10 believe the problem is getting worse." http://www.homemakingcottage.com... So as you can see, it is inevitable that the rudeness in our society is increasingly getting worse. 2) The stupidity of people in general is getting worse. When you think about it, how many "no-brainer" instructions, labels, and warnings do you see out there now days? On most chap stick tubes, it gives people instructions on how to use the chap stick. That is kind of a NO DUH label. You open the lid, spin the dial, apply it to your lips, spin the dial again, and put the lid on again. How hard is that, or do we need to sell people along with the chap stick to show the people how to actually put it on? Here is one of the greatest ones of all, I'm sure you probably remember it. A while back, a woman had just purchased a nice hot cup of coffee from McDonald's. As she put it in her lap and drove away, surprise surprise, the coffee spills on her. What does she do? SHe turns around, sues McDonald's, and WINS. probably 10-15 years that would not have been the case. People need warning labels and instructions on practically EVERYTHING now days and why? Because people are stupid enough that if the warning label is not on that item and the consumer gets hurt by their own stupidity, the company gets sued. 3) The government is getting more lazy and careless about Americans Let's face it. This is undeniable and you cannot get away from it. The government could give a crap less about us Americans. Look at the recent China scare out there. People are so worried because the Chinese are over there putting lead in our children's toys and poisoning pet food, and what is the government doing to stop them? NOTHING. you could say, "Oh well they can't really go over there and tell the Chinese to stop." You're right, they can't do that. But they sure and heck can stop trading with a country that is killing off our society. How many hundreds upon hundreds of toys have been recalled because there is lead poisoning that is causing serious damage to the kids in this country? How many brands and how many thousands upon millions of pet food has been recalled because of poisoning? Bottom line is that the government is getting more lazy about checking to see if things are safe for us. 4) Gas prices are rising, causing Americans to lose jobs and homes. When you see this headline, you may think "well, how does the gas prices rising make people lose their homes?" Think about it this way. The price of gas is going up, we all can see that and there is no way that can be disproved. Because the price of gas goes is going up, people who drive to work everyday use more gas, depending on how far they have to drive, some may use more in a day than others. But then they have to use at least half their paycheck just to keep gas in the car. That in turn makes paying bills and paying for everything they need to live harder to do. If they can't pay for the gas AND keep paying bills to live in a house, then they have to either give up the car or the house. Most people would choose giving up the car first. But in turn, they usually end up losing their job because they don't have transportation to and from work except for walking. A lot of people are too lazy now days to walk, so they lose their job. Losing their job means they can't pay bills, which means they lose they house and are now homeless. And it all started because the government is greedy and raises the price of gas. 5) Living in general is getting worse for Americans. That brings me to my final point. Americans in our society are so scared because of the recent poisonings from China they don't lead normal lives. Prices of gas and living in general are making it hard to live so therefore living in general is getting worse for Americans. So what I am saying amongst all this is that yes, our society is getting substantially worse and if we don't stand up and do something about it, we may not live to see tomorrow. The way things are heading now, we are all in for a rude awakening if nothing is done to try to improve society.