Our government will be paralyzed at a time when we have so many more important issues facing us. The Social Security Trust Fund continues to slide toward bankruptcy. Our educational system is not preparing our children to compete in an increasingly technological world. Our campaign finance system can best be described as legalized bribery, with enough loopholes that one can drive a large truck through them. Our people are not protected by a Health Care Bill of Rights, despite constant news stories about how they are being hurt and killed by the current system.
People continue to be homeless .
The international economic system is on the verge of collapse. There is serious unrest and instability in many parts of the world. India and Pakistan. Iran and Afghanistan. The United Nations is having a difficult time meeting all of its responsibilities around the world, in large part due to the irresponsibility of the Congress failing to pay the back dues that the United States owes.