Talk:Economic issues in the United States

message: The second paragraph of the introduction is questionable.  Social and political reasons for [the U.S.'s] economic performance are said to include values of self-sufficiency, a conservative electorate, federalism and the effects of the spoils system.
What's meant by "the spoils system"?  Wikipedia defines that system in the United states as "the process of appointing officials to the government of the United States of America based on political connections rather than on impersonal measures of merit."  I don't see what that has to do with the economy as a whole.
Who says the U.S. has a conservative electorate?  In exactly what sense of the word?
And who says that these are reasons for the U.S.'s economic performance?  This is uncited opinion.  I'm removing the sentence in question until we can find a citeable source to which we can attribute this or a similar explanation. --Mr. Billion 22:01, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The spoils system, when pertaining to government, has long ago gone out of fashion. It is still used a lot in corporations, though, and other non-governmental bureaucracies.Stale Fries 03:39, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV

message: There's definitely more issues than the ones we have here. We're missing a few, ie. religion and morals. Nissi
: RE: Nissi lack or existence of religion isn't a social problem of sociological relevance unless you can prove that lack of religion causes some actual sociological ill (for instance "fraternity culture" might be a problem in universities if you have studies that prove that it leads to alcoholism, criminal behavior, drug use and poor student performance -- however not relevant enough for this article IMHO) Reboot 18:19, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: More Issues

message: I restored much of the article that had been just summarily deleted.  I added a reference section and noted where references are void.  I removed the "according to social justice advocates" line of crap.  This is a sociological article about issues in the US.  All countries have them.  The Social issues in Germany article isn't nearly as controversial.  Let's try and produced REFERENCED material of sociological importance rather than push some left or right wing agenda please.  I'll come for another pass of reference adding and editing.  Reboot 18:19, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Article Restored and time for references

message: the education section (which now actually has references) was summarily deleted with the comment that it would be better in an article.  I don't mind if this page becomes a summary page with subarticle references such as United States and other pages.  However the horse should come before the cart. Reboot (talk) 06:15, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Subarticles

message: All the subarticles are back for now.  But as you know, separate Wikipedia articles on education, health insurance, illegal immigration, crime and incarceration, and sexuality already exist, and it isn't possible for this article on social issues to competently discuss all social issues.  The subarticles are not being edited consistently; for example the illegal immigration section still says "President George Bush has approved a bill to build a border fence along the US-Mexico Border." Reboot, would you consider moving the education section to an article that is about education?  I see now that you have put a lot of effort into that section, and it should be preserved but I think it would do better elsewhere.  Thanks. Sssuuuzzzaaannn (talk) 23:51, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  This is a sociological overview of social issues in the US.  It isn't about education specifically but only the sociological issues regarding education.  If you have a relevant article on education, I'm fine moving that there and then referencing it as a subarticle here.  This will be too specific to go into United States for instance.  It might fit into some article on education in the united states, but then that should be ref'd here.  For a clearer view of intent Social issues in Germany is a better article (though still draft) and is even beginning to ref sub articles. Reboot (talk) 07:16, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Move subarticles?

message: The United States have a lot of social problems including its ethnic groups, economy, government and other problems.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.104.191.64 (talk) 09:10, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Social problems