Home of the Free?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,136525,00.html
In response to this story:
I got the link. I have to say I think most of the world would be happy to be where the USA is today. Don't get me wrong, I think there is plenty of room for improvement. But all things considered we could be doing worse. It would be nice to let the world deal with it's own problems, but let's face the truth. The world belongs to us, if we don't deal with the problems now it will be worse for us down the road. It might be true that we consume more natural resources then any other country in the world. It's because we can.If we want to keep getting richer and more powerful we have to keep our noses in everyone's business.I would love to see the gap between the U.S. middle class and the rich get smaller, it would be great if schools had the funding they needed, it makes me sad that children go hungry and without medical care in this country. The fact is that no president democrat or republican will do much to solve these problems. THEY ALL WORK FOR THE RICH! We exist to make them richer and fight wars for them. That's not going to change unless the whole system changes.Even then I doubt it. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.I hear the middle class is disappearing, someday the USA will be rich and poor. If there aren't some changes made I think this might be true. Year after year the cost of basic needs is going up, yet for many of us our income stays the same. Some would say work more. That may be true but at what expense? Is the cost of time spent without our families worth the money we earn? I think a common problem with the middle class is that we want to live like we're rich. We spend and spend on stuff we don't really need. If we could live below our means we might be able to accumulate some wealth. Maybe. With taxes and the ever rising cost of health care we might still go backwards.In short, I like most Americans don't have any answers, just more things to bitch about. We can all try to enjoy the things that we have, much of what doesn't cost money. The great thing about this country is the right to do just that. If you can get past all the bullshit it's still a great place to call home.

