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My two cents are that problems and issues are inevitable and most (if not all) societies face many of these crises as well. This is not to say that there are more or better solutions out there that would be more effective and/or less taxing on us. It is generally much easier to criticize than it is to create. I mention that to put our problems and complaints into perspective. In a similar fashion, I find myself questioning the value of college. I graduated from a public university back in 2004 when tuition was a mere $750 per semester.
With college issues of affordability, job placement, student debt, faculty compensation, etc, I'm baffled that universities are supposed to be at the fore of knowledge, creativity, and ingenuity. Many campuses are interdisciplinary with economics, business, liberal arts, architecture, hard sciences, accounting, etc yet they can't solve the problem of paying their staff, TAs, and offer affordable solutions for those seeking an education.
I find this analogous to the government's inability to effectively reduce the social/economic/health issues of our time. This also got me thinking that promoting resilience, personal responsibility, and optimism can fix a lot of issues and doesn't cost a dime. I'm convinced we're in a national (if not global) funk of pessimism and I believe social media is a catalyst of mass communication and manipulation. Beyond that, folks we be much more at ease if we could further tame inflation and lower the cost of basic living. Has anyone calculated how much inflationary impactful crime has become? The destruction of value of property through vandalism or theft during a period where supply chains were constrained has been much more impactful than in any other time that I've been alive.
As for a political solution, we really need to come together and bring our compromised best ideas forward with a good plan B and C. The idea that the problem is ALL because of the other party is a foolish thought. We'd have much more issues with decades long one-party supermajority rule.
Part of the reason is that we have less and less cultural cohesion these days. We've become a mutt country with no soul. Add the new wokeness by mostly liberal whites and it is a recipe for a divided and decaying country.
Government creates problems and then uses "taxes" as an excuse to solve the problems but the money disappears in the beauracracy it built to solve the problem.
When I was a young, I was taught the concept of natural consequences -- meaning that if you make bad decisions and/or you do something wrong, there will be consequences you don't like. I was not "bailed out" as a kid and neither were my kids. NOW, however, it seems that this concept is completely outdated, and many people think that is someone messes up, they should expect (and even demand) that the government to bail them out.
We were also allowed to think for ourselves and not allow anyone else to do our thinking for us, except when it came to breaking an actual law.
The education crisis.
The border crisis
The housing crisis
The healthcare crisis
The mental health crisis
The obesity epidemic
The fentanyl crisis
The homeless crisis
Did I leave any out? Is this a functioning government?
You missed the lawfare crisis and the "ignoring the Constitution" crisis.
When I was a young, I was taught the concept of natural consequences -- meaning that if you make bad decisions and/or you do something wrong, there will be consequences you don't like. I was not "bailed out" as a kid and neither were my kids. NOW, however, it seems that this concept is completely outdated, and many people think that is someone messes up, they should expect (and even demand) that the government to bail them out.
We were also allowed to think for ourselves and not allow anyone else to do our thinking for us, except when it came to breaking an actual law.
Definitely seems out of favor these-a-days. To me, it seemed like it was the cool thing for generally liberal kids to do 20 some years ago and now it's gone mainstream. Lots of people being entitled about lots of things all the time and making lots of excuses about how it's someone or something else's fault that their life isn't all peachy. It's one of those cultural pendulums. On the left I'm noticing more people beginning to swing back and actually start embracing the notion of personal accountability once again whereas on the right they haven't started to do so yet as much. Of course they started later so that makes sense in the pendulum analogy.
The education crisis.
The border crisis
The housing crisis
The healthcare crisis
The mental health crisis
The obesity epidemic
The fentanyl crisis
The homeless crisis
Did I leave any out? Is this a functioning government?
100%.
Governments exist to justify their existence and to make things worse. Far as history is concerned, our government is right on pace.
The education crisis.
The border crisis
The housing crisis
The healthcare crisis
The mental health crisis
The obesity epidemic
The fentanyl crisis
The homeless crisis
Did I leave any out? Is this a functioning government?
You want to call any challenge a crisis? How many of these “crises” didn’t exist when Trump was President? (Hint: none)
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