Random Thinking: What's Gonna Happen To America?...

Because of the greed and over-consumption in America, do we deserve to fall flat on our faces? Recently we have become outraged with "the big boys" who make all the money, angry at their practices, and annoyed with their excuses, etc. Wall Street and big business were operating with the same mentality before the recession as they are now, so why do we seem surprised? How has America become a reactive nation? The close call we had with the near collapse of our financial services sector (and by default our country) should have served as a warning about being complacent and ignoring the important issues that can either contribute to the benefit or detriment of our society... but as we've seen, those responsible for our problems have not changed their ways which makes it enevitable that we will ourselves in this place again.

Education among the worst of any industrialized nation, the health of our citizens is lagging behind, and we're becoming ancient in our thinking processes. When will we look ahead five, ten, twenty-five years from now, instead of just focusing on the 24-hour news cycle/political election cycles so that we can be prepared to meet the awaiting challenges.

Get involved in your government! Democracies are participatory...