Think About It
Are these problems impossible to solve?
School Shootings
An average of one school shooting a week in 2019.
Botched Gun Laws
Gun show loophole still available in some states
Corporate Tax Evasion
Amazon paid $0 in Federal Tax in 2019
School Lunch Debt
High Schools withholding diplomas over lunch debt
Underfunded NASA
Annual budget of less then half of 1% in 2019
Military Spending
$649 billion in 2019, more then the next seven countries combined
Increasing Automation
Taxi and tractor trailer drivers are just a fraction of the jobs we are saying goodbye to forever
Decaying Infrastructure
The ASCE estimates the US needs to spend some $4.5 trillion by 2025 to fix the country's infrastructure.
Wealth Inequality
The wealthiest 1 percent of American households own 40 percent of the country's wealth
Global Warming
Since 1880 global temperature is up 2°F and 19 of the 20 warmest years on record have occurred since 2001
Two Party System
President Washington feared they would foster a “spirit of revenge,” and enable the rise of “cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men”
Affordable Healthcare
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Climate Change
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Accessible Voting
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Unprepared Graduates
High School or College, most students report the feeling of being unprepared for the workforce
Rising Energy Cost
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Is our nations leaders and media outlets tackling any of the problems that plague this nation as well as we need them to?
