Jack Bauer is a fictional character that saves the world a dozen times every twenty-four hours in the hit series ’24’.
Government handles the same dozen issues year after year. These issues never get resolved. New issues and concerns are never heard, discussed, considered or resolved. The following is from the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. May 4-6, 2007. N=1,028 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.
http://www.pollingreport.com/prioriti.htm
| Important | Not Important | |
| The situation in Iraq | 88 | 11 |
| Terrorism | 80 | 20 |
| Education | 81 | 19 |
| Health care | 78 | 22 |
| Gas prices | 74 | 26 |
| Corruption and ethical standards in government | 77 | 24 |
| The situation in Iran | 77 | 22 |
| Social Security and Medicare | 75 | 24 |
| The economy | 79 | 20 |
| Illegal immigration | 63 | 36 |
| Taxes | 70 | 29 |
| The federal budget deficit | 64 | 35 |
| Global warming | 53 | 46 |
| Abortion | 51 | 48 |
| Gun policy | 52 | 46 |
| Stem cell research | 48 | 49 |
| Policies toward gays and lesbians | 28 | 71 |
Some of the issues above, like the war in Iraq, are the top issues. Other issues, like abortion, never get resolved. You’ll also note that the only policy on the above poll concern gays and lesbians. What about judicial and police policies? Aren’t they important? Isn’t a policy that seeks to identify and report problems within a nation important? Are we doing a forensic-like investigation of the problems of America? No! We don’t even know what those problems are!
There are about 56,000 governments in America. There are probably 56 million laws, by-laws and rules. There are probably 56 billion individual defects in the ways those laws, policies, by-laws and regulations are administered. How many are being handled? (Close to zero percent)
seems to me most of these are important. excep the gay lesbian issue.
i am fairly liberal on most issues except for crime.
guns are impotant in the fact they are too freely given out. if they want to control our lives and stop us from making choices, this is the one place i wish the government should step in. make it not so easy to get a gun. abckground checks and waiting periods.
abortion is important by the fact they may take that right away. and make it illegal.
i think most issues take a back seat to iraq, global warming, healthcare and socialsecurity .
Gingy,
I believe that there are a lot of important issues that are being overlooked.
Abortion is causing harm and loss to the fetus. However, there are times when it could cause harm and loss to the parents too. The parents also should have rights! For example, a woman I know is five months pregnant with a baby that will never walk and will need expensive operations. If she aborts the baby she can have and care for another baby the will have a normal and happy life. She has a chance to be happy with her child. If she exhausts her resources on the sick child she may not have the resources to have another. She may be unhappy for the rest of her life.
One should not cause loss or injury. With abortion, that is a double-edged sword!