What is the single biggest problem with America today?

[ralph]

Finance....The can is only kicked down the road so far. It's not just our government. Most of this country is living way above their means. How many payday loan shops are in your town? Too many.

Most of the business out there are super deep in debt. Mine is, and I hate it.

Our fantasy land is funded by the trust and confidence that the dollar is king. When the dollar stops being king, our lives will change greatly.

Anyone looked at car prices lately? But you can finance it for 8 years....

Speaking of payday loan shops.. Where I live, a shop opened up with a new twist on that.. Now you can get a loan using your car title as collateral. To me, pay day loan shops are a sign of failure...

[brickboy240]

Yep...financial issues is the biggest problem in America today.

Right under this is the mainstream media. They also add to the financial problem with their lack of reporting on financial issues as well as their portrayal of rampant material gratification and status symbols.

[Abraham]

Denying reality:

No gun signs means you're in a safe place...

Rewarding the shiftless with endless give away programs (so called entitlements) paid for by those who work and sacrifice - unrealistically expecting the "horn of plenty" will never run dry, when countries like Greece are there for us to see how this denying of reality pans out...

Viewing Obamacare as workable...

Expecting the majority will always be ruled by the highly vocal minority.

There's a lot of more, but you get my drift.

[chuckman]

I have no statistics, no data to support, but in my opinion the single biggest problem with America is an increasing distancing from faith. Pick whatever religion, if one is "in the faith", most of the other problems are curtailed...pride, debt, lawlessness, infidelity, more support on man's law rather than God's law...many Americans don't have a moral compass, and the lack of one is actually encouraged by the government and society.*

*Not saying one needs to be religious/in the faith to have a moral compass

[THCDDM4]

Biggest problem with America is the federal Government. Period.

It is the cause of all the symptoms posited in this thread thus far.

And when it comes down to it; the root cause of the fed gov problem is "We the people" aren't willing to do jack about it because we have gotten too soft in our easy lives and will keep our collective heads in the sand to keep living the easy life until it is too late.

We should have done something a long time ago to reign in this behemoth hydra headed monster of a federal government- but we continue to bitch and moan and not take responsibility and ACT to right all the wrongs

[26 Inf]

Moved away from God.

All the proof you need is all the people that would contest that statement.

The symbol of our nation was colored as a rainbow. How our nation can mock Gods promise and be surprised at the direction our nation is headed is beyond me.

Step outside tomorrow and pause. Take it all in. The chirping birds, sky, trees, grass, barking dog a few houses down and whatever else you notice. Observe the harmony of everything working together. Remind yourself that it all is just a giant cosmic accident.

I suggest instead that you drop to your knees.

Amen. Kind of funny, as a young man, beginning to move back to the Church, I asked the Professor in my universe astronomy class, if he had any religious beliefs. This guy, who was teaching to a lecture hall full of faceless, nameless students, spent about a half-hour outlining to me how everything in his course supported his belief in God. He had looked at nature from the beginning and could see nothing but intelligent design.

[Inkslinger]

You guys saying God are wrong. You don't need to believe in God to be a descent, respectful, productive member of society. I'll even add that religion is one of the problems in the world today.

[PatrioticDisorder]

You guys saying God are wrong. You don't need to believe in God to be a descent, respectful, productive member of society. I'll even add that religion is one of the problems in the world today.

While true, Judeo-Christian values are a glue that has held a moral society together for a long time, it simply works. I will also note strong belief in God is a well known protective factor against suicide and depression, it certainly helps people as they enter their integrity vs. despair developmental stage in life.

But to your point it's why I pointed out immorality or as a couple others have noted moral relativism, which is a direct result of KGB subversion decades ago. Everything else listed by other posters including governmental (financial irresponsibility) are symptoms of an immoral society, immorality is the root cause and subversion via the Soviets decades ago was the trigger.

[Honu]

people like you perfect example ! cant let others say/believe what they want without telling them they are wrong you are correct !

You guys saying God are wrong. You don't need to believe in God to be a descent, respectful, productive member of society. I'll even add that religion is one of the problems in the world today.

[Doc Safari]

Everyone does what is right in his own eyes.