What do you think are...

[Counts]

Not sure if energy costs would be a subset of the econamy or not.......When the econamy turns around IMHO you are going to see oil (and other energy prices) jump big time. Honistly I liked that the Presadent is adding New nucular plants to our future energy plans but in all honisty I would feel better if this was a bigger plan

[Gotch]

For me it's the state of the nation as a whole. Huge debt to China, among others. Stupid, self-destructive trade agreements. Rampant influence peddling. A handicapping tax system that favors the rich. The worst medical delivery system in the civilized world, which will not be fixed by the proposed changes.

Internationally it is the very real growing threat of absolute idiots possessing nuclear weapons.

[Biggin]

For me it's the state of the nation as a whole. Huge debt to China, among others. Stupid, self-destructive trade agreements. Rampant influence peddling. A handicapping tax system that favors the rich. The worst medical delivery system in the civilized world, which will not be fixed by the proposed changes.

Internationally it is the very real growing threat of absolute idiots possessing nuclear weapons.

thats a huge issue to me, is that our tax system hurts the lower class so much, while the rich and major corporations can get breaks and write offs for just about anything.

Thats in my top 3 for sure, education, the economy, and international affairs.

it doesnt matter what we do here if Iran or North Korea decides to start a nuclear war

[R13]

I'm really close to bumping healthcare up to #1, it shows no signs of slowing down. It's a shame the right has thrown out this many lies on it, the "death panels", a "takeover" and countless other nonsense...but says a lot for a lot of their followers who actually believe them.

[NotSoSilentBob]

thats a huge issue to me, is that our tax system hurts the lower class so much,

How so?

[Biggin]

How so?

Warren Buffet has a 17.7% tax rate.

His secretary?

30%

Most people in the lower middle class pay somewhere around 30-50% of their income in taxes.

Whereas people who make tons of money usually pay below 20%.

you dont see the problem in that?
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.co...my-fair-share/

the top 400 tax returns averaged about 16% tax rate, the lowest its been since the IRS began these reports in 1992.
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/...s/tab/article/

[R13]

What would be the solution? The progressive tax system is about as fair as you'll get, are we going to go to a flat tax where the rich really have advantage?

[Biggin]

No, the most fair way would be to designate a % of income that you have to pay, and it goes by the amount of money made each year.

if you made less than 35k,you pay 15%.

if you made more than 36k but less than 100k, 20%.

etc.. it goes up, and caps at like over $1 million, and have the rich have the tax rate of 40% instead of the poor paying almost half their money in taxes.