Urgent American Priorities | With all the pressing issues this nation, and the rest, of the world seem to be regularly facing, one of the challenges the United States currently faces is proceeding forward, considering a variety of factors while prioritizing the most – urgent, time-sensitive ones, and proceeding, on, in a responsive, proactive way!
Too often witness, politicians, who are elected as public officials/ leaders apparently, put their perceived personal/ political plan and self-interest ahead of the country's (and planet's) genuine best interests!
Although there are many, this article will attempt to briefly consider, examine, review, and discuss 5 of the most urgent priorities.
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5 Most Urgent American Priorities
1. Protect all Constitutional guarantees: If this nation is to remain the voice of freedom, and democracy, to the rest of this world, we must consistently make, protecting all the Constitutional guarantees instead of merely relying on a convenient, self-serving basis!
The United States needs to protect, among other rights: free speech, free and independent Press, Freedom of Religion, etc. When some emphasize the so-called 2nd Amendment Rights while minimizing others, what does this indicate?
American priorities in the past few years, we have witnessed an explosive increase in the number of crimes involving guns, yet politicians continue to refuse to create some sane controls!
For example, if we register cars and license drivers, wouldn't it make sense to register guns and require physical and mental health and proficiency to own and maintain a gun?
2. Climate and Environment: One of the most urgent American priorities, we must consider ourselves as the keepers of the planet, protecting it, transferring a world, with clean air and water, etc., to future generations!
Because it may be challenging does not mean addressing Climate Change sooner rather than later in a responsible manner is not urgent! How can we protect the health, etc., without clean air and water, which requires environmentally – responsible leadership?
3. Unify/ Common ground/ Meeting of Minds: Our leaders must prioritize unifying all of us, seeking the common/ greater good, to address and bring – about an important, unifying meeting – of – the – minds!
4. Balance of Powers: We need a Balance of Powers between three co-equal branches of government, the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches! In the past few years, we have observed, what seems to be, a concerted effort to blur these lines!
5. Separation of Church and State: Last American priorities is that our Founding Fathers felt strongly that while there must be protections granting religious rights, there must be no State Religion. Individuals must have the right to practice their specific religious beliefs or abstain as they wish! We have witnessed some, who seek to undo, this separation!
Please wake up, America, and demand, public, elected officials, but the greater good, ahead of their personal/ political agenda and self-interest! Are you willing to demand, more and better, from those we elect?