Solutions America

Scope (a) I am going to look at the past achievements, failures the present problems facing USA and future options and solutions which will help America launch itself into a prosperous future. Among the main topics I am going to research, discuss, give opinions and suggest solutions are the USA political history including the political party structure, the constitution and three branches of government. I will be looking at their achievements failures and possible solutions. (b) I shall also analyze the weaknesses that have developed over time in the free market capitalist system and suggested possible solutions to what was once acknowledged to be, but is still is known as the number one envy of the world. It is a system that has encouraged so many people to try to come to the USA and participate in every way possible so that they can also realize their vision of the American dream. USA is known to have been built mainly by immigrants from all over the world, and that is why it is called and known as the country of immigrants. (c) I am also going to highlight the main long outstanding unsolved social, economic and political issues that I believe must be tackled and resolved as a matter of urgency. These are the issues that the American people have in vain been expecting their political leaders to find solutions in a way that is good for them and the country. The problems still hanging are many and they are in need of urgent attention if America is to retain its number one position now and in the future. These issues are affecting the economic and social welfare of the people and if left unsolved there is no way that America can continue to lead the world. These issues can only be successfully resolved in a partisan manner because neither party has all the comprehensive answers to these long outstanding problems. These problems have encouraged more and more voters to switch to and from one partly to the other and some now define themselves as independents because neither of the two parties has the courage and take the bold step of taking pro American solutions to their problems. No one can therefore rule out the emergence of a strong third party and if this happened it would drastically change the USA political scene for some time to come. The idea of USA being and remaining the leader of the free market world is being compromised and undermined for as long as these issues remain unsolved. Many people believe that leaving these problems unsolved could have been is one of the issues which were responsible for the 2007 housing and economic meltdown. (d) At this juncture I would like to mention some of these pending issues that I have been mentioning. These items among others include problems relating to Medicaid, Medicare, the 2010 healthcare act, social security, energy policy, comprehensive immigration reform, the USA political party structure including the voting system, social problems such as definition of marriage that is not so well defined and predictable foreign policy. These are some of the urgent and vital problems which must be tackled right away partly by the executive but more so by congress. Congress should adopt a non-partisan and pro American approach so that solutions can be found so that other equally related important issues such as the budget shortfalls, tax reform and the national debt can also then be successfully addressed. (e) On top of the above, i am also going to look at the recent events which have impacted the USA in various ways. These include the following; (i) The 2001 September 11 attack on USA and what followed thereafter. (ii) The 2007 housing bubble and economic meltdown which culminated in the worst recession since World War II. (iii) I’m also including mention of the unexpected natural and unnatural occurrences but with particular reference to Katrina because it exposed glaring weaknesses in the way the capitalist free market system is being implemented. This system was once acknowledged to be the best and the most efficient in the world. The system was let down by too much bureaucracy which lacked quick and fast decision making decisions and procedures. There is a growing tendency of running a private capitalist system mixed with too much government restrictions and micro managing policies at all levels of government. This leads to inefficiency and unfair blame on the free market system when the results do not turn out as efficiently as should be expected. In the case of Katrina, the federal and state governments, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other relevant agencies appear to have under estimated the magnitude of the task before them. They did not take enough precautions or make adequate preparations for the impending disaster from Mother Nature. The residents of New Orleans, Mississippi and surrounding areas were overnight almost reduced to a third world status. Furthermore the people were disappointed by the mismanagement of the funds which congress and other donors voted to handle the situation. These situations like Katrina should be run by private agencies with logistical support from the concerned government department. The private agencies should form a coordinated system to run these emergencies which need quick action because they are time sensitive. My experience in emergency response is that privately run agencies such as Red Cross can respond within about 48 hours to a problem. On the other hand, government run organizations such as World Food Programme (WFP), FEMA etc can take days or weeks to respond to urgent emergencies because of the bureaucratic procedures to urgent emergencies because of the bureaucratic procedures.