Stop Whining – Start Solving Country Problems

So, what is the solution to our country’s problems?   Let’s highlight some of our problems (for trend data click on links):

• Economic:  increasing debt, deficits, entitlement costs;   diminishing baby boom; lack of R&D
• Security:  terrorism,   cost of war,  cost to fight crime
• Social:  increase in divorce,  abortions, children with single parents;  lack of fidelity
• Mental: brain drain,  growing competitiveness of foreign countries
• Spiritual:  downward trend in Church attendance,  belief in God, belief in common values

We hear about how great our country is.   It was and it should be.   We are living off the merits of our incredible ancestors and the legacy they left for us.   Let’s stop bragging and prove ourselves again to them and to future generations.    We have no reason to brag right now.   Let’s re-earn goodness and greatness.

So, what are the solutions?    Here is one idea.   Americans working together and leveraging social networking to research,  to discuss, to debate,  to plan, to test,  to deploy solutions that work.  Let’s stop depending on experts.   If they can explain their ideas in a way that all can understand, debate, and buy into – then great.  May the best solutions win where ever they come from.

In the next article, I’ll begin to lay out my ideas requirements for social networking technology that can be used successfully to help us solve our problems.

Stop Whining – Start Solving Country Problems