how america is falling behind
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HOW AMERICA IS FALLING
BEHIND
Austin Hill
Mrs. Longworth
English 2 (Honors)
2 June 2011
Period 2
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Background Info
America has always been a superpower,
but advantages long held are falling away.
And poor choices are made and havebeen made.
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Thesis.
America is slowly falling behind other
developed countries by accumulations of
debt and poor choices from thegovernment.
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America is fast accumulating large
amounts of debt. America has accumulated around 14.7 trillion
dollars of debt. Mainly to China, Japan, and the
United.
This would have been WAY more under control
if the 2001 bush tax cuts were not implemented,
which basically gave rich people money. Instead
of having a bursting tax of over 70% GDP we
would have had a smaller more controllable take
of >50% GDP.
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Americas teachers are getting
worse. Almost 40% of united states math
teachers do not even have a minor degree
in math. More and more states cut the educational
budget, reducing drive to specialize in
education.
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Other countries more readily
employ higher technology. 7% of American households employ the fastest
broadband access. Compared to the 30% in
Korea and 20% in Japan.
U.S investment in research and development
has flat lined over the last three decades, while
growing dramatically among competitors such
as Brazil, Israel, China, and India.
Many of our militarys ships are out-dated, and
our fleet is as small as it was in 1917.
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Worth of Dollar going down.
The worth of the united states dollar hasslid around 39% downward since 2002.
This will (and has) hurt consumers due to
foreign products being much moreexpensive.
As well investors are shifting from
investments in our banking systems to
investments in Europe's banking systems.
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Chinas economy quickly rising.
Chinas economy has grown by roughly
10.7% GDP. This is obviously due to
several factors
First of all they have very little debt, and
many other countries owe them money.
Second of all, a emphasis on very hard
work in their school system boosts their a
economy with a surplus of skilled labor.
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Other countries are being more
inventive. The Chinese are inventing many new
things, such as the new train, which is the
fastest commercial train in the world. (The
French tested a train that went slightly
faster.)
Frenchmen Rod Sprules invented the Java
log. A log that burns off coffee grounds.
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U.S.A economy dumping.
1.2 million jobs lost.
The U.S spent around 900 billion dollars in
a attempt to fix the economy WhenMANY leading economists advocated that
the solution to the recession was time.
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Past poor leadership.
America has been marked by poor
leadership.
No Child Left behind act caused manymusical and artistic programs to be cut.
Bush invaded Iraq on false pretenses.
Hurricane Katrina wreaking havoc and the
bridge collapse in Minneapolis should
have turned Bushs eyes to Americas
failing infrastructure, but he had no plan.
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Many Jobs outsourced.
Many United states jobs are being outsourced to
other countries, primarily India.
To add insult to injury, many recovery funds
made available to wind energy products wereused to create jobs overseas. Creating 6000
jobs overseas and only hundreds at home. The
wind energy products budget was 2 billion
dollars.
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Reverse brain drain.
Many intellectuals, primarily professors,
are leaving the united states in order to
conduct research elsewhere.
As well China graduates in a year as many
engineers as we graduate in ten. And
many of our engineers graduate from
other countries.
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Ineffective spending of cash.
Basic needs of our infrastructure, such as up
keeping roads and bridges, are being ignored.
The American Society of civil engineers issued a
report card on Americas infrastructure. We gota D.
Estimates say we need 2.2 TRILLION dollars to
fix failing infrastructure. Much less then basic
maintenance would have cost if the government
had simply kept things up.
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Conclusion.
All of these factors reflect the falling of a
great nation. Many problems could have
either been stopped or controlled with the
right, careful reactions. Unfortunately
America lacks those reactions. As for
other countries rising where America has
fallen that just reflects where our countryCOULD have been had we hopped onto
the success bandwagon.
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