What are the five most challenging social problems facing the United States today?
1. Importance of Money - Many people now put money before everything else. Family, happiness, relationships, passions and hobbies. People spend less and less time on the people or things they love because they are constantly working to make more money. Also, because people want more and more money they often take out debts which they can never repay because they continue to want more and more and not make enough money.
2. Busy-ness - People are constantly busy, they fill their lives with so many jobs and activities that they have little leisure time. Although this is sometimes a good thing people often forget that to develop relationships with people you have to spend time with them. To make food and eat together strengthens family relationships but with so many extracurricular activities that is happening less and less. Consequently, social relationships are also degrading in importance, such as the family unit.
3. The ME Attitude - There is a huge sense of entitlement in the generations of today. We want all the things we want right now with as little work as possible. This creates a lot of problems with debt because people who feel they are entitled to certain things will take out a loan to pay for it. It also creates mediocre workers who choose not to work as hard as they should because they think they deserve the money anyways.
4. Poverty - There is a lot of poverty in America. Although there is a possibility to become a millionaire, like the American Dream promises, most people never reach it. I recently watched a video about the wealth inequality and it said around 15% or 47 million Americans were under the poverty line. That is extremely high and causes a lot of problems socially. Many people who grew up in poverty remain poor the rest of their lives, it is an endless cycle.
5. Obesity and Unhealthy Lifestyles - There is a health epidemic throughout the United States. People are super busy with their ever demanding jobs and activities that instead of cooking a healthy meal they choose to go out to a fast food restaurant or pop a frozen pizza in the oven. This is an issue because it creates tons of health problems and health problems drags down peoples quality of life and standard of living.
1. Importance of Money - Many people now put money before everything else. Family, happiness, relationships, passions and hobbies. People spend less and less time on the people or things they love because they are constantly working to make more money. Also, because people want more and more money they often take out debts which they can never repay because they continue to want more and more and not make enough money.
2. Busy-ness - People are constantly busy, they fill their lives with so many jobs and activities that they have little leisure time. Although this is sometimes a good thing people often forget that to develop relationships with people you have to spend time with them. To make food and eat together strengthens family relationships but with so many extracurricular activities that is happening less and less. Consequently, social relationships are also degrading in importance, such as the family unit.
3. The ME Attitude - There is a huge sense of entitlement in the generations of today. We want all the things we want right now with as little work as possible. This creates a lot of problems with debt because people who feel they are entitled to certain things will take out a loan to pay for it. It also creates mediocre workers who choose not to work as hard as they should because they think they deserve the money anyways.
4. Poverty - There is a lot of poverty in America. Although there is a possibility to become a millionaire, like the American Dream promises, most people never reach it. I recently watched a video about the wealth inequality and it said around 15% or 47 million Americans were under the poverty line. That is extremely high and causes a lot of problems socially. Many people who grew up in poverty remain poor the rest of their lives, it is an endless cycle.
5. Obesity and Unhealthy Lifestyles - There is a health epidemic throughout the United States. People are super busy with their ever demanding jobs and activities that instead of cooking a healthy meal they choose to go out to a fast food restaurant or pop a frozen pizza in the oven. This is an issue because it creates tons of health problems and health problems drags down peoples quality of life and standard of living.
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