Exhaustion

Deficit spending

Lame ducks

Equality

Defense

Homeland Security

Social Security

Investment

Finance reform

Infrastructure

Entitlements

Foreign assistance
Political bickering

Pork

.....

The list could go on and on. There is hardly enough time, money, interest or motivation to sustainably fix the problems we're plagued with in the Western world. Not just limited to the United States.

I wish I had the answers. Even if I did, few would listen.