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The UN has listed issues that it deems to be the most pressing as of 2023: Africa Poverty diseases, desertification, malnutrition, regional conflict, Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, African Union, New Partnership for Africa’s Development, United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur; Aging, aging population, demographic transition, Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing, United Nations Principles for Older Persons, Proclamation on Ageing, International Year of Older Persons; AIDS, Prevention of HIV/AIDS, HIV and pregnancy, HIV/AIDS denialism; Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Atomic Energy nuclear weapons, nuclear waste, International Atomic Energy Agency, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Big Data for sustainable development, Applying ICTs to sustainable development, supporting and tracking the Sustainable Development Goals Child and youth safety online Fighting cyberbullying, online child abuse and human trafficking of children, child poverty, child labor, child abuse, child mortality, global education, Education First, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Program, Global Education First Initiative, Climate Change Carbon footprint of the human race, Climate change mitigation Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, United Nations Climate Change conference, Decolonization, exploitation, United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, United Nations Trust Territories, International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, Democracy, democratization, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, UNDP, UNDEF, DPKO, DPA, OHCHR, UN Women, Disarmament, weapons of mass destruction, chemical and biological weapons, conventional weapons, landmines and small arms, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, Ending poverty, Measuring poverty, Sustainable Development Goal #1: No poverty, Food world hunger, sustainable agriculture, food security, safety, food riots Sustainable Development Goal #2: Zero hunger, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Program, Gender Issues-Equality, Women's rights, global feminism, Commission on the Status of Women, Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), Health, maternal health, extreme poverty, Millennium Development Goals, Human rights, human rights violations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International law and justice, war crimes, discrimination, state-corporate crime, International Law Commission, Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948), International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965), International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966), International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966), Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979), United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982), Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (1996), International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (1999), Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) International migration, International Organization for Migration Oceans and the Law of the Sea (cf. Water), marine pollution, ocean governance, United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter Peace and security, United Nations peacekeeping, List of United Nations peacekeeping missions, Peacebuilding Commission People with disabilities, discrimination, lack of universal design, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Population, overpopulation, world population, UNFPA Refugees (cf. Humanitarian Assistance), United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Terrorism, Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism Volunteerism, United Nations Volunteers, Water (cf. Oceans and the Law of the Sea), water scarcity, water conflict, water privatization, water pollution UN-Water, System of Environmental and Economic Accounting for Water, Water for Life Decade, International Recommendations on Water Statistics, United Nations Water Conference, Millennium Development Goals, International Conference on Water and the Environment (1992), Earth Summit (1992). As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN Millennium Development Goals (2000-2015) were superseded by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (2016-2030), which are also known as The Global Goals. There are associated Targets and Indicators for each Global Goal.
World Economic Forum List: In keeping with their economy-centered view, the World Economic Forum formulated a list of 10 most pressing points in 2016 Food security, Inclusive growth, Future of work/unemployment, Climate change, Financial crisis of 2007–2008, Future of the Internet/Fourth Industrial Revolution, Gender equality, Global trade and investment and regulatory frameworks, Long-term investment/Investment strategy, Future healthcare, See also: sustainable growth, green economy, global recession, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization, Global environmental issues, Main article: List of environmental issues, No single issue can be analyzed, treated, or isolated from the others. For example, habitat loss and climate change adversely affect biodiversity. Deforestation and pollution are direct consequences of overpopulation and both, in turn, affect biodiversity. While overpopulation locally leads to rural flight, this is more than counterbalanced by accelerating urbanization and urban sprawl. Theories like the world-system theory and the Gaia hypothesis focus on the inter-dependency aspect of environmental and economic issues. Among the most evident environmental problems
Overconsumption is a situation where resource use has outpaced the sustainable capacity of the ecosystem. Overpopulation is when there are too many people for the planet to sustain. Biodiversity loss; Deforestation; Desertification; Global warming/climate change; Habitat destruction; Holocene extinction; Ocean acidification; Ozone depletion; Pollution
Waste and waste disposal; Water pollution; Resource depletion; Urban sprawl
Sustainable Development Goals: The United Nations 17 sustainable development goals for 2030
Antimicrobial resistance: The Resistance of microbes to drugs directed against them; Center for Global Food Issues; Chicago Council on Global Affairs – Foreign affairs think tank in Chicago, Illinois, USA; Climate change – Current rise in Earth's average temperature and its effects; Cybersecurity – Protection of computer systems from information disclosure, theft or damage; Developing country – Nation with a lower living standard relative to more developed countries; Earth Economics – U.S. non-profit organization; Earth system science – Scientific study of the Earth's spheres and their natural integrated systems; Ecological footprint – Individual's or a group's human demand on nature; Ecological collapse – Ecological communities abruptly losing biodiversity, often irreversibly; Ecosystem collapse – Ecological communities abruptly losing biodiversity, often irreversibly; Effective altruism – Philosophical and social movement; Energy crisis – Low availability of energy resources; Environmental social science; Financial crisis – Situation in which financial assets suddenly lose a large part of their nominal value; Global catastrophic risk – Potentially harmful worldwide events; Global Challenges Foundation – Swedish non-profit organization; Global change – planetary-scale changes in the Earth system; Global governance – Movement towards political cooperation among transnational actors; Global health – Health of populations in a global context; Global justice – Issue in political philosophy; Global Rights – Human rights capacity-building NGO; Global warming controversy – List of debates over global warming; Human impact on the environment – Impact of human life on Earth and environment; Human security – People-centric approach to national security; Intergovernmental organization – Organization established by treaty between governments; List of United Nations peacekeeping missions; Liu Institute for Global Issues – Research organization at the University of British Columbia; Mass surveillance – Intricate surveillance of an entire or a substantial fraction of a population; Ozone depletion and climate change; Pandemic – Widespread, often global, epidemic of severe infectious disease; Peak oil -Point in time when the maximum rate of petroleum extraction is reached; Social justice /Concept of fair and just relations between the individual and society; Species extinction/Termination of a taxon by the death of its last member; Washington consensus /Economic policies for developing nations; Wicked problem – Problem that is difficult or impossible to solve; World Community Grid – BOINC based volunteer computing project to aid scientific research; World Risk Report/Annual cooperation report on global disaster risks; World-systems theory/Approach emphasizing the world-system as the primary unit of social analysis; World War involving major global states; Crime/Illegal behavior defined by existing criminal law
Categories: Global issues, Global inequality Lists of environmental organizations: AI Issues and Risks=Helpful or Harmful? Catastrophic Pandemics; Infrastructure Catastrophes; Natural Disasters; Nuclear War and War in General in terms of Geopolitics; Climate Change; Effective Altruism=helping others and promoting goodwill; Global Priorities; Better decision making by U.S. and world leaders; Authoritarian or totalitarian governments vs. democracy; Governance of Outer Space and other planets in the Solar System; Improving Public Services; Minimize bad behavior by individuals and groups (i.e. influential groups); Promote Morality; Feeding the World and Global Health; Immigration; Social media=negative influence, false information; Science industry=beneficial or risky to humans?; Economic growth promotion; Mental Health
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Political Issues: Pro-Life: no abortion, no guns, no war, no unhealthy food, Pro-Life Republicans are pro life in the womb, but not out of the womb. Some are pro life both in the womb and out. Why is there no politician or group pro-life in and out of the womb? Food trucks for poor neighborhoods in food deserts which lack healthy food options, and home delivery. Affordable housing, jobs, economy, bank failures, Why expensive health care? Medicare, Social Security; Debt Ceiling (usafacts.org), social services, Guns, crime/justice, economy, Energy, natural resources, agriculture, environment, Public administration World Elections 2024/ U.S. Election Issues inflation, cost of living, affordable housing, economy, budget deficit, jobs, trade wars, tariffs, border security, Immigration taking jobs and social security, supreme court, congress, National Security, crime, gun violence, partisan politics, race and ethnicity, health care, drug prices, foreign policy, world standing, culture wars, education; U.S. Visas; How to Propose a Bill to Become Law? How Does a Bill Become a Law? I believe in the American people: We the People, We must take our country back and not let the elite few bribe congress to get what they want. The American people are very good people and we have many great freedoms in the U.S. However, some want to take these rights away. We must preserve our freedoms in America, while at the same time, keep America safe. National Security, Defense/Military, war in Ukraine and Israel, U.S. military, stop making enemies in the world; FBI, Education Reform/Homeschooling, Woke/PC/Anti-Woke, Accreditation=Colleges/Schools: Necessity/alternative methods of accreditation Corruption in Government, bought and paid for; government spending; department of education unnecessary and states should decide education. Health Dangers of Neuralink=implanting electrodes into the brain may cause infection/bleeding/privacy concerns; World Alliances: What is the G7 and how does it work? UK, France, Canada, Germany, Japan, Italy, and the US. What is NATO? What is the UN? What is BRICS? EU? Africa, Latin America, Asia. Capitalism causes the breakdown of the family/immorality/ against the Bible and promotes the most sin. The Western nations are central to capitalism, where every sin is created and exported around the world. Capitalism without morality is evil and capitalism makes having morality difficult. Does the USA and European whites have moral authority over the world and Christianity to rule earth despite their many sins? Is NATO the Beast of Revelation? Possibly? Located on many waters, came out of the sea (the Roman-Euro-colonial powers and the false church). The world economic system. Pornography is destructive to the family and society and causes child trafficking and sexual predators. Congress does nothing. Bought and paid for by the one percent woke corporations while the working class Americans suffer and are exploited. U.S. leaders exploit the entire world along with its own citizens to help the one percent corporations. Failures of capitalism and who really benefits? The one percent benefits while everyone else is exploited. Capitalism is socialism for the one percent. We can't have free college or healthcare for citizens but we can afford to give tax breaks to the corporate 1 percent, which is very unfair. Racism/White Supremacy in U.S./Europe every institution antisemitism/islamophobia. Every institution is racist to preserve white supremacy even big tech is biased/racist every institution works to make life hard for non-euro-whites and preserve white supremacy. Every Political issue is also a Science Issue: Ethics in Science: Abortion, birth control, abortion pill legality, genetic engineering, stem cell research, chemicals in food, pollution, environment. Law Topics/Theories/Systems of Law around the World; Religious Law in the World: Jewish Law (Kosher)/Christian Law (Canon Law)/Islamic Law (Halal); Vegetarian; Hindu; Socialist; Republic; Capitalist
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Improve America for the Future; Fiscal Responsibility=reduce unnecessary spending=and help those in need=reduce poverty, save lives; Federal Spending Percentage of Budget (https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/) No War=Avoid War at all Cost=Promote Peace among citizens and other nations, save lives and save money on expensive wars; Affordable Health Care=Preserves Life; Expensive Health Care=Causes Poverty and Death; Promote Healthy Foods=Low Sugar, Low Fat, Vegetables, Fruit; Promote Healthy Lifestyle and Preventative Care=Running, walking, physical activity; Promote Morality, Law, and Order; No Abortion=Preserve Life; Pro Life=Pro Family Values; No Guns=Buyback like Australia, Canadian Bans, UK Strict laws; Family Values preserves Marriage and Reduces Poverty; Promote Marriage; Divorce Causes Poverty; Crime Causes Poverty; Moral Values prevent Crime which prevents Poverty; Promote Relations between Races and Ethnicities; Education Reform Elementary Middle High School; Eliminate U.S. Dept. of Education=Federal funds only for facilities and infrastructure, but let local schools decide curriculums and most policies. Washington D.C. should not tell local schools what to teach; College Debt Crisis; Affordable College=Online College; Home Schooling Option and Combination; Role of Women and Men in Society; Are Women taking jobs from men? Motherhood should be promoted, not discouraged by Western Society; Cell Phones Hurt Education; Support blackout of social media and entertainment websites during school hours requirement for all school federal requirement; Social Media Decreases Morality and Causes Laziness, Poverty; Pornography Destroys Families, Morality, and Causes Poverty; Pro-Personal Responsibility; Success in America=Hard Work; Laziness Causes Poverty; Reduce Poverty=Work and get Married; Economy=Jobs=Education=promote education that trains job skills; Energy=alternatives to fossil fuels; USA Problems: USA creates sin and exports it around the world and persuades other countries to engage in sin. US Congress allows this and doesn't stop it; Gun Violence rate compared to rest of world terrible including mass shootings, domestic violence, and suicide; Congress does nothing? Why is the USA always at war? USA's moral authority; If America does not follow God, how will God bless America? Never ending cycle; Colonization US and Britain exploitation. Britain occupied over 90 percent of Earth in 1900s; Hollywood glamorizes gun violence and sexuality and immoral behavior in the name of capitalism; No health care for middle income Americans; Woke corporate welfare exploiting middle income Americans and other nations; Aggressive Foreign policy creates terrorism sells guns around the world creates enemies and makes America and world less safe; America creates terrorist groups; The Beast of Revelation and the harlot; Sexual Immorality; Pornography creating sexual predators and trafficking; Prostitution in America widespread; Racism; White Supremacy and guns; Cell phones hurting education; Cell phone addiction; Social media causing bad behavior among young people; False Church scandals; 2010 law amended unlimited campaign finance donations from corporations and billionaires 99 percent of wealth owned by 1 percent of people; Unregulated capitalism creates harmful things for society and allows further exploitation of public
Global Issues List; Catastrophic risks Main article: Global catastrophic risk; Not all of these risks are independent, because the majority, if not all of them are a result of human activity; Biodiversity loss; Climate change; Destructive artificial intelligence; Environmental disaster; Nuclear holocaust; Pandemic; Biotechnology risk; Molecular nanotechnology; Societal collapse; United Nations list
The UN has listed issues that it deems to be the most pressing as of 2023: Africa Poverty diseases, desertification, malnutrition, regional conflict, Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, African Union, New Partnership for Africa’s Development, United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur; Aging, aging population, demographic transition, Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing, United Nations Principles for Older Persons, Proclamation on Ageing, International Year of Older Persons; AIDS, Prevention of HIV/AIDS, HIV and pregnancy, HIV/AIDS denialism; Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Atomic Energy nuclear weapons, nuclear waste, International Atomic Energy Agency, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Big Data for sustainable development, Applying ICTs to sustainable development, supporting and tracking the Sustainable Development Goals Child and youth safety online Fighting cyberbullying, online child abuse and human trafficking of children, child poverty, child labor, child abuse, child mortality, global education, Education First, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Program, Global Education First Initiative, Climate Change Carbon footprint of the human race, Climate change mitigation Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, United Nations Climate Change conference, Decolonization, exploitation, United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, United Nations Trust Territories, International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, Democracy, democratization, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, UNDP, UNDEF, DPKO, DPA, OHCHR, UN Women, Disarmament, weapons of mass destruction, chemical and biological weapons, conventional weapons, landmines and small arms, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, Ending poverty, Measuring poverty, Sustainable Development Goal #1: No poverty, Food world hunger, sustainable agriculture, food security, safety, food riots Sustainable Development Goal #2: Zero hunger, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Program, Gender Issues-Equality, Women's rights, global feminism, Commission on the Status of Women, Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), Health, maternal health, extreme poverty, Millennium Development Goals, Human rights, human rights violations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International law and justice, war crimes, discrimination, state-corporate crime, International Law Commission, Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948), International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965), International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966), International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966), Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979), United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982), Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (1996), International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (1999), Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) International migration, International Organization for Migration Oceans and the Law of the Sea (cf. Water), marine pollution, ocean governance, United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter Peace and security, United Nations peacekeeping, List of United Nations peacekeeping missions, Peacebuilding Commission People with disabilities, discrimination, lack of universal design, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Population, overpopulation, world population, UNFPA Refugees (cf. Humanitarian Assistance), United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Terrorism, Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism Volunteerism, United Nations Volunteers, Water (cf. Oceans and the Law of the Sea), water scarcity, water conflict, water privatization, water pollution UN-Water, System of Environmental and Economic Accounting for Water, Water for Life Decade, International Recommendations on Water Statistics, United Nations Water Conference, Millennium Development Goals, International Conference on Water and the Environment (1992), Earth Summit (1992). As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN Millennium Development Goals (2000-2015) were superseded by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (2016-2030), which are also known as The Global Goals. There are associated Targets and Indicators for each Global Goal.
World Economic Forum List: In keeping with their economy-centered view, the World Economic Forum formulated a list of 10 most pressing points in 2016 Food security, Inclusive growth, Future of work/unemployment, Climate change, Financial crisis of 2007–2008, Future of the Internet/Fourth Industrial Revolution, Gender equality, Global trade and investment and regulatory frameworks, Long-term investment/Investment strategy, Future healthcare, See also: sustainable growth, green economy, global recession, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization, Global environmental issues, Main article: List of environmental issues, No single issue can be analyzed, treated, or isolated from the others. For example, habitat loss and climate change adversely affect biodiversity. Deforestation and pollution are direct consequences of overpopulation and both, in turn, affect biodiversity. While overpopulation locally leads to rural flight, this is more than counterbalanced by accelerating urbanization and urban sprawl. Theories like the world-system theory and the Gaia hypothesis focus on the inter-dependency aspect of environmental and economic issues. Among the most evident environmental problems
Overconsumption is a situation where resource use has outpaced the sustainable capacity of the ecosystem. Overpopulation is when there are too many people for the planet to sustain. Biodiversity loss; Deforestation; Desertification; Global warming/climate change; Habitat destruction; Holocene extinction; Ocean acidification; Ozone depletion; Pollution
Waste and waste disposal; Water pollution; Resource depletion; Urban sprawl
Sustainable Development Goals: The United Nations 17 sustainable development goals for 2030
Antimicrobial resistance: The Resistance of microbes to drugs directed against them; Center for Global Food Issues; Chicago Council on Global Affairs – Foreign affairs think tank in Chicago, Illinois, USA; Climate change – Current rise in Earth's average temperature and its effects; Cybersecurity – Protection of computer systems from information disclosure, theft or damage; Developing country – Nation with a lower living standard relative to more developed countries; Earth Economics – U.S. non-profit organization; Earth system science – Scientific study of the Earth's spheres and their natural integrated systems; Ecological footprint – Individual's or a group's human demand on nature; Ecological collapse – Ecological communities abruptly losing biodiversity, often irreversibly; Ecosystem collapse – Ecological communities abruptly losing biodiversity, often irreversibly; Effective altruism – Philosophical and social movement; Energy crisis – Low availability of energy resources; Environmental social science; Financial crisis – Situation in which financial assets suddenly lose a large part of their nominal value; Global catastrophic risk – Potentially harmful worldwide events; Global Challenges Foundation – Swedish non-profit organization; Global change – planetary-scale changes in the Earth system; Global governance – Movement towards political cooperation among transnational actors; Global health – Health of populations in a global context; Global justice – Issue in political philosophy; Global Rights – Human rights capacity-building NGO; Global warming controversy – List of debates over global warming; Human impact on the environment – Impact of human life on Earth and environment; Human security – People-centric approach to national security; Intergovernmental organization – Organization established by treaty between governments; List of United Nations peacekeeping missions; Liu Institute for Global Issues – Research organization at the University of British Columbia; Mass surveillance – Intricate surveillance of an entire or a substantial fraction of a population; Ozone depletion and climate change; Pandemic – Widespread, often global, epidemic of severe infectious disease; Peak oil -Point in time when the maximum rate of petroleum extraction is reached; Social justice /Concept of fair and just relations between the individual and society; Species extinction/Termination of a taxon by the death of its last member; Washington consensus /Economic policies for developing nations; Wicked problem – Problem that is difficult or impossible to solve; World Community Grid – BOINC based volunteer computing project to aid scientific research; World Risk Report/Annual cooperation report on global disaster risks; World-systems theory/Approach emphasizing the world-system as the primary unit of social analysis; World War involving major global states; Crime/Illegal behavior defined by existing criminal law
Categories: Global issues, Global inequality Lists of environmental organizations: AI Issues and Risks=Helpful or Harmful? Catastrophic Pandemics; Infrastructure Catastrophes; Natural Disasters; Nuclear War and War in General in terms of Geopolitics; Climate Change; Effective Altruism=helping others and promoting goodwill; Global Priorities; Better decision making by U.S. and world leaders; Authoritarian or totalitarian governments vs. democracy; Governance of Outer Space and other planets in the Solar System; Improving Public Services; Minimize bad behavior by individuals and groups (i.e. influential groups); Promote Morality; Feeding the World and Global Health; Immigration; Social media=negative influence, false information; Science industry=beneficial or risky to humans?; Economic growth promotion; Mental Health
Government Economic Systems (Plato), Ethics, Leadership, bipartisanship, free speech, foreign policy and aid, national security & the war business, corruption and transparency, lobbyists, human rights, democracy, oceans, polar affairs, refugees, illegal immigration, humanitarian aid, global health, technology, innovation, treaties and international agreements, national unity, ethics moral religious, abortion, guns, crime, violence, race relations, election reform, judicial system, supreme court, tort reform, education, media entertainment influence, social media influence, technology, pandemics, oil prices, gap rich/poor, taxes, welfare
Political Issues: Pro-Life: no abortion, no guns, no war, no unhealthy food, Pro-Life Republicans are pro life in the womb, but not out of the womb. Some are pro life both in the womb and out. Why is there no politician or group pro-life in and out of the womb? Food trucks for poor neighborhoods in food deserts which lack healthy food options, and home delivery. Affordable housing, jobs, economy, bank failures, Why expensive health care? Medicare, Social Security; Debt Ceiling (usafacts.org), social services, Guns, crime/justice, economy, Energy, natural resources, agriculture, environment, Public administration World Elections 2024/ U.S. Election Issues inflation, cost of living, affordable housing, economy, budget deficit, jobs, trade wars, tariffs, border security, Immigration taking jobs and social security, supreme court, congress, National Security, crime, gun violence, partisan politics, race and ethnicity, health care, drug prices, foreign policy, world standing, culture wars, education; U.S. Visas; How to Propose a Bill to Become Law? How Does a Bill Become a Law? I believe in the American people: We the People, We must take our country back and not let the elite few bribe congress to get what they want. The American people are very good people and we have many great freedoms in the U.S. However, some want to take these rights away. We must preserve our freedoms in America, while at the same time, keep America safe. National Security, Defense/Military, war in Ukraine and Israel, U.S. military, stop making enemies in the world; FBI, Education Reform/Homeschooling, Woke/PC/Anti-Woke, Accreditation=Colleges/Schools: Necessity/alternative methods of accreditation Corruption in Government, bought and paid for; government spending; department of education unnecessary and states should decide education. Health Dangers of Neuralink=implanting electrodes into the brain may cause infection/bleeding/privacy concerns; World Alliances: What is the G7 and how does it work? UK, France, Canada, Germany, Japan, Italy, and the US. What is NATO? What is the UN? What is BRICS? EU? Africa, Latin America, Asia. Capitalism causes the breakdown of the family/immorality/ against the Bible and promotes the most sin. The Western nations are central to capitalism, where every sin is created and exported around the world. Capitalism without morality is evil and capitalism makes having morality difficult. Does the USA and European whites have moral authority over the world and Christianity to rule earth despite their many sins? Is NATO the Beast of Revelation? Possibly? Located on many waters, came out of the sea (the Roman-Euro-colonial powers and the false church). The world economic system. Pornography is destructive to the family and society and causes child trafficking and sexual predators. Congress does nothing. Bought and paid for by the one percent woke corporations while the working class Americans suffer and are exploited. U.S. leaders exploit the entire world along with its own citizens to help the one percent corporations. Failures of capitalism and who really benefits? The one percent benefits while everyone else is exploited. Capitalism is socialism for the one percent. We can't have free college or healthcare for citizens but we can afford to give tax breaks to the corporate 1 percent, which is very unfair. Racism/White Supremacy in U.S./Europe every institution antisemitism/islamophobia. Every institution is racist to preserve white supremacy even big tech is biased/racist every institution works to make life hard for non-euro-whites and preserve white supremacy. Every Political issue is also a Science Issue: Ethics in Science: Abortion, birth control, abortion pill legality, genetic engineering, stem cell research, chemicals in food, pollution, environment. Law Topics/Theories/Systems of Law around the World; Religious Law in the World: Jewish Law (Kosher)/Christian Law (Canon Law)/Islamic Law (Halal); Vegetarian; Hindu; Socialist; Republic; Capitalist