Economy

Why is our economy beyond repair? Because the government can't or won't recognize the real problem. The real problem is hitting them between the eyes but they're either too blind, deaf or dumb to see it, or just don't care.

1. STOP sending our manufacturing jobs overseas. America needs manufacturing. We need the jobs and we need the money the manufactured goods will bring in to this country. Get people back to work. When people work, they make money. When they make money, they buy things.

2. STOP treating illegal immigrants like they belong here. The only time they'll truly belong here is when they become a citizen, pay taxes and buy homes just like the rest of the American citizens do.

3. STOP selling our country landmarks to other countries. What right do they have to own parking meters in Chicago or a turnpike in Pennsylvania?

4. STOP buying foreign oil. We have enough resources right here to get oil. Why do we need Arabs for that? To make them richer? The Arabs and Chinese are the richest nations in the world. That used to be us. But we gave them all of our money!

5. END the political parties. No more "us versus them". One nation under God, indivisible! We are one people, start acting like it. It's one team. And all of us want the same thing. To return this country to the powerhouse it once was. Now we're just a laughingstock.

6. ABOLISH United Nations. Worry about your own home first and others later. Do they jump up and help us when we need it? No. But we're the first in line to help them at the first sign of trouble. And the thanks we get? A car bomb that kills a thousand people or so. This war is costing billions and for what? Chasing after a ghost? It's none of our business how they choose to live their lives. It's THEIR lives. What makes us think we're so much better? We have just as much poverty and despair in this country as they do!

7. BAN body scans at our airports. Here's a solution. Build an explosion-proof container the size of a public phone booth. Have everyone step into that. It will detect bombs and immediately detonate them, blowing up the person the bomb is on and not harm the booth. Problem solved. And money saved!

8. Build a moat along the border of the U.S. and Mexico. Fill the moat with alligators from Florida. Take the dirt from the moat and use it to rebuild the levees in New Orleans. Problem solved! Money saved.

9. STOP telling us how to feed our children and raise them. Millions of dollars are spent on research into obesity and what's causing it along with other asanine research that only serves to help ease the boredom of a research team. Here's a clue: Lack of exercise! Get those kids outside playing sports and out from in front of their computers and TV's. And it won't be solved by cutting costs on Phys-Ed classes in our public schools.

10. Last and not least. STOP intruding into my privacy. This is America, land of the free, home of the brave...and I resent you tapping into my internet and into my phone and anywhere else you feel the need. Use the money you use for technology like that to build more factories and get Americans back to work! Then, and only then, will this economy improve.