We will become what we value

Without a critical rethinking of how we calculate wealth, or GDP, to include the benefits of a healthy and well-educated workforce, we will never stall the slow loss of our national economic security.

We need a national health care plan. We need an across the board increase in taxes to pay for quailty education curriculums, quality teachers, and new facilities in our schools. And, above all else, we need to remind our citizens that sacrafices are needed in order to regain stability. We did not become an economic giant without sacrafices, and we certainly won't remain one if we do not admit this fact, embrace our hardships, and shoulder the burden of our parent's mistakes.

We still have hope, but not much time.