what are some of the economic issues individuals face?
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Getting laid off/fired is probably a pretty common economic issue.  Makes paying the bills difficult.
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Hopefully soon. Everything is going up except wages. People can not afford to pay bills and eat too. Utility bills have more than tripled, gasoline has even done more than that, groceries are high, but people can not afford hardly anything if they are working for minimum wage. It's terrible that our country can help other countries but can not and will not help their own. Unemployment is higher than it has ever been and the only people making good money are politicians, people in the entertainment business, and the people who already have it. I don't see things getting any better soon. I just wish there were a way to open the eyes of the people who could change the problems that the lower and middle income people face.
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The War in Iraq, Immigration, Taxes, law and order, New Prime Minister, Sleaze, the Economy.\n\nThe election isn't for a while so the issues are likely to change but currently its in the order listed if you knock on doors.
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PEOPLE, RULES, GOVERNMENT, MONEY, AN ECONOMY, FAMILIES
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When it comes down to the issues that truly affect Americans. There is not much of a difference at all.\n\nFree Trade, Immigration, and Balanced budgets.
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The economy isn't thriving, largely because of the trade deficit.  The Dow is at an all time high, but the people who are benefitting from that are stockholders.  They are benefitting from the effects of moving jobs to other countries and stealing the pension funds from current and retired employees.  \n \nMajor industries in this country are in serious danger.  The domestic auto industry is in danger of seeing Ford and General Motors go into bankruptcy.  This will have a ripple effect that will affect more than the tens of thousands of people who work for those companies.  All domestic firms that support the auto industry will also be adversely affected.  \n\nThe airline industry is filled with potential bankruptcies in spite of major concessions to the companies by their employees.  This is all being done with the blessing of the Bush administration, the most corrupt, short sighted administration in recent history.  As that wonderful Republican genius Dan Quayle said, "When large numbers of people are out of work, this can cause unemployment."  Yeah, and people aren't working, or are working at minimum wage jobs, the economy eventually has to crash.
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fiscal by light years... social issues are the ones no one can agree on and hardly ever change... and it's America... land of the free... do what you want, as long as it doesn't get in the way of someone else...
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Be willing to accept a lower standard of living. The expansion of the economy is due in large part to dumping the gold standard and instituting the Federal Reserve. \n\nGo back and look at the history that caused these changes.\n\nAs for the income tax, how would you propose paying for public goods?
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Potential terrorists are not hanging around talking about how miserable their lives are and are making money for their families when economies are good.  When the economy stinks, people are hanging out and blaming people for their problems and then they get angry about it and sometimes people think that blowing themselves up might help someone else.
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Sales estimates, inventory levels, raw material prices, interest rates, labor availability & costs.\n\nLots of stuff to consider.
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Terrorism.  Taxes.  Right to Life.  The economy.
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High cost. \nPain of recovery.\nPsycological idenity issues.\nMost people who get it don't need it - their only defect often if being born to money.
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Impact of immigration on job growth, economic development\nHealth economics - medicare spending and impact on budget
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Children getting disease at a young age.\nLower life expectancy rates.\nHigher health care costs.\nLess tax revenue (children are paid far less than adults)\nLess jobs for adults.\nInternational sanctions\nEtc.
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I don't have any detailed direct knowledge of specific problems, but an issue that runs throughout many (not all) African nations is corruption of the government.  The leaders of many countries are more focused on enhancing their own lives at the expense of their citizens that the people and their economies suffer [thus the problems with the banking systems].
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1 Lack of a Visionary Leader in either Party\n2 Misguided approach to foreign policy(Iraq,Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan,and India)\n3 Trade Imbalance and Current Account deficit....The day of equilibrium will come....\n4 Teachers Unions in Education\n5 Lack of overall fiscal constraint\n\n\nEdit...Independent....now how about a thread on actually resolving any of these issues...
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I lived in Mexico for 12 years.\n\nTheir number one reason for the economic problems has been their political system, and the past presidents robbing their own people.