After critical view of the current American situation, three major problems facing the United States of America

Introduction

After critical view of the current American situation, I would say we have three major problems facing the United States of America. Key among these problems includes problems related to the economy, crime policy and poverty. This paper therefore explores these problems highlighting their effects and possible intervention.

Discussion

One of the three major problems facing the United States of America today according to Arrighi and Maume (2007) has to do with the issue of poverty among its men, women and children. While exploring the issue of poverty, it is only right that we emphasize on the ways in which the health status and health care availability interact with the low wages, irregularity, and insecurity of gendered work. Poverty presents some difficulties faced by the ordinary people since, for example, the health of a family member and the caregiver’s work are intertwined with a host of other issues and problems including those related to the children schooling, the family’s housing and their access to transportation. While this presentation focuses on the intersection of work and health, we also explore the ways in which both interact with these other problem areas. With the multiple responsibilities facing the ordinary people and their children alike, they are forced to sacrifice important elements of healthcare as well as educational and work opportunities.

One of the major task and responsibility of a modern government is the maintenance of law and order. A government defines and explains the boundaries of crime, law and justice for domestic peace and tranquillity. Since the beginning of human civilisation, instrumentalities of government and policy-making for crime and justice have existed. As regards the crime policy, crimes related to abduction, rape, drugs and murder have been a problem of crime and justice in America for a long time and have become a widespread fear in the American minds. According to Shahidullah (2008) in the last three decades, America’s criminal justice system has seen unprecedented growth and expansion, but the growth in crime has been one of the most important. As regards all forms of crimes, particularly violent crimes have been consistently on the increase. Crime has been rated as one of the most important problems facing local communities. Related studies conducted as regards the topic of crime, found that the American people would rather have their government address the issue of crime as an important issue than economy.

With regard to economic problems, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2007), the taxes currently are too high for the American people and need to be brought down, as ample and increasing evidence of their environmental effectiveness is now available. However, there remains a high potential for a wider use of these environmental policy instruments provided that they are well designed and that their potential impact on international competitiveness and income distribution are properly addressed. In particular, the environmental effectiveness and economic efficiency of the environmentally related taxes could be improved further if existing exemptions and other special provisions are scaled back and if the tax rates were better aligned with the magnitude of the negative environmental impacts to be addressed.

Conclusion

We can bring to a close that the current difficult yet problematic issues facing the United States of America may be attributed to the major preoccupation of politics and governance since the beginning of civilization because it is a domain of governance that is vital for social order and stability.

Reference

Arrighi, A. B. and Maume, J. D, (2007) Child Poverty in America Today: Families and Children. Greenwood Publishing Group.

Shahidullah, S. M. (2008). Crime policy in American laws, institutions and programs. University Press of America.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, (2007). The political economy of environmentally related taxes. OECD Publishing..