Posted on 09/22/2014 4:34:31 AM PDT by TurboZamboni
What has happened to America? Please show these numbers to anyone that does not believe that the United States is in decline. It is time for all of us to humble ourselves and face the reality of what has happened to our once great nation. For those of us that love America, it is heartbreaking to watch the foundations of our society rot and decay in thousands of different ways. The following are 50 facts that show how far America has fallen in this generation, but the truth is that this list could have been far, far longer…
#1 According to a survey that was just conducted, only 36 percent of all Americans can name the three branches of government.
#2 Only 25 percent of all Americans know how long U.S. Senators are elected for (6 years), and only 20 percent of all Americans know how many U.S. senators there are.
#3 Even if you include same-sex couples in the numbers, the marriage rate in the United States is at a 93 year low.
#4 For the first time ever, single Americans make up more than half the U.S. population.
#5 31.1 percent of American young adults in the 18 to 34-year-old age bracket are currently living with their parents.
(Excerpt) Read more at freedomoutpost.com ...
Irving Kristol - “What began to concern me more and more were the clear signs of rot and decadence germinating within American society - a rot and decadence that was no longer the consequence of liberalism but was the actual agenda of contemporary liberalism.”
There are many reasons for #3, #4, and #5, the majority of which are not reflections of personal deficiencies in individual people. There are also a great many societal and especially, socioeconomic pressures that have resulted in the final three. To put it bluntly: the socioeconomic climate (especially the eroding of the traditional middle class), has done far more damage to families and relationships than almost anything else.
Just saw “Heaven is for real” on a plane flight.
The last 3-4 years have been very stressful for me, a repeating cycle I have had going for nearly 30 years a few down years and a few up years. But the last few have been a greater strain.
What’s amazing is after watching the movie the stress just drained away. I haven’t felt this peaceful minded since I was like 9.
It’s going to be ok.
I still think 36 percent naming the three branches of government is a little high. The American people are grossly informed in nearly everything politically.
Empires always fall. You can take care of your country or the world, but not both.
51st fact: Over 65 million Americans voted to put a traitor into the White House... twice.
America really, really needs to bring back American jobs.
Jobs.
Stop exporting production, primarily to China. Bring back American factories.
Its a mistake to say it happened in "this" generation. The seeds of the fall were planted in the 1930s with the Welfare State. The next 80 years were a story of one expansion after another after another, followed by periods of holding the line, then more expansion. Then more seeds were planted in the 60s with America hatred disguised as tolerance and social freedom. "This" generation is the end result of a series of bad decisions that gradually chipped away at personal responsibility and morals over 80+ years.
Does not show a "fall" in this generation unless it can be shown that some previous generation would have demonstrated greater knowledge.
Well, ok. That pretty much tells the story. But, hey, it doesn’t say anything about how awesome college football is!
LOL-
“”#1 According to a survey that was just conducted, only 36 percent of all Americans can name the three branches of government. #2 Only 25 percent of all Americans know how long U.S. Senators are elected for (6 years), and only 20 percent of all Americans know how many U.S. senators there are.””
#1- Trick question- currently there is only 1 branch of govt- KING O’bummer!
#2- another trick question- The Demon senators get to stay as long as they like!
Sarc
However, if you did mean informed let's test that assertion.
How many rights did the Bill of Rights grant the citizens?
Born again Christians enjoy that peace every day.
Most disconcerting is the statistics reveal there is still a ways to go, before hitting the bottom of the barrel.
Really a very long ways to go when you take in account that about every 10 years it seems, a bigger barrel is created.
I blame the baby boomer generation. Ever since they took charge in government, everything has slowly deteriorated. I expect everything to continue to go downhill until they get voted out or pass on. Then you can expect things to slowly swing back more conservative and responsible.
The only fact that matters.
Look who they voted for in 2008 and 2012.
This is a derivative article from a generally good (worth reading) article at WND: http://www.wnd.com/2014/06/america-land-of-1000-addictions/.
But the 60 million alcohol abusers stat, for example, comes from that article, which in turn references another WND article quoting the figure without providing a source. In contrast, the official US stats are less than a third of that rate: http://www.wnd.com/2014/06/america-land-of-1000-addictions/.
I'd like to know how mainstream America answers this.
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