AMERICA NEED TO GET BACK TO ITS ROOTS

• Hypothesis: Despite all its problems, America is the greatest country in the world.
• By: Sam Webster, Justin Kidd, and Marco Toth

POLITICIAN BRIBERY

• Politicians can be bribed to reduce rules in industries like banking. Billions were spent by over 3,000 lobbyists to have banks get rid of certain rules. This enabled financial corruption and eventually led to the 2008 breakdown.

AMERICAS PRESENT DAY GOVERNMENT IS CORRUPT

• 2008 BREAKDOWN
• The "chief villains" of the 2008 breakdown still have not been put to justice while over 90% of Americans have still suffered from this breakdown.

PRISON CORRUPTION

• There is over 2.2 million prisoners in the U.S. Because of this growing rate, jails have decided to become privatized. It is not right to earn money from putting people in jail.

THE NSA

• The NSA is very corrupt. There are over 4 million employees engaged in this service. With that many people, it is highly unlikely that there is no forms of corruption going on like insider trading.

UNFAIR CAMPAIGNS

• The U.S. Has long campaigns where the candidates have to spend their own money for campaigns, rather than just having short, publicly funded campaigns. This eventually leads to bribery among the candidates which makes the elections unfair.

HILLARY CLINTON E-MAIL SCANDAL

• The most recent scandal among the government is the Hillary Clinton E-mail Scandal. Mrs Clinton made a personal e-mail account on a private server, then erased all her E-mails. By erasing her E-mails, it seems like were meant to be kept secret. There has been rumors that her E-mails are going to be released to the public.

MY SOURCES

• http://www.thetoptens.com/problems-with-america/
• http://rankings.gawker.com/americas-top-99-problems-1532565254
• http://www.juancole.com/2013/12/corrupt-country-world.html
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_the_United_States

WHAT COULD AMERICA LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE

• Technology developments.
• People have lots of optimism of America's future. For example 81% believe that in the next 50 years that transplants will get them from lab grown organs.

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS

• More than half of America believe computers in the next 50 years will be able to create art like humans.
• Many people believe that there will be cars the drive themself.

PROBLEMS THAT NEED FIXED.

• 7 billion gallons of water is lost a year in America.
• A way to fix that is if we build a smarter power grid.

TERRORISM

• Terrorism is big problem to advance in the future.
• When worried about terrorism we tend to spend more money and military advances we need this money to advance.

LINKS

• http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-01/heres-what-future-infrastr...
• http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/04/17/us-views-of-technology-and-the-future...

GREAT AMERICANS FROM THE PAST

• Lewis and Clark wrote the most important and complete journals in history.
• Washington's battle plans are remembered more for their perseverance rather than their military brilliance.
• Franklin Roosevelt was a famous statesman and politician that lead Americans through tough times such as the Great Depression.

GREAT AMERICANS FROM THE PAST

• Edison patented 1093 mechanisms and processes.
• Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
• Franklin Roosevelt was elected president 4 consecutive times.

My sources:
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/25/the-20-most-influential-Americans-of-al...
http://listovative.com/top-15-greatest-history-leaders-of-all-time/

IS AMERICA THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

• Yes, we believe America is the greatest country in the world. Despite all of its government corruption and race wars, we still have a stable economy and a bright future. In the end, we are the land of the free, and the home of the brave.