3 out of 10.

Would smash.

Dude, it's like SO WOKE and BASED and GAY! For REELS! WORDZ! Just so y'know bro, NOW you HAVE the FOUR ONE ONE!

can I give a negative score?

My Personal Experience has been, 5/10 foreign policy, 5/10 domestic policy, 5/10 education,
9/10 health care, and 9/10 police.

Overall very satisfied with my life in the USA, despite the stupidity of some of my fellow citizens.

You will hear only from me the deepest problems in America.

The realest problems are not tariffs, Epstein, China, or Turkey. It is the greed, the greed of the US employers. The US employers are solely responsible for abandoning US workers, paying them low, switching business to China for profit and commissions. It is not blame of politicians as it is blame of corrupt CEOs on top of large corporations who underpay treat workers as crap and export business outside.

The real enemy of America is deep within

In order of asked: eh, eh, eh, and eh.

Originally posted by Lady Miquella:

You will hear only from me the deepest problems in America.

The realest problems are not tariffs, Epstein, China, or Turkey. It is the greed, the greed of the US employers. The US employers are solely responsible for abandoning US workers, paying them low, switching business to China for profit and commissions. It is not blame of politicians as it is blame of corrupt CEOs on top of large corporations who underpay treat workers as crap and export business outside.

The real enemy of America is deep within

Us workers have better purchasing power than their European counterparts at the same job, which beats their counterparts in pretty much every other country too. The problem with some people, is more than anyone else still doesn't seem to be enough. Their own greed is insatiable. And if you think only employers are greedy, you're mistaken.

Everyone with little brain or large brain knows perfectly well that his enemy is his employer. It is your employer who terminates you from job seeking cheaper labor abroad and closing plants, it is your employer fault to abandon you while he flies in jets between New York and Shanghai. The enemy is within and Trump is waging huge war against this enemy within.

Originally posted by Lady Miquella:

Everyone with little brain or large brain knows perfectly well that his enemy is his employer. It is your employer who terminates you from job seeking cheaper labor abroad and closing plants, it is your employer fault to abandon you while he flies in jets between New York and Shanghai. The enemy is within and Trump is waging huge war against this enemy within.

Don't be silly. I terminated my employers, I was never fired.
And my wife did this too. You don't have to eat crap from your employers if you don't want to.

Originally posted by Vinegaroon:

can I give a negative score?

Of course. Just write why.

I'm not a fan of the present Presidential administration, so I'm not going to have anything kind to say about foreign/domestic policy (playing brinksmanship games with our *allies* over tariffs seems mercurial at best, willfully self-desructive at worst).

As for education: been in it (higher) for twenty years. The kids are as smart as they've always been, but less and less is being asked of them with each passing year, with predictable results with regard to knowledge base/ability to cope with challenging/demanding assignments.

The raw intellect is 100% still there; Zoomers and ancient Alphas are no less intelligent than my generation or any that came before. But the system has failed them by burying the bar ever deeper in the ground--particularly during and immediately after Covid. Getting those kids to skill parity when they enter 100/200 level university coursework is a challenge unto itself.

Healthcare: we have some of the best practitioners and technology on the planet, but cost-of-access can be ruinous for even middle class folks, depending on their needs. I take a maintenance med for a genetic condition that hits around 200 bucks a month with insurance; easy to absorb between my wife's income and my own, but expensive for others.

And that's to say nothing of surgeries, long-term treatments (cancer/etc), and just how ridiculous ER bills can get for even a basic visit.

TL;DR: People and tech are fabulous. Cost is asinine. I'm less in support of socialized medicine than I am of reforming standards for malpractice suits; the percentage of income a surgeon or major practitioner needs to spend on malpractice insurance is absolutely *usury*, and it's to cover for frivolous crap coming from patients who didn't follow advice/expected miracles in dire situations in addition to *actual* malfeasance.

As for the police: both of my parents were LEOs. I was raised in that community, so my default reaction is positive, and I am supportive of my local police department.

I also recognize that there are systemic issues with US policing, and far too many bullies who should never have had badges who get covered for by otherwise good officers.

So...it's complicated.

I love my country. I will defend it if necessary.

I do not love nor will I defend everything it's done without applying a little basic critical thought first.

Thus the divide between patriotism and nationalism.

SERIOUSLY! If I may be serious for a moment, I will try. The USA is GAY! Make sense of that you based woke fools.

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

I'm not a fan of the present Presidential administration, so I'm not going to have anything kind to say about foreign/domestic policy (playing brinksmanship games with our *allies* over tariffs seems mercurial at best, willfully self-desructive at worst).

As for education: been in it (higher) for twenty years. The kids are as smart as they've always been, but less and less is being asked of them with each passing year, with predictable results with regard to knowledge base/ability to cope with challenging/demanding assignments.

The raw intellect is 100% still there; Zoomers and ancient Alphas are no less intelligent than my generation or any that came before. But the system has failed them by burying the bar ever deeper in the ground--particularly during and immediately after Covid. Getting those kids to skill parity when they enter 100/200 level university coursework is a challenge unto itself.

Healthcare: we have some of the best practitioners and technology on the planet, but cost-of-access can be ruinous for even middle class folks, depending on their needs. I take a maintenance med for a genetic condition that hits around 200 bucks a month with insurance; easy to absorb between my wife's income and my own, but expensive for others.

And that's to say nothing of surgeries, long-term treatments (cancer/etc), and just how ridiculous ER bills can get for even a basic visit.

TL;DR: People and tech are fabulous. Cost is asinine. I'm less in support of socialized medicine than I am of reforming standards for malpractice suits; the percentage of income a surgeon or major practitioner needs to spend on malpractice insurance is absolutely *usury*, and it's to cover for frivolous crap coming from patients who didn't follow advice/expected miracles in dire situations in addition to *actual* malfeasance.

As for the police: both of my parents were LEOs. I was raised in that community, so my default reaction is positive, and I am supportive of my local police department.

I also recognize that there are systemic issues with US policing, and far too many bullies who should never have had badges who get covered for by otherwise good officers.

So...it's complicated.

I love my country. I will defend it if necessary.

I do not love nor will I defend everything it's done without applying a little basic critical thought first.

Thus the divide between patriotism and nationalism.

Interesting large post. Deserves dissection as too many issues mentioned. I will pick one right away which is close to your heart as an educator. You need to know that US students have the weakest score in math today. At the same time the China has an enormous mind boggling army of programmers.

Where is the problem ?

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

I'm not a fan of the present Presidential administration, so I'm not going to have anything kind to say about foreign/domestic policy (playing brinksmanship games with our *allies* over tariffs seems mercurial at best, willfully self-desructive at worst).

As for education: been in it (higher) for twenty years. The kids are as smart as they've always been, but less and less is being asked of them with each passing year, with predictable results with regard to knowledge base/ability to cope with challenging/demanding assignments.

The raw intellect is 100% still there; Zoomers and ancient Alphas are no less intelligent than my generation or any that came before. But the system has failed them by burying the bar ever deeper in the ground--particularly during and immediately after Covid. Getting those kids to skill parity when they enter 100/200 level university coursework is a challenge unto itself.

Healthcare: we have some of the best practitioners and technology on the planet, but cost-of-access can be ruinous for even middle class folks, depending on their needs. I take a maintenance med for a genetic condition that hits around 200 bucks a month with insurance; easy to absorb between my wife's income and my own, but expensive for others.

And that's to say nothing of surgeries, long-term treatments (cancer/etc), and just how ridiculous ER bills can get for even a basic visit.

TL;DR: People and tech are fabulous. Cost is asinine. I'm less in support of socialized medicine than I am of reforming standards for malpractice suits; the percentage of income a surgeon or major practitioner needs to spend on malpractice insurance is absolutely *usury*, and it's to cover for frivolous crap coming from patients who didn't follow advice/expected miracles in dire situations in addition to *actual* malfeasance.

As for the police: both of my parents were LEOs. I was raised in that community, so my default reaction is positive, and I am supportive of my local police department.

I also recognize that there are systemic issues with US policing, and far too many bullies who should never have had badges who get covered for by otherwise good officers.

So...it's complicated.

I love my country. I will defend it if necessary.

I do not love nor will I defend everything it's done without applying a little basic critical thought first.

Thus the divide between patriotism and nationalism.

Maybe I'm really a bad person. I just want to escape from my country to the US, just because I hate my homeland.

For our , foreign and domestic policy no stance.

education, = 7 It get the job done.

health care = -4 we have modern medical tech but price is a barrier to good care and is the leading cause to be bankrupt in this country. Plus we are not terrific at long term care for disease prevention. Being a Biologist I'm familiar with some of the mechanics of medical issues and take interest in it. US is still very pill to the ill but I gravitate toward a more integrated approach that uses drugs as needed with lifestyle interventions which is a better approach for chronic diseases.

police = 6 My interactions with the law have been good thus far and the streets are safe, but we don't do enough to prevent crimes in the first place since our government is base on short term elections and systemic type issues that target root causes are a bit hard to get done through multiple parties. Basically I don't see being a leading country fort rates of people being incarcerated per capita to be a good thing. I see it a systemic problem that would require long term thinking to solve and our elected officials have no incentive to solve it.