Since their status of « Policemen » of the
World, the American Presidents were more turned toward their Foreign Policy
than Homeland Policy. They are more aware of the World problems than theirs.
Moreover, money devoted to the defense are more and more important to the
detriment of the people's welfare. What is deeply wished is that the courage of
the low-paid civil-servants such as the firemen after the collapse of the WTC
will change the policy of the Administration.
The USA are a very wealthy country, however in 2002, 31 million
Americans were living below the poverty line. The USA have failed to provide
sufficient amounts of low-cost rented accomodation for law-income groups. The
situation has resulted in homeless people throughout the country. Polls in June
and July 2001 reported that, of the top fourteen problems facing the country,
poor health care, hospitals and high costs ranked fifth ; poverty, hunger
and homelessness were seventh ; and medicare and social security were
twelfth. The social services debate is whether the US should adapt a
nationally organized European type « Welfare State » which
provides comprehensive social and medicare schemes for all funded out of
general taxation.
Then, official statistics and personal experience surveys suggest
that the USA have a high crime rate in comparison with other
Western-countries. Firearms are used in three-quaters of these cases. In some
urban areas, murder is the main cause of death. Today, there is a widespread
lack of public confidence in the ability of the legislator to cope with crime
and to protect individual citizens. People feel that they must safeguard
themselves. Americans have irrational attitudes to crime and violence and
create a self-perpetuating image that the USA are a violent and crime-ridden
society. America's fundamental problem is the cult of violence itself and that
one way to reduce this is to restrict access to guns.
What a contrast ! the USA have succeeded in overthrowing
many governments, and are incapable to cope with the problem of violence in
their own country. Moreover, they invest billions in the world, and are at a
loss to provide a suitable Social Service to its people. Is the world more
important for the USA than its people ?
Regarding G.W.Bush Policy, a return to the Democrat would be
better for the country. They have much more consideration for their own people
as well as for the world. It is a Democrat, Franklin Delano Roosevelt who have
introduced in 1935 the national Insurance Programme known as Social Security.
After Clinton's election as President of the USA, the first four and a half
years of the new Administration saw more than 13 million jobs created ; he
made the largest investment in health care for children since 1965. In 1993,
President Clinton unveiled the Global Climate Change Action plan, a strategy to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. He even proposed
partnership between government and the auto-industry to develop a new
generation of fuel-efficient vehicles. Despite all his efforts to better the
life of his people, he did not forget the outside world. The USA have
supported all the nations of Middle East who were working a lasting peace,
hence the Washington Declaration which is an agreement between late Prime
Minister Rabin of Israel and King Hussein of Jordan. The President pledged the
government's fullest support in fighting terrorism.
Our world is entering a new dangerous epoch, Samuel P.Huntington
even talks about clash of civilization between the West and the non-Western
civilization. The battle against terrorism has already started. Since America
is both the object and the source of global hatred its idea need to be adapted
to our time or improved in any way. The greatest task of the USA and its allies
is now to defeat terrorism without letting that happen again.
