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America’s One Big Decision: Do We Want to Lead the World or Not?
At home, America is confronting a variety of critical choices. Border security, healthcare, Social Security, infrastructure, and continued economic growth are just some of the areas where the country is facing decisions that could affect our future for generations to come. Many of them revolve around the age-old political dilemma of ‘how to pay for unlimited wants with limited means’ and the budgetary battles that result. But there are also deeper tensions between how Americans define themselves, each other, and our future as a nation that will need to be solved moving forward.
Internationally the country is also beset by a variety of key decisions and threatening dilemmas. After 17 years we continue to fight the War on Terror with no apparent end in sight. The framework of America’s previously rational foreign-policy has been warped to the point that outside observers and Americans themselves no longer fully understand who our allies and adversaries are. Global environmentalism is in retreat, inequality continues to grow, and despite decades of efforts we appear no closer to truly stopping nuclear proliferation.
