American history and society : how could the USA is changed for better?

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Most people, at first sight, have the wrong image of the U.S.A. In the poorest countries, and even in European and other wealthy countries, a lot of people associate the U.S.A. with the image of "a golden land? as the media portrays. For the poor people, the US is a country where they hope to find a new chance, a new life, and for young Europeans, the place that offers them the opportunities and the success they dream about. This so-called "American dream? does exist. But, it is also easy to realize that the U.S.A. is in reality far from these kinds of dreams. Indeed, U.S. citizens have to cope up with everyday realities of their country's weakness.

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[...] This universal coverage is one of the points in frontrunner Hillary Clinton's program. In France, or in Switzerland, medical coverage is compulsory, and taxpayers finance it. American health could be inspired by these foreign health systems, which seem to satisfy the majority of citizens. A lot of solutions are considered on Senator Clinton's website, for instance promoting shared responsibility (affordable and accessible insurance), providers deliver affordable care, a new tax for American taxpayers American education also constitutes an important matter to take into account. [...]

[...] The importance given to the different issues about United States depends of each of us. However, healthcare, education, antiterrorism and war in Iraq are, in some extend, the most topical themes. In these four fields, a kind of similarity can be pointed out: money. Indeed, everything seems to be a question of money, of investments, of profitability. Does invasion of Iraq can bring benefits? Is it useful to spend money in educational program development? And the majority of matters in the USA appear to be based on this kind of reflection. [...]

[...] American history and society : how could the USA is changed for better? Most people, at first sight, have the wrong image of the U.S.A. In the poorest countries, but even in European or wealthy countries, a lot of people associate the U.S.A. with the image of golden land” that the media brings them. It is, for poor people, a country where they hope to find a new chance, a new life, and for young Europeans, the place that could offer them the opportunities and the success they dream about. [...]

[...] The solution is often to obtain a grant, but it is offered to a few students, the others being forced to give up studies. One of the solutions would be to reduce the price of higher education, and that capacities and motivation replace money in the criterion of admission in university. Everyone has heard about anti terrorism in the United States. Since the 9/11 attacks, it has become a burning issue for the U.S.A. But this is much more of pretence to lead a war against anyone and anything. Moreover, it is obvious that anti terrorism measures in the U.S.A. [...]

[...] But the real matter is that education has not a great value in the U.S.A. Indeed, it really depends on the state implication in this field, as differences in financial investments, and it can, as a consequence, lead to real disparities among states and establishments. At present, the question of national standards is developed. Michael Dannenberg says in the Herald Tribune that country is in an inexorable march toward national standards, and the question is not if, but when and how”. [...]