Paradox in American Politics

The Social and Political Mind of America

Consumer spending problem

The Effects of materialism in America

The MTV generation and the spawn of “reality” based TV

Trends in the political elite

Voting behaviors and influences

• Efficacy
• Mentality
• Political participation – federal, state, local politics

 Emergence of Information technology

Domestic issues, equality, and opportunity

• Equal rights and equal opportunity
• Jobs
• Taxes
• Medicine
• Environment
• Crime and Drugs – the hypocrisy of alcohol, tobacco vs. other drugs

 Foreign policy, intervention, security and globalization

• Trade and global markets
• Security - how global security affects national security goals
  • Terror
• Intervention – Respecting Nation States’ rights and securing security goals
• Influence – using influence instead of arm flexing and military movements to coerce assistance