Bell Ringer 8/22

     Today in the United States, our country faces many problems.  Some are small and not as important while others are persisting and growing.  The three largest problems the U.S. faces, though, is the growing national debt, the rise of gasoline prices and the lack of finding an alternete energy resource, and unemployment and the systems behind it.  If we continue on the way we are these as well as other problems are just going to continously get worse.  Our country needs to find ways to fix or at least improve upon such problems.
     One of the largest problems our country is facing is debt.  It is contionously growing and hurting the people.  We don't seem to have a system to pay it off over periods of time, while instead we are just raising the debt limit.  This isn't helping of course; it's just putting the country in more debt.  To fix this problem we need to stop borrowing money unless it is of dire need.  We also need to find a way to cut our unnecessary funds down so that eventually we will have money to pay back what we have borroweed. 
     Another issue the United States is facing is oil prices.  It is continously rising and becoming un- affordable for the common people of the country.  We also aren't doing a very good job of finding alternate resources to use in place of gasoline.  If we were to ever run out of this fossil fuel our people would be lost.  To fix this issue we either need to build better cars that will get better gas mileage so that we can conserve what is left of the oil, or continue to do more research to find a better and easily accessible fuel.
     Lastly, unemployment is a huge problem.  Many of the people in our country are without jobs and it is only getting harder and harder to find a job.  With that said, our unemployment system isn't the best.  Many people drawing unemployment aren't trying to get jobs and therefore hurting the working person.  We need to fix this.  The working person faces enough money trouble without having to care and help other people.  We need to set restrictions and limits to be able to get unemployment, as well as routine visits so we know that the person is actively seeking out a job.
     The United States is a great country but it still has its problems.  Such things as unemployment, debt, and oil prices are only a few.  The people and the government need to come together and work on fixing these issues for the better of the people.  This could include cutting funds and being less greedy, new reserach, and better working and unemployment systems.  If such problems were fixed it would benefit the country overall.