Is Democracy a realistic answer?

Growing up in America, I can understand that democracy is a great thing. All around the world people are striving for what we have.
Throughout history, there has been a pattern of the rise and fall of governments. Democracy is no exception. Although many believe that America has hit its peak and is on its way down, there is still time for us to improve.
We have the education and knowledge to prevent history from repeating itself with our nation. Our founding fathers did a great job by starting this country over 200 years ago but now it is time for us to modernize our government. I am not saying that we need to completely rebuild our government from the ground up but we need to take a good look at ourselves and change what needs to be changed. Only through changing with the times and being flexible can this country survive as a whole and prosper.
It is every citizens job to make sure that we elect the right people to give the masses their voice in the capital and it is their responsibility to listen to us and make the changes. by working together, America can see a brighter tomorrow.

week 13 question

It is important that the government be respnsible and balance the budget to make sure that we are only paying for services that need to be paid for. In a recession such as this, even the government needs to tighten their purse strings. What I cannot understand is how the government is taking so long to do the budget..... My favorite idea for cutting spending.......government shut down.... duhhhhhhh.
lets think about this, lets not pay the people how are overseas fighting in a warzone and see what happens.... can we say disaster? That a brillant idea washington, piss on the soldier that has an M1 pointed at YOUR enemy and see if they fire. .......dumb *@$. seriously, if the senate and the house were like any other job in america, they would all be fired. You couldn't get around to do the budget on time????? ohhhhhhhhh too bad, YOUR FIRED!!! It's times like this you actually want Donald Trump as president just so you can watch him walk into the capital and tell everyone that. lol

How does a government facilitate comprehensive care for its constituents without sacrificing equity?

The one main subject that was in almost all the discussions in class was Health Care. Now as an American that is not considered "wealthy", I have to agree that universal health care sounds like a good idea. Unfortunately its not. I believe that because our population is so great, the amount that the government would spend on universal health care would bankrupt the country and lower quality of care.
Although health care may not be a good idea, most of the programs that the government have to help the population are very good. Welfare, when used properly, is a good system. Again unfortunately there are people out there that take advantage of the systems designed to help the needy. If the government would just put more restrictions on who qualifies and for how long, the government would be using the money that freeloaders take up on people that actually need help and want to get out the situation they are in.
With the economy the way it is, I can understand how people think its OK to "cheat" the government out of money. Some believe that they are owed it. But here is the truth for all you freeloaders out there, you are making things worse for everyone including yourselves. Use only what you have too so all of America can pay its bills and get out of this little funk we are having.

Foreign policy in a nation

I believe that the trickiess thing about a government is the development of foreign policy. The reason?.. Well, you kind of have to treat your country like a business with other countries otherwise you won't survive. It we constantly gave our money and resources away with out anything in return, we won't survive as a nation. We give help yes, but only as much as we can afford. If you notice in the news, we give more help to those countries and we trade with alot. It benefits us to help them because in the end is it helping ourselves. Unfortunitly alot of Americans don't want to face the truth that America as a nation is selfish. There is a reason for this, we have to take care of ourselves first then we have more resources to give out.
 Do you think that America is being selfish by helping the Lybia rebels?