#110 - Issues for Seniors
14. End-of-Life Planning and Care
Challenges: Making decisions about hospice care, living wills, and funeral arrangements.
Importance: Ensuring dignity and peace during the final stages of life is a central concern for seniors.
Solutions: Providing access to palliative care, grief counseling, and resources for families.
#112 - Issues for Young People
These issues are meaningful because they reflect young people's hopes for a more equitable, sustainable, and inclusive world. Addressing these challenges will require collaboration across generations, institutions, and governments.
#109 - Student Debt
Liberals tend to view student debt as a systemic issue rooted in the rising cost of higher education and insufficient public investment in education. Their approach focuses on relief measures and long-term reforms to make education more accessible and affordable.
#108 - South America
Liberals tend to focus on human rights, environmental issues, social justice, and cooperative diplomacy in their approach to South America.
#107 - Taiwan
Taiwan remains a critical issue in U.S. foreign policy, and the liberal-conservative divide reflects differing priorities and strategies for addressing its complex geopolitical challenges.
#106 - Work-At-Home
Liberals generally view WFH as an opportunity to improve work-life balance, promote equity, and modernize the workplace. They emphasize flexibility and fairness for employees.
#105 - History
Liberals generally view history as a dynamic and evolving narrative that should be critically analyzed to highlight progress, injustices, and lessons for creating a more equitable future.
#104 - FED (Federal Reserve) Rates
Spending and Investment Decrease: As borrowing costs rise, consumers and businesses cut back on spending and investments, which slows economic activity.
#103 - Fair Share
Liberals advocate for a progressive tax system where higher earners and wealthy individuals pay a larger percentage of their income in taxes.
#102 - Debt
Liberals often view government debt as an important mechanism for financing social services, infrastructure, and economic stimulus, especially during recessions.
#101 - Gender Reassignment Treatment
Conservatives: Support Stand Your Ground laws as essential to self-defense, crime deterrence, and personal freedom. They view these laws as aligned with Second Amendment rights and individual autonomy.
#101 - Stand Your Ground
Conservatives: Support Stand Your Ground laws as essential to self-defense, crime deterrence, and personal freedom. They view these laws as aligned with Second Amendment rights and individual autonomy.
#100 - South Korea
Conservatives emphasize defense, strategic competition, and strong military alliances when addressing U.S. relations with South Korea.
#98 - Social Security
Proposals include restrictions on addictive features, transparency requirements for algorithms, and age-appropriate content controls.
#97 - Social Media Addiction
Proposals include restrictions on addictive features, transparency requirements for algorithms, and age-appropriate content controls.
#96 - Foreign Aid
Agreement:
Both sides recognize the potential of foreign aid to promote global stability and security.
Both agree on the importance of ensuring aid is effective and reaches its intended recipients.
#95 - Flat or Fair Tax
Agreement:
Both liberals and conservatives acknowledge the need for a simpler tax system.
Both sides recognize the flaws in the current tax code, such as complexity and loopholes that benefit certain groups.
#94 - IMF - Intrnational Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) promotes global economic stability and cooperation between regions and countries. It works primarily to ensure the stability of the international monetary system and supports countries facing financial difficulties.
#93 - Balanced Budget
To address deficits, liberals often propose raising taxes on high-income earners and corporations rather than cutting spending on essential programs.
They believe a fairer tax system can help reduce inequality while contributing to fiscal balance.