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The United States for the past 100 years has been a forward presence around the world. America’s foreign policy has had many successful missions providing humanitarian aid to countries suffering from natural disasters and inhabitable living conditions. America is also first to respond to countries that are on the brink of war, providing military assistance and assets to help spread democracy around the world. But at what cost is America willing to go to, to help these countries? The forward presence and the willing to help have been very beneficial to the United States of creating and reaffirming alliances around the world, but has also created many issues at home. America is known for its strong military that is on constant patrol, like a neighborhood watches roving its streets keeping them safe. But every military asset that is put in positions around the world is costing the tax payers of America money. America has amassed a huge national deficit that has threatened the government to shutdown, meaning that the very same people that are going in harm’s way to help create democracy or provide humanitarian aid, would lose money. America’s issue doesn’t just stop at the government’s inability to get the country out of debt, America is also lacking in the education of their children. America’s education system has been suffering over the past 20 years and is only getting worse. With the constant layoffs of teachers and the reduction of teacher salaries, Americas youth are suffering. America has the weakest education system of all the developed countries in the world. The teachers are not the Americans suffering from lay offs, with the economy in a constant plummet it is hard for American business to stay open and keep their employees on the pay roll. Companies the United States have been forced to outsource their jobs to third world countries for cheaper labor. America is on a steady nose dive and its going to take a lot for the

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