INDICATORS ON THE STATE OF AMERICA 2019State of America (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) Economic reports and social facts. LIFE AND DEATH IN AMERICA - THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE CRISIS A majority of Modern states in the world use Single Payer Health Insurance—except for America. Single Payer Health Insurance (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) Sick Republican Health "Care"Plan (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) The Success of Medicare (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) The Failure of Chemical Testing (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) AMERICA'S MIDDLE CLASS, SINKING INTO POVERTY Real Wages Peaked in 1973 (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) A chart that shows that wages have stagnated since 1973
Minimum Wage Peaked in 1969 (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) Adjusting for inflation, minimum wage is back to where it was in the 1950s. AUSTERITY FOR THE POOR, BAILOUTS FOR THE RICH America does have a large welfare program. It's just not for the poor. It's for the rich. Yet what have all these subsidies to the wealthy purchased? Central Banks Being Used to Bail Out the Rich (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) Money for nothing? The current "recovery" is a result of money printing to bail out the rich while neglecting the needy. Wall Street's House of Cards (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) Executives of the top earning companies have used 4% of the GDP to improve the worth of their own company's stocks, while cutting needed funds for job creation, research and development for a real long term future. AMERICA'S FALLS BEHIND IN JOB TRAINING FOR ITS WORKERS U.S. Falls Behind in Worker Retraining (ON PRIMEVAL VOID) Even Chile, a country poorer than the United States, spends more on resources for its workers than the United States does. DEBT Debt as a % of GNP (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) Total U.S. debt as a share of GNP is at an all time high. AMERICA'S INTERNATIONAL DEBT America's Staggering International Debt (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) America has gone from the world's largest creditor, to the world's largest debtor, with a net debt of $8 trillion.
America's Disastrous Performance in World Trade Since Reagan (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) America today lives on borrowed money. STUDENTS CRUSHED BY DEBT The U.S. Student Loan Bubble - A Threat to America's Future (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) Student debt is now bigger than credit card debt. It is also the only kind of debt that cannot be canceled by bankruptcy. Many Americans are told that the costs of Education are worth it, that these costs will guarantee them a bright and affluent future. Yet now, many recent college graduates are more in debt and out of work than their contemporaries who only received a high school education. IS GOVERNMENT REALLY TOO BIG? THE EMASCULATION OF THE GOVERNMENT Endless Budget Deficits (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) America cannot solve its financial problems without raising taxes. Tax increases must be a part of any major budget reform.
Taxes as a Percent of GDP (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) Are taxes really too high?
Government Spending as a Percent of GDP (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) NEEDS TO BE UPDATED As a percent of GDP, America has one of the smallest governments in the developed world.
Small Size of Federal Workforce (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) The federal workforce is at a 60 year low. THE COLLAPSE OF SAVINGS While America has slashed taxes, it is falling behind the rest of the world in terms of funding its own future. International Savings and Investment (ON PRIMEVAL VOID) NEEDS TO BE UPDATED America is falling behind as it fails to invest in the future. WHILE DEBT SOARS, AMERICA CONTINUES TO FUND IMPERIAL MADNESS AROUND THE GLOBE Cost of Empire to America (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) NEEDS TO BE UPDATED While neglecting funds for infrastructure and building a long-term future, America funds imperial delusions of grandeur. American defense spending is now higher than it was at any time since World War II. AMERICA'S SORRY RECORD ON GLOBAL COMPASSION While America increases spending on military imperialism, global charity remains a low priority. America the Global Scrooge (ON PRIMEVALVOID) America's low commitment of aid to developing nations. America, The Poor, And Child Poverty (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) America's low commitment of aid to the poor. THE GROWTH OF ECONOMIC INEQUALITY WORLD WIDE People and Money (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) NEEDS TO BE UPDATED Income inequality is greater today than any other point in history. The chart above is a distribution of wealth today in our world. But today it is even worse than what the chart shows. Today now just six men have as much wealth as half the world's population. And what has this wealth purchased? The environmental crisis continues to get worse and world poverty grows. Growth of Slums (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) The growth of slums from 1990 to 2030. A study of human misery in the real future ahead. Global Debt Crisis (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) Our leaders today fail to put forth real reform to the growing debt crisis. Debt has continued to grow while Western governments paper over problems with money.
THE TIDES OF WORLD HISTORY ARE CHANGING WILL AMERICA GET LEFT BEHIND? The Rebirth of the World Before Western Imperialism (ON WORLD FUTURE FUND) A history of the world GDP over two millennia. Today's world is built on short term trends. But as long-term historical truths are reasserting themselves as China and India return to their former historical roles. WORLD FUTURE FUND CHARTS See World Future Fund Chart Index Here WORLD FUTURE FUND PROJECTS Global Future Watch Indicators Project |